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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>
Cc: 21718@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21718: 24.5; Backgrounding emacsclient hangs emacs
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:44:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <wfeggoce0a.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86fv15yeol.fsf@waniasset.com>

Ed Avis wrote:

> I am running emacs from a text ssh session.
>
> % emacs -Q
> M-x server-start RET
> M-x shell RET
> % touch foo
> % emacsclient foo
> C-x b RET                  (switch back to shell buffer)
> M-x comint-stop-subjob RET
>
> I expected this to background the emacsclient process within the shell
> window. 

It sends SIGSTOP.

I know this isn't very helpful, but the only thing I can think to say is
"don't do that". Either use the normal C-x C-f to open a file, or if you
must call emacsclient from within a shell inside Emacs (?!), use the
--no-wait option.





  reply	other threads:[~2015-10-21 17:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-20 11:14 bug#21718: 24.5; Backgrounding emacsclient hangs emacs Ed Avis
2015-10-21 17:44 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2015-10-22  8:27   ` Ed Avis
2021-07-08 13:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-08 13:50   ` Ed Avis
2021-07-08 13:57     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-08 14:00       ` Ed Avis
2021-07-08 14:01         ` Ed Avis
2021-07-08 14:02         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-08 14:05           ` Ed Avis
2021-07-08 14:09             ` Ed Avis
2021-07-08 14:14               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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