GNU bug report logs - #8314
24.0.50; emacsclient -c does the wrong thing when compiled without X

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: PJ Weisberg <pj <at> irregularexpressions.net>

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:07:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: PJ Weisberg <pj <at> irregularexpressions.net>
Cc: "rgm <at> gnu.org" <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, "8314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <8314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#8314: 24.0.50; emacsclient -c does the wrong thing when compiled without X
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:35:53 -0400

PJ Weisberg <pj <at> irregularexpressions.net> writes:

>>> I think that if there's no useable graphical display for *any*
>>> reason, '-c' should be a synonym for '-t'.
>>
>> I'm not at all sure that's TRT.  Next you will be saying that if -t
>> is not available either, emacsclient should start a new Emacs
>> session.
>
> Really I just want to say, "open whatever type of frame Emacs would
> normally open."
>
> In the script I was writing when I wrote this report I eventually used
> `if emacs -Q --batch --eval "(kill-emacs (if (featurep 'x) 0 1))"' to
> decide whether to creat a graphical frame or use --tty.

What if the user wants emacsclient to exit if no graphical frame can be
created?
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