Subject: bug#7629: 23.2; Remote X Emacsclient Frame Issue

From: William Gardella <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:58:13 -0500

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:35:58 -0500, Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > If started locally with my emacsclient -c --alternate-editor="" script,
> > the Emacs server creates its socket at /tmp/emacs1000/server
> 
> > If started remotely with the same script, but executed from my netbook
> > via ssh -X, the Emacs server creates its socket at
> > /tmp/user/1000/emacs1000/server.
> 
> Looks like the two ways set the TMPDIR variable differently.
> emacsclient (and the server) both obey TMPDIR, so if the TMPDIR is
> different, they won't find each other.
> 
> 
>         Stefan

The directory issue appears to have something to do with the setting of
the `server-socket-dir' variable.  Setting this variable explicitly from
my initialization file prevents the TMPDIR conflict.

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William Gardella
J.D. Candidate
Class of 2011, University of Pittsburgh School of Law