From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sascha Wilde Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacsclient bug Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:03:51 +0100 Message-ID: References: <200801271541.m0RFfGE6016267@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200802061740.m16HeX90025576@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1202375064 24127 80.91.229.12 (7 Feb 2008 09:04:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:04:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Dan Nicolaescu , lenbok@gmail.com, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 07 10:04:36 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JN2gK-0008SU-8k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:04:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JN2fr-0006fb-RZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:04:03 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JN2fl-0006er-Il for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:03:57 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JN2fk-0006eY-Uk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:03:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JN2fk-0006eN-Ht for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:03:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mail2.sha-bang.de ([78.47.120.114] helo=mail.sha-bang.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JN2fg-0000eP-F3; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:03:52 -0500 Original-Received: from kenny.sha-bang.de (xdslcy171.osnanet.de [89.166.152.171]) by mail.sha-bang.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C63855A; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 10:11:38 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from wilde by kenny.sha-bang.de with local (Sha Bang MUA v.0711184.68) ID 1JN2ff-0002qh-8I; Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:03:51 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:28 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:88407 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > > Of course, if your Emacs server has both X11 and tty frames, then "-c" > > will arbitrarily open either a tty frame or an X11 frame depending on > > which frame happens to be selected when the emacsclient connects to it. > > Given that, taking into account the current frame when emacsclient > connects does not seem like a good idea. > > I disagree. I think that what -c does is the right default. > It says "make a new frame". Making it on the same terminal > is clearly the best default. > > You can specify additional options to say where the new frame should go. No objections here, but I thought that `-c' would explicitly state "open a new X11 frame (if available)" in contrast to `-t' which is documented as "Open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal". If this isn't supposed to be the case, an option saying: open a new X11 Frame on the current $DISPLAY is needed. Currently only the combination of `-c' and `-d' opens an new X11 frame, and `-d' requires an explicitly given display (which is annoying for the reasons stated in my original mail). cheers sascha -- Sascha Wilde : "GUIs normally make it simple to accomplish simple : actions and impossible to accomplish complex actions." : (Doug Gwyn - 22/Jun/91 in comp.unix.wizards)