Subject: Re: bug#63629: Fwd: bug#63629: 28.3; Emacsclient exits with no error message and breaks terminal when opening a file without permissions

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 13:29:38 +0300

> From: Adam Ibrahim <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 08:08:13 -0400
> Cc: [email-masked]
> 
> Makes sense. Thanks.

I eventually found a way of showing the error message in almost all
cases, and installed the fix with those changes on the master branch.
Please try the patch below and see if it produces better results.

diff --git a/lisp/server.el b/lisp/server.el
index 608e5df..c3325e5 100644
--- a/lisp/server.el
+++ b/lisp/server.el
@@ -1143,8 +1143,18 @@ server-process-filter
 	  (process-put proc :authenticated t)
 	  (server-log "Authentication successful" proc))
       (server-log "Authentication failed" proc)
+      ;; Display the error as a message and give the user time to see
+      ;; it, in case the error written by emacsclient to stderr is not
+      ;; visible for some reason.
+      (message "Authentication failed")
+      (sit-for 2)
       (server-send-string
        proc (concat "-error " (server-quote-arg "Authentication failed")))
+      (unless (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+        (let ((terminal (process-get proc 'terminal)))
+          ;; Only delete the terminal if it is non-nil.
+          (when (and terminal (eq (terminal-live-p terminal) t))
+	    (delete-terminal terminal))))
       ;; Before calling `delete-process', give emacsclient time to
       ;; receive the error string and shut down on its own.
       (sit-for 1)
@@ -1462,10 +1472,20 @@ server-execute
 
 (defun server-return-error (proc err)
   (ignore-errors
+    ;; Display the error as a message and give the user time to see
+    ;; it, in case the error written by emacsclient to stderr is not
+    ;; visible for some reason.
+    (message (error-message-string err))
+    (sit-for 2)
     (server-send-string
      proc (concat "-error " (server-quote-arg
                              (error-message-string err))))
     (server-log (error-message-string err) proc)
+    (unless (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+      (let ((terminal (process-get proc 'terminal)))
+        ;; Only delete the terminal if it is non-nil.
+        (when (and terminal (eq (terminal-live-p terminal) t))
+	  (delete-terminal terminal))))
     ;; Before calling `delete-process', give emacsclient time to
     ;; receive the error string and shut down on its own.
     (sit-for 5)