GNU bug report logs - #43645
26.3; emacsclient -c does not open to correct window

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Message #23 received at 43645 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bluetrack121 <at> gmail.com, 43645 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43645: 26.3; emacsclient -c does not open to correct window
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:21:27 +0200

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

>> I'm now sure what you mean by "the first emacsclient instance is on top
>> also"?
>
> My guess is that the frame created by the first emacsclient invocation
> is on top (in the z-order) of that created by the second invocation.
> That's probably a WM thing, though.

Ah, right.  That does happen here, too, but I didn't notice because of
how my windows are arranged.

>> When I do this, I get a new Emacs frame with the *scratch* buffer
>> displayed
>
> Does this happen even if the second invocation of emacsclient uses a
> different file name, not the same test.txt as the first one?

No, if I say "emacsclient -c foo.txt", then a new frame is popped up
displaying the foo.txt buffer.

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