bug#10729: 24.0.93; On MS-Windows: emacsclientw.exe -n -c does create a new frame, but does not always display the requested file or the requested directory (24.0.92 does)

[martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>]

 > Or, assuming I'm now really awake, this one.

I'd rather use something like the untested patch below (still very fragile
because it neither verifies that a frame is a frame nor that a buffer is
a buffer).

martin


=== modified file 'lisp/server.el'
*** lisp/server.el	2012-02-02 07:48:39 +0000
--- lisp/server.el	2012-02-07 14:29:08 +0000
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*** 399,414 ****
       ;; visible.  If not (which can happen if the user's customizations call
       ;; pop-to-buffer etc.), delete it to avoid preserving the connection after
       ;; the last real frame is deleted.
!     (if (and (eq (frame-first-window frame)
!                  (next-window (frame-first-window frame) 'nomini))
!              (eq (window-buffer (frame-first-window frame))
!                  (frame-parameter frame 'server-dummy-buffer)))
!         ;; The temp frame still only shows one buffer, and that is the
!         ;; internal temp buffer.
!         (delete-frame frame)
!       (set-frame-parameter frame 'visibility t))
!     (kill-buffer (frame-parameter frame 'server-dummy-buffer))
!     (set-frame-parameter frame 'server-dummy-buffer nil)))

   (defun server-handle-delete-frame (frame)
     "Delete the client connection when the emacsclient frame is deleted.
--- 399,413 ----
       ;; visible.  If not (which can happen if the user's customizations call
       ;; pop-to-buffer etc.), delete it to avoid preserving the connection after
       ;; the last real frame is deleted.
!     (let ((buffer (frame-parameter frame 'server-dummy-buffer)))
!       (if (and (one-window-p 'nomini frame)
! 	       (eq (window-buffer (frame-first-window frame)) buffer))
! 	  ;; The temp frame still only shows one buffer, and that is the
! 	  ;; internal temp buffer.
! 	  (delete-frame frame)
! 	(set-frame-parameter frame 'visibility t)
! 	(set-frame-parameter frame 'server-dummy-buffer nil))
!       (kill-buffer buffer))))

   (defun server-handle-delete-frame (frame)
     "Delete the client connection when the emacsclient frame is deleted.