GNU bug report logs - #12125
emacsclient should work like "emacsclient -t" when $DISPLAY is not set

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From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacsclient should work like "emacsclient -t" when $DISPLAY is not set
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:40:21 -0400

When connecting to a host which runs "emacs --daemon"  with "ssh -x" (so $DISPLAY is not set)


$ emacsclient FILENAME 

says "Waiting for Emacs..." and does not open any frame.

It should instead work like "emacsclient -t FILENAME" and open a
terminal frame.

         --dan

Message #8 received at 12125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12125 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12125: emacsclient should work like "emacsclient -t" when
	$DISPLAY is not set
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:10:38 +0800

Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org> writes:

> When connecting to a host which runs "emacs --daemon" with "ssh -x"
> (so $DISPLAY is not set)
>
> $ emacsclient FILENAME 
>
> says "Waiting for Emacs..." and does not open any frame.
>
> It should instead work like "emacsclient -t FILENAME" and open a
> terminal frame.

Hmm, according to the code in emacsclient.c, emacsclient should already
do the right thing when DISPLAY is not set.  And I verified this by
doing 

$ export DISPLAY=""
$ emacsclient -c FILENAME

=> FILENAME is opened in the terminal.

Message #13 received at 12125-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12125-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12125: emacsclient should work like "emacsclient -t" when
	$DISPLAY is not set
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:00:16 -0400

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> When connecting to a host which runs "emacs --daemon" with "ssh -x"
>> (so $DISPLAY is not set)
>>
>> $ emacsclient FILENAME 
>>
>> says "Waiting for Emacs..." and does not open any frame.
>>
>> It should instead work like "emacsclient -t FILENAME" and open a
>> terminal frame.
>
> Hmm, according to the code in emacsclient.c, emacsclient should already
> do the right thing when DISPLAY is not set.  And I verified this by
> doing 
>
> $ export DISPLAY=""
> $ emacsclient -c FILENAME
>
> => FILENAME is opened in the terminal.

Thanks. I get the same too, I might have had an old emacsclient in my path, so
closing this bug.

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