Re: EmacsClient: using both --eval and --alternate-editor, possible?

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>]

pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:

> Elena <egarrulo@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I think there is a conflict between --eval and --alternate-editor
>> option in EmacsClient.  If Emacs is not running and thus --eval fails,
>> the EDITOR indicated with --alternate-editor is called instead.
>> However, such EDITOR gets an ELisp expression, which it can't handle.
>> Is there a way around this, other than wrapping EmacsClient into a
>> script?
>
> Obviously, you need to patch this other editor to make it understand
> elisp.  This is indeed an awful but that need immediate action.  Either
> you integrate elisp in that alternate editor, or you rm it.  

Or alternatively, and much more useful and helpful, if emacs uses the
alternative editor then it doesnt pass the eval statement to that other
editor since it knows the elisp eval statement is useless..