GNU bug report logs - #66598
Missing options from emacsclient man page

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>

Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:26:02 UTC

Severity: minor

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 66598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Subject: bug#66598: Missing options from emacsclient man page
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 12:58:47 +0000 (GMT)

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On Sun, 29 Oct 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
>> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 16:35:05 +0200
>> Cc: 66598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>
>>> +.SH ENVIRONMENT
>>> +.TP
>>> +.B ALTERNATE_EDITOR
>>> +.TP
>>> +.B EMACSCLIENT_TRAMP
>>> +.TP
>>> +.B EMACS_SERVER_FILE
>>> +.TP
>>> +.B EMACS_SOCKET_NAME
>>
>> Reading emacsclient.c, there are also further environment variables:
>>
>> XDG_CONFIG_HOME
>> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
>>
>> I'm undecided whether we shall mention them. Eli?
>
> I don't see how it could cause any harm to mention them as well.

Here is an updated patch that does that.

-- 
Peter Oliver
[0001-doc-man-emacsclient.1-Add-an-ENVIRONMENT-section.patch (text/plain, attachment)]
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