From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sven Joachim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: master f198a5c: Revert "emacsclient: ignore --eval parameters when starting alternate editor" Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:18:19 +0200 Message-ID: <87o8zkz5n8.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> References: <20190915121331.17901.64590@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20190915121332.E09E720BC2@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <87sgoxlejo.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <87a7b4v2tx.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="177929"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 16 17:02:17 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i9sW5-000k9c-Lr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:02:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35560 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i9sW3-0005e1-PU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:02:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50223) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1i9rpl-00065C-F1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:18:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9rpi-0007de-N0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:18:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:35051) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1i9rpi-0007d1-9C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:18:26 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1568643502; bh=XacfWKFexSZFNtI2OuKU1UZTP0GkuNyo1OD0nsCnrR8=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To; b=eYaBEjS0tFWgHJZRrN+JBn8kCtoRTcs/bUCUTYuKRWwsEGpkTvV+EfgpJSBLaeXLe QKdydCVWqOHqdJgGxMIMKm3naXrc+YHoxcTSIyMAgYgyDbbv2hxoBInfiTyvAX1VMX HyJhFyuISiislube0C2jvpjEiKdNcbgR5b66lLIs= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain ([79.223.36.122]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx103 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Lx8ZJ-1iBjM70t4b-016dPY; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:18:22 +0200 Original-Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5FB7C800B9; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:18:19 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87a7b4v2tx.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Mon, 16 Sep 2019 14:32:42 +0200") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:EDUWoj6rew8mjkH3/WJXXjen4kDxr04btomJhTMFypGzWdQJ62f PRNv5I4vU5oN4iM01RE9lwqTScqS478oH8P51EdwAsS2n1d36gmqeQWuDV9LnyMdrzOEhLq mj+NdAEchlnCxm97X36eWDKbHNa4cUvRbkBA9p3sHX87bPtX8E1eyklNV5WxadUQ09tmMA0 STFwpnN1UQqfs8WToX/aA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:JVWib9RCm/E=:1yCXlZyFBixEl9BwBQKIGU dM5srs2NA0XeS35aWP5t6Z+H3P40MZ0loKZm36Qv1CcEnFQTz15NQTI4Q05xtauanwBd1zc5S CDtSPnkml2oUvMxJSCnWA4nrVJk1yBjP2w2fRPHgI6PLB4gNhzAUiyn+wlKSEM/IwSj2L686u PAuo12FTk1XwqTnakIiiWFb18f9DqTuxu8witG5QkOCIxP3ZMKUEwsKAcT+IzYH0LIYxXTp5r MrhF5LhKKBnQTELTJ1J0BZUSJtHTczWvsrz4l2srmkxiemoFEdt6D0J7x2ygsVcGq7YDXmYcR /L1tl1JhPa0rO95lykdjW41Au/zOGJzOMVY8gvqzbYrXv0HZeVt93tfyjeRrUr8MFqvNZyMi9 6FtA+1QzDCDfqTMM6TDW7Csd6uW7O+3/PP76mnveODnRw927khi7ORca4NsLi3KlylVPjreSu umlreUJxbVlktR9qtpjOEMQ+VcBVcnp1+qBxMq7qPfIgNQ9NuhbhesaHVYJ6IqVl6SwikhScZ n1l5bTn4bRYWOyNhohXnIYwzxLI04/J/YTP1xhC3fQnCW5xVLgsgji69neQTTJtYO395Pf3Ae 5fixVaHcJLEMc5eTuyqHoPZKaBXqSjx1GMk9hnYP+ggYRU9PneN7wuJN/mrFfIVhs/FKqKX2l BPn49NjiJmaMptX6jlqE0Fy1dkeEZ4W7/OOxqYzntpVUS45ncKeLwAVhWCfsT2WtXxvDbbVe5 NQI8WWUjPTcGXe1snEAvSeR67ZBCyyULbVzttgF74aBncedy9zSKbs2q9iESggqTahurvdXe X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.21 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:240076 Archived-At: On 2019-09-16 14:32 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> But if there is no server running, the new Emacs instance does not >> actually eval the expression. This is mentioned in the NEWS file: >> >> ,---- >> | *** emacsclient no longer passes '--eval' arguments to an alternate e= ditor. >> | Previously, '--eval' arguments were passed as file names to any >> | alternate editor started by '--alternate-editor'. >> `---- > > This is the entry in the NEWS file that describes the patch that was > reverted, but the NEWS entry was left behind. I've now removed it. So, in what way is --eval useful without an Emacs already running? ,---- | $ lib-src/emacsclient -a emacs --eval '(+ 2 2)' | 4 | $ lib-src/emacsclient -a emacs --eval '(server-force-delete)' | "Connection file \"/run/user/1000/emacs/server\" deleted" | $ lib-src/emacsclient -a emacs --eval '(+ 2 2)' | lib-src/emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server? | lib-src/emacsclient: To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-star= t". `---- And I have a new Emacs instance running with a buffer named (+ 2 2) and (New file) printed in the echo area. Cheers, Sven