Subject: Re: bug#65812: 29.1; Emacs client on Windows can't connect to the daemon on WSL over TCP

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 14:18:45 +0300

> Cc: [email-masked]
> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:24:25 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
> 
> Please try the patch below and tell if it solves your problem.

Sorry, there was an error in that patch (this is what I get for
sending patches in a hurry).  Please try the one below instead.

diff --git a/lisp/server.el b/lisp/server.el
index 104fc06..1006fee 100644
--- a/lisp/server.el
+++ b/lisp/server.el
@@ -1262,9 +1262,12 @@ server-process-filter
                  ;; choice there.)  In daemon mode on Windows, we can't
                  ;; make tty frames, so force the frame type to GUI
                  ;; there too.
-                 (when (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
-                            (or (daemonp)
-                                (eq window-system 'w32)))
+                 (when (or (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
+                                (or (daemonp)
+                                    (eq window-system 'w32)))
+                           ;; Client runs on Windows, but the server
+                           ;; runs on a Posix host.
+                           (equal tty-name "CONOUT$"))
                    (push "-window-system" args-left)))
 
                 ;; -position +LINE[:COLUMN]:  Set point to the given