GNU bug report logs - #25547
25.1.91; emacsclient -c creates frames on the wrong display

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Hutcheson <alexhutcheson <at> google.com>

Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:11:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 30382

Found in versions 25.1.91, 27.0.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eliza Velasquez <exv <at> google.com>
Cc: 25547 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Alex Hutcheson <alexhutcheson <at> google.com>
Subject: bug#25547: 25.1.91; emacsclient -c creates frames on the wrong display
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 17:07:29 -0500

> To answer your second question first, if we try to use
> server-create-tty-frame, Emacs will try to run display the frame in
> the terminal of the calling client, which it can't do in the case of a
> dumb terminal.

The comment could say something like "`emacsclient` is running
inside something like a `M-x shell` buffer: we can't run Emacs in such
ttys, so we use whichever terminal is currently selected".


        Stefan
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