From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggested enhancement: allow emacsclient to send arbitrary LISP expressions Date: 08 Jan 2003 14:50:19 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5xk7hfhht0.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042030368 14155 80.91.224.249 (8 Jan 2003 12:52:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:52:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18WFhO-0003gB-00 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:52:46 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18WFmR-0004Gv-00 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 13:58:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18WFgo-0007Sq-02 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 07:52:10 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18WFgS-0007Mh-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 07:51:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18WFfw-0006vc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 07:51:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18WFfW-0006Tu-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 07:50:50 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (kfs2.local.filanet.dk [192.168.1.182]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id A289E7C012; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:50:49 +0100 (CET) Original-To: tytso@mit.edu In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10580 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10580 tytso@mit.edu writes: > This patch allows the emacs client to pass in an arbitrary lisp > expression, which will be executed by the emacs server process. > > For example: emacsclient '(make-frame-on-display "localhost:12")' Stepping back to the beginning of this thread, this is actually already implemented in CVS emacs: emacsclient --eval '(make-frame-on-display "localhost:12")' There's also a new --display option, so you may even write: emacsclient --eval '(make-frame)' --display "localhost:12" -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk