From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1267: Emacsclient can't find terminal in daemon mode Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:40:06 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87r660gw33.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200810292306.m9TN6fE0017904@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87zlknvuna.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <200810300007.m9U07XYV017977@mothra.ics.uci.edu> <87skqe511f.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 1267@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1225336222 22511 80.91.229.12 (30 Oct 2008 03:10:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:10:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , 1267@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 30 04:11:24 2008 connect(): Connection refused 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 1KvNwR-0003Hy-Nq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:11:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49823 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KvNvL-0006Ik-Ak for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KvNvH-0006Ia-Gf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KvNvE-0006Hv-Kx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36105 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KvNvE-0006Ho-FF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:08 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:34686) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KvNvE-0002iu-8c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:08 -0400 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 m9U3A3B5027742; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:10:03 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m9U2o3we022311; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:50:03 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:50:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1267 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 1267-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B1267.122533441620916 (code B ref 1267); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:50:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 1267) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 30 Oct 2008 02:40:16 +0000 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m9U2eC6R020092 for <1267@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:40:13 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArUEAOe6CElMCqyo/2dsb2JhbACBdssig1GBDg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,511,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="29047689" Original-Received: from 76-10-172-168.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.172.168]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 29 Oct 2008 22:40:06 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 561DB800D; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:40:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87skqe511f.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> (Chong Yidong's message of "Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:23:08 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:10:10 -0400 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:22030 Archived-At: >> > The patch you sent won't work on a text-only terminal. >> >> Have you tried it? It should throw an error and ask for either -t or -c >> >> > not, it tries X; if that fails, it falls back on using the tty >> > specified >> >> Does "it tries X" mean it tries to create an X frame? That won't be >> right, the user might just want to use an existing X frame. I do that >> 100 times a day. > How about just using the tty? > Do we lose anything by making emacsclient use the tty (i.e., the same as > -t) if neither -t nor -c is specified, and the server is a daemon? Another option is to run frame-initialize (which will open a frame on either X or tty, IIUC). Stefan