From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3080: 23.0.92; emacsclient can not open frame without visiting file Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:25:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <200904222125.n3MLP4kN008572@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> References: Reply-To: Dan Nicolaescu , 3080@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240436697 2702 80.91.229.12 (22 Apr 2009 21:44:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:44:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3080@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, rfrancoise@debian.org To: Jameson Rollins Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 22 23:46:16 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LwkGj-00008o-S7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:46:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46081 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LwkFK-0006uN-VT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:44:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LwkEb-0006dQ-Jt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:44:01 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LwkEV-0006Xk-OJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:44:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48145 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LwkEV-0006Xc-Ij for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:43:55 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:41405) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LwkEU-0002NC-Ns for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:43:55 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3MLhqsd008602; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:43:52 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n3MLZ3BQ006214; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:35:03 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Dan Nicolaescu Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:35:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3080 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3080-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3080.12404355624909 (code B ref 3080); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:35:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3080) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 22 Apr 2009 21:26:02 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (sallyv2.ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.120]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3MLQ0ea004901 for <3080@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:26:01 -0700 Original-Received: from godzilla.ics.uci.edu (godzilla.ics.uci.edu [128.195.10.101]) by sallyv2.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3MLP66q006637; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:25:06 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: (from dann@localhost) by godzilla.ics.uci.edu (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.6/Submit) id n3MLP4kN008572; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:25:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Jameson Rollins's message of "Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:54:35 -0700") Original-Lines: 39 X-ICS-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ICS-MailScanner-ID: n3MLP66q006637 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@godzilla.ics.uci.edu X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:44:00 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:27399 Archived-At: Jameson Rollins writes: > emacsclient does not allow for opening a frame, either in a terminal > or in a new X frame, with*out* touching a file. This is maybe only an > issue when emacs is run in --daemon mode where an initial frame is not > created. It is often useful to open up an emacs without having a > particular file that needs to be editted, and this is not currently > possible. In fact, I would prefer to see emacsclient behave more like > the "classical" emacs behaves. I would like to see the following > behavior, that I think makes more sense and is more compatible with > the classic interface: > > emacsclient > opens up a new frame with *scratch* does not work, it seems intentional, no idea why. > emacsclient > opens up a new frame with emacsclient -c does this > emacsclient -nw > opens up a new frame in the current terminal with *scratch* this works > emacsclient -nw > opens up a new frame in the current terminal with this works > emacsclient - > opens up in an already opened "master" frame emacsclient does this