From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?IkrDqXLDtG1lIE0uIEJlcmdlciI=?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacsclient, -a emacs, and --eval (rephrased) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:33:24 +0100 Message-ID: References: <3D65E04168FA09429B823CA3FE25C4473BCF664B@EXCHMBX01.fed.cclrc.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig50942EA91FFF56A09A729C9E" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1362077157 17474 80.91.229.3 (28 Feb 2013 18:45:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:45:57 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 28 19:46:18 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 1UB8Uf-0008Ku-12 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:46:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49339 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UB8UK-0005At-3I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:45:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44637) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UB8Tx-0004r5-57 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:45:30 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UB8IT-0004db-OJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:33:39 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:57829) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UB8IT-0004dV-HL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:33:37 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UB8Im-0006dI-DF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:33:56 +0100 Original-Received: from def92-4-82-224-197-72.fbx.proxad.net ([82.224.197.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:33:56 +0100 Original-Received: from jeberger by def92-4-82-224-197-72.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:33:56 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 50 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: def92-4-82-224-197-72.fbx.proxad.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.24) Gecko/20120206 Thunderbird/2.0.0.24 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:89300 Archived-At: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig50942EA91FFF56A09A729C9E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Florian v. Savigny wrote: > Encouraged by Ronaldos post, I thought I might rephrase one aspect of > my problem, hoping this might lead to the (or some) solution: >=20 > When I call >=20 > emacsclient -a emacs --eval "(rmail)" >=20 > Emacs will start up and run rmail if it is started as emacsclient > (i.e. if emacs and its server are already running). But when started > as emacs, it starts by opening a new file called "(rmail)". >=20 > This is confusing to me, as the --eval option is documented for both > emacsclient and emacs, leading me to think both should interpret it in > the same way. >=20 > This seems basic enough - can anybody explain to me what I am missing > here?=20 >=20 > Thanks so much in advance! >=20 I have the same issue with emacsclient -a emacs --eval "(raise-frame)" Jerome --=20 mailto:jeberger@free.fr http://jeberger.free.fr Jabber: jeberger@jabber.fr --------------enig50942EA91FFF56A09A729C9E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlEvovQACgkQd0kWM4JG3k/S8QCdGIMUQMOvVd3vVlcMgAoEh0FT mHwAoKBOHRgCC6P0MGm+BUryIjFNEEBE =LgpC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig50942EA91FFF56A09A729C9E--