GNU bug report logs - #646
emacsclient with no args to behave like -a

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Message #48 received at 646 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: J. Pablo Fernández <pupeno <at> pupeno.com>,
 646 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#646: emacsclient with no args to behave like -a
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:14:56 +0200

Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> From my reading, this is the original reporter's preferred behavior:
>
>   1) If Emacs is not currently running
>      a) `emacsclient file.txt' starts Emacs and opens file.txt
>      b) `emacsclient' starts Emacs (as though running `emacs')
>   2) If Emacs is currently running
>      a) `emacsclient file.txt' opens file.txt in the existing Emacs session
>      b) `emacsclient' brings some frame in the existing Emacs session
>      to the foreground

That's not my reading.  The bug reporter said "It would be nice if
emacsclient, when called with no arguments, would just run the alternate
editor."  I.e., emulate the "-a" parameter when called with no
parameters.

(He's also using Emacs as the alternate, but that's just a detail.)

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