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24.3; emacsclient cannot talk to emacs

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Message #26 received at 20675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Bruce Korb <bruce.korb <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#20675: 24.3; emacsclient cannot talk to emacs
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 15:37:15 +0200

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Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> > Right, but then it still seems like the documentation has a problem.
>
> The FAQ has a problem, yes.  Why you looked there instead of the
> manual is another question ;-)

In my defense, I actually looked at both.  :-)

> I actually don't understand why do we have this text in the FAQ.  The
> user manual documents this facility clearly enough (AFAIK), so the
> most the FAQ should do is point to the manual.  Or maybe this whole
> question should be deleted from the FAQ.

For now, maybe it's enough to just remove the details on
server-socket-dir from the FAQ, and add a reference to the manual
where users can find the documentation on server-name.  Patch
attached; WDYT?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

[0001-Don-t-mention-server-socket-dir-in-FAQ.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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