From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard G Riley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs as a service Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:34:39 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <48becb47$1@news.greennet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220381054 17705 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2008 18:44:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:44:14 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 02 20:45:08 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KaarI-0002C2-G6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:44:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58321 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaaqJ-0001Op-G3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:43:07 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.motzarella.org!motzarella.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Trace: feeder.motzarella.org U2FsdGVkX1/R7ntoWYpoQg5OUTCtItYyIsbbYqWTacQpkqIIDPModAtUJ43Wvu9TyfeDLgRvOp5/Af9vBftCxFg37bK7cUppj/njyOdr9lBnRFaKLk2XChcqMCqPI6PTxndqeeLFPVtUcsBHFFF0Dw== Original-X-Complaints-To: Please send complaints to abuse@motzarella.org with full headers Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:35:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX1+itMqWvjqOeflGVNcQUjvv7zeLjlAq/I7Dxk2KxoKxvQ== Cancel-Lock: sha1:Thnmm17utUv3HCcCP9YT0wNQiig= User-Agent: Emacs 22.2.1/No Gnus v0.11 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:161853 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:57195 Archived-At: Ken Goldman writes: > Rustom Mody wrote: >> Ken Goldman said: >> >>> I can answer this piece: (global-set-key "\C-x\C-c" >>> 'delete-frame) >> >> Have you tried this with a single existing frame? Does not allow it >> for me... > > That's a feature. :-) > > When I run emacs as a server, I often start many frames as I double > click various files. At times, I want to clean up by deleting these > frames. But I don't want to delete the very last frame (would that > kill the server?). > > The use model for emacs as a server is that you start it once at log > in and let it run forever. > Must the server have a physical display though? Can emacs client connect and generate its own frame and display? e.g so I dont accidentally close the "server" when tidying up I would like the "server" to by invisible.