From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#2677: 23.0.91; need ability to run emacs --daemon in the foreground Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:48:08 +1100 Message-ID: <87vb58yy6f.fsf@gnus.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1456717762 2742 80.91.229.3 (29 Feb 2016 03:49:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:49:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 2677@debbugs.gnu.org, rfrancoise@debian.org To: Jameson Rollins Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 29 04:49:10 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEpa-0006sK-Oh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Feb 2016 04:49:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33856 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEpa-0006n6-6O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:49:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47809) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEpV-0006jC-Nn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:49:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEpS-0007DI-AU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:49:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54122) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEpS-0007DE-7C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:49:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEpR-0004u6-RJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:49:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:49:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 2677 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 2677-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B2677.145671772218812 (code B ref 2677); Mon, 29 Feb 2016 03:49:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 2677) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Feb 2016 03:48:42 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51246 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEp7-0004tM-QT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:48:41 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:39517) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEp6-0004tD-3o for 2677@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 28 Feb 2016 22:48:40 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-60-225-211-161.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([60.225.211.161] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1aaEof-0000z7-6b; Mon, 29 Feb 2016 04:48:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Jameson Rollins's message of "Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:23:59 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1aaEof-0000z7-6b MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1457322495.79512@2+DQyd16GOtPxpKIhPjdkg X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:114079 Archived-At: Jameson Rollins writes: > This is a feature request more than a bug: I would really like to see > the ability to run the emacs server daemon ("emacs --daemon") in the > foreground. This would be very useful. I would like to be able to > start/control this daemon with a service supervisor (i.e. runit [0]). > This would allow me to easily start the daemon on system start up, and > have access to the daemon from all xsessions and virtual terminals. > > I would also be prefer to be able to specify daemon parameters as > well, such as the location of the socket file. --daemon is a switch for running Emacs in the background. If you don't want Emacs running in the background, you don't have to do anything in particular. And setting the server socket location can be done easily from an .el file or with --eval. So I don't really think there's anything that needs to be done here. Please reopen the bug report if you disagree. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no