From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Dialog from emacsclientw.exe must be dismissed (was RE: Best practices for launching Emacs on Windows 7/8) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:17:33 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372371505 21609 80.91.229.3 (27 Jun 2013 22:18:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: "Ludwig, Mark" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 28 00:18:27 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1UsKWI-0000BJ-MR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:18:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44492 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UsKWI-0006Lw-5Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:18:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34142) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UsKW7-0006Lr-Ho for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:18:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UsKW6-0000l8-KL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:18:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ee0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::236]:54018) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UsKW6-0000kx-E6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 18:18:14 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ee0-f54.google.com with SMTP id t10so680345eei.27 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:18:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=l6fQ0WfueOu36iUy7Ny6Wy/YngW4tI0Dg25IytKQLRM=; b=vK9+AOMCcuR6SUVCndwimyMZgcu8rrKQALYrw+R/k8upSKs87mpoOXIQIn+QuZAM09 PhZQt/JG6PzLjH6yJBOG7Lr3v/RSBjkoqJV1/Y01yK+bPW75PPS5wOuyJbBWrEEmgU7i Gfhfm6Oq9UOIGNLtEWkiMaMyxzy/KD8C5T5QDTqYYirtH0Foqq5hSNOdh8xv4XbfePRV V4JugNnn+93OmDwQPAda0cjFBr0Ytkf5GAooYrqq6XSzfUM5xlywTCF+y9PU/VT9A6nn fUGuvK/tYAPtnX/a+LAhv7n+Z8RZGpVGK39Xi5OvHpqKBXJAe7dsGR4I8fc+DgmTJ0pk 57iQ== X-Received: by 10.14.218.8 with SMTP id j8mr10842497eep.129.1372371493708; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:18:13 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.14.142.4 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:17:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c00::236 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:91804 Archived-At: On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Ludwig, Mark wrote: > I actually don't agree that emacsclientw is a proper "GUI program." I > suppose you'll take the technical view that it is because it's a > "Windows-mode" not a "console-mode" program, but for a user, it > certainly isn't interactive in any /meaningful/ way. Popping up > output-only dialogs and making a user click OK does not a GUI program > make. Programs come in all sizes and functionalities. > This emacsclientw variant exists solely on Windows. Why? I assume > because the alternative is worse! The console-mode version > (emacsclient) is even more annoying because Windows pops up a console > to invoke emacsclient every time. In that configuration, the same > error message goes to the console and then the console window > disappears. It all happens as a flash. Yes, emacsclientw exists to avoid creating an annoying console in uses such as yours, i.e., when used as file associations. > So, what about emacsclient Unix? What happens in X in this scenario? > I stopped using Unix as my desktop so long ago that I have no idea > what "launching from a GUI" looks like any more. I do not use Unix-like systems either, at least not frequently. And I've never run emacsclient from GNU/Linux. Juanma