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26.0.50; emacsclient requires file argument

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: James Nguyen <jamesn <at> fastmail.com>
Cc: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>, 27511 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27511: 26.0.50; emacsclient requires file argument
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:13:53 -0400

James Nguyen <jamesn <at> fastmail.com> writes:

> Those work for me but -c creates a new gui frame and -t opens in terminal.

Oh, all the responses I saw in the reddit thread you linked were using
-c or -t, so I thought that's what you wanted.

> Usually I have a gui client up already and $ emacsclient $FILE is the
> only choice that opens it in that current frame.

But it sounds like you're actually after something like

    emacsclient --eval '(select-frame-set-input-focus (car (frame-list)))'

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