From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: floyd@barrow.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for everything? Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:33:33 -0900 Organization: __________ Message-ID: <87pt0rycde.fld@barrow.com> References: <87oeh82hia.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> <1104390545.758301@sj-nntpcache-3> <1104398985.835551@sj-nntpcache-5> <871xd7zurd.fld@barrow.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104424675 21493 80.91.229.6 (30 Dec 2004 16:37:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:37:55 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 30 17:37:47 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from mail-relay.eunet.no ([193.71.71.242]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ck3J5-0004nQ-00 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:37:47 +0100 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by mail-relay.eunet.no (8.13.1/8.13.1/GN) with ESMTP id iBUGbjHO023613 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:37:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org) Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Ck3U1-00024J-Jg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:49:05 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: gnus 5.10.6/XEmacs 21.4.15/Linux 2.6.5 Cancel-Lock: sha1:gZ5l4ORUwXTTSclpPF5EeHfBkLU= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 35 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:127596 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23049 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23049 David Kastrup wrote: >floyd@barrow.com (Floyd L. Davidson) writes: > >> Ravi Uday wrote: >>> >>>> The command is `emacsclient', one word with no dash. >>>> I belive that was a misprint in the previous message, maybe >>>> due to the >>>> dash in the command that start the sever ;) >>>> >>> >>>Yea right, it works, but how does one start the server to enable >>>this client to connect to it. Do you have a procedure which >>>could be easily followed ? >> >> Everyone is telling you to put it into your ~/.emacs, and I'm going >> to tell you *do not do that*! If you do, it means you cannot >> execute Emacs without starting a server... a limitation you do >> *not* want. > >emacs -q Wonderful... ;-) (I don't think the OP wants an invocation of emacs like that. We are not addressing seasoned users and developers...) >but apart from that, if a server is already running, no new server >gets started. Sure, but if you don't want to start a server... -- Floyd L. Davidson Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@barrow.com