GNU bug report logs - #3080
23.0.92; emacsclient can not open frame without visiting file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jameson Rollins <jrollins <at> finestructure.net>

Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #33 received at 3080 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jameson Rollins <jrollins <at> finestructure.net>
Cc: 3080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>,
        rfrancoise <at> debian.org
Subject: Re: bug#3080: 23.0.92; emacsclient can not open frame without visiting file
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:02:04 -0400

> Hi, Dan.  Thanks for the response.  What I was trying to outline below
> was partially whether the functionality worked or not, but also that
> the emacsclient interface is different that the standard emacs
> interface, and that this seems a little bit unfortunate, seeing as
> they could be the same.

The reason is simply that "emacsclient" has existed for a long time and
the previous behavior was not compatible with the one of "emacs".

> Would it be possible to have them be the same?

Only by breaking compatibility with scripts that were written for
older "emacsclient"s.

Note that if you really switch to a setup based on emacs-daemon, then
you'll only ever use "emacsclient" on the command line, so the
compatibility with the "emacs" command line wouldn't be that important.


        Stefan
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