GNU bug report logs - #41719
28.0.50; emacsclient -c -F '((name . "NAME"))' is not respected --with-x-toolkit=gtk3

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Message #66 received at 41719 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: lomov.vl <at> yandex.ru, 41719 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41719: 28.0.50; [FR] emacsclient should provide '--name'
 option as emacs
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:03:24 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: lomov.vl <at> yandex.ru,  41719 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:40:11 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > In addition, I don't think I understand what is the feature (in
> > user-level terms, not in terms of X-specific internal details) is
> > being sought out here.
> >
> > The discussion mentioned various options of Emacs and emacsclient,
> > which are meant to support multiple Emacs servers running on the same
> > system and the ability of emacsclient to connect to one specific
> > server.  This functionality does work, so if that is not what is being
> > requested here, then what is?  IOW, why is important what is the
> > WM_CLASS of Emacs?
> 
> I think what Vladmir wants is for two copies of Emacs to be displayed as
> two "different" applications by pagers and window managers, which rely
> on the WM_CLASS property of a window to associate it with an
> application.

Why?  What would that gain in user-level terms?

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