GNU bug report logs - #1058
23.0.60; emacs --daemon should not return until socket is ready

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: SRS0+wOMF+22+gmail.com=trentbuck <at> internode.on.net

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:10:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #139 received at 1058 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Trent W. Buck" <trentbuck <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>, 1058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
        Romain Francoise <romain <at> orebokech.com>
Subject: Re: bug#1058: 23.0.60; emacs --daemon should not return until socket is ready
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:03:15 -0400

>> 2. During the normal interactive startup the splash screen nowadays
>> covers the *Messages* buffer too fast, so the user can miss the error.
>> I should file a bug about this...
>> 
>>> This is the main reason why I think that .emacs messages should go
>>> to stdout.

> Wouldn't it be better to address the actual issue (splash screen hides
> *Messages* when something went wrong) rather than side effects
> (*Messages* is hidden when --daemon, too)?

The splash screen issue is completely separate.

>> 7. This bug report is about something else: emacs --daemon &&
>> emacsclient -c not working.  Romain's patch looks good, it does not
>> add features, it's just a bug fix, so I don't see any reason it
>> cannot go in right now.

> Correct; stdout / splash screen stuff should be forked to a separate bug.

Yes and no: the right fix for one is also the right fix for the
other, AFAICT.


        Stefan
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