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Missing options from emacsclient man page

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
Subject: bug#66598: closed (Re: bug#66598: Missing options from
 emacsclient man page)
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 09:52:01 +0000

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Your bug report

#66598: Missing options from emacsclient man page

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 66598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
Cc: 66598-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#66598: Missing options from emacsclient man page
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:51:03 +0200

> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2023 12:58:47 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
> cc: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, 66598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> 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.

Thanks, installed on the emacs-29 branch, and closing the bug.

Btw, I don't see your copyright assignment on file; did you sign one?
If not, would you like to start your legal paperwork at this time, so
that we could accept your contributions in the future without
limitations?

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From: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Missing options from emacsclient man page
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:24:33 +0100 (BST)

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On Tue, 17 Oct 2023, Michael Albinus wrote:

> Since Emacs 26, emacsclient is prepared for this. If you call
> "emacsclient --tramp=<PREFIX>", all file names on the server side,
> emacsclient sends as "/path/to/file", are "<PREFIX>/path/to/file".

Attached is a patch to mention this (and other) options in the emacsclient man page.

-- 
Peter Oliver

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