From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: start-server error Date: 27 Sep 2005 18:19:59 GMT Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Message-ID: <43398d4f_4@news1.prserv.net> References: <43396449$0$73594$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1127844500 30545 80.91.229.2 (27 Sep 2005 18:08:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:08:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 27 20:08:17 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKJs4-0000we-UO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 20:08:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EKJs4-0006mw-5j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2005 14:08:04 -0400 X-Newsreader: xrn 9.02 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: yktgi01e0-s5.watson.ibm.com Original-X-Trace: 27 Sep 2005 18:19:59 GMT, yktgi01e0-s5.watson.ibm.com Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prserv.net Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!news.banetele.no!zen.net.uk!dedekind.zen.co.uk!stargate.gts.cz!news.freedom2surf.net!newsfeed.uk.prserv.net!newsfeed2.us.prserv.net!prserv.net!news1.prserv.net!alpha.watson.ibm.com!kgold Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:134188 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:29758 Archived-At: ahnkle writes: > > i am trying to get the emacs server/client working. the docs say use > (start-server), but both cygwin and linux complain. > > is it just broken, or am i missing something? It would help if you defined "emacs server" and "complain" in more detail. gnuclient/gnuserv work just fine on Linux, AIX, and native Windows. I've never tried cygwin. -- Ken Goldman kgold@watson.ibm.com 914-784-7646