Subject: Re: bug#55599: save-buffers-kill-emacs doesn't give a visible prompt when called from command line

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 05:30:39 +0300

> From: Peter Ludemann <[email-masked]>
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 12:34:23 -0700
> Cc: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
> 
> There's probably a solution to this, but it could be a lot of work for a small benefit.

Could you please describe the problem for which you are looking for a
solution?  During this discussion, you presented several issues that
bothered you, so I'm no longer sure which of those we are now talking
about.

> However, I noticed that stderr appears to be available, when there's an error:
> 
> $ emacsclient --eval '(man fprintf)'
> *ERROR*: Symbol’s value as variable is void: fprintf
> 
> and also when it works properly:
> 
> $ emacsclient --eval "(list-buffers)"
> #<window 194 on *Buffer List*>

That's emacsclient's stderr, not that of the daemon.  And it can only
print messages, not receive input.