GNU bug report logs - #1995
no emacs server variable `server-name'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:10:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 1999

Found in version 23.0.60

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

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Harry Putnam <reader <at> newsguy.com>
Cc: emacs-devel <at> gnu.org, Emacs Bug Tracker <submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: no emacs server variable `server-name'
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:03:03 +0100

Package: emacs
Version: 23.0.60

> Reading parts of the documentation I see:
> (info "(emacs)Emacs Server")
>     You can run multiple Emacs servers on the same machine by giving
>  each one a unique "server name", using the variable `server-name'.
>  For example, `M-x set-variable <RET> server-name <RET> foo <RET>'
>  sets the server name to `foo'.  The `emacsclient' program can
>  specify a server by name, using the `-s' option (*note emacsclient
>  Options::).

There are several ways to set it (with --daemon=myname, or --eval, or
M-: (setq ...)), but you're right: the documentation states that it is
settable with set-variable, and it is not. At the very least it should
be

  (defvar server-name "server"
     "*Name of the server process.")
  (put 'server-name 'variable-interactive "M")

if not a defcustom.

    Juanma
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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Harry Putnam <reader <at> newsguy.com>, 1995-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: no emacs server variable `server-name'
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:54:13 -0500

> you're right: the documentation states that it is
> settable with set-variable, and it is not. At the very least it should
> be
>
>   (defvar server-name "server"
>      "*Name of the server process.")
>   (put 'server-name 'variable-interactive "M")
>
> if not a defcustom.

I don't see any problem with making server-name a defcustom, so I went
ahead and did that.

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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Harry Putnam <reader <at> newsguy.com>, 1995-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: no emacs server variable `server-name'
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:20:44 +0100

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 05:54, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> wrote:

> I don't see any problem with making server-name a defcustom

I don't see a problem, either. But often these kind of small changes
bring the biggest discussions...

    Juanma
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:10:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Merged 1995 1999. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:10:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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