From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: bug#1999: no emacs server variable `server-name' Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:04 -0500 Message-ID: References: <877i4mly97.fsf@newsguy.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 1999@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1232699289 19018 80.91.229.12 (23 Jan 2009 08:28:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:28:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Bug Tracker , Harry Putnam , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 23 09:29:21 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1LQHPk-000677-Vi for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:29:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60978 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LQHOT-0003Og-F1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:28:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LQHNW-0002U6-UO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:27:03 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LQHNV-0002Sc-2c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:27:02 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54538 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LQHNU-0002S6-KA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:27:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:3144) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQHNU-0007u4-0X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:27:00 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQHNT-00082A-C3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:26:59 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0N8NSAS012906; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:23:28 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id n0N855rP008372; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:05:05 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Stefan Monnier" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:05:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1999 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.12326973806219 (code B ref -1); Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:05:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 23 Jan 2009 07:56:20 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mail.g-wis.com (mail.g-wis.com [204.250.154.18]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n0N7uGGR006212 for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:56:18 -0800 thread-index: Acl9MA6oeOLUfZqZRjmHS/+Uq3f1rQ== X-Received-From-Address: 69.38.23.210 X-Envelope-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-Envelope-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org, reader@newsguy.com, lekktu@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([69.38.23.210]) by mail.g-wis.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:56:10 -0800 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A6B36B400C; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:04 -0500 (EST) Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4325 In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:03:03 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Jan 2009 07:56:10.0696 (UTC) FILETIME=[0E33FC80:01C97D30] X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:27:02 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:24408 gmane.emacs.devel:108139 Archived-At: >> Reading parts of the documentation I see: >> (info "(emacs)Emacs Server") >> You can run multiple Emacs servers on the same machine by giving >> each one a unique "server name", using the variable `server-name'. >> For example, `M-x set-variable server-name foo ' >> sets the server name to `foo'. The `emacsclient' program can >> specify a server by name, using the `-s' option (*note emacsclient >> Options::). > There are several ways to set it (with --daemon=myname, or --eval, or > M-: (setq ...)), but you're right: the documentation states that it is > settable with set-variable, and it is not. At the very least it should > be > (defvar server-name "server" > "*Name of the server process.") We could add a * indeed, although I'm not convinced it's very useful to set it interactively. > (put 'server-name 'variable-interactive "M") No idea what this does. > if not a defcustom. That's another option. Stefan