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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 8314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, PJ Weisberg <pj <at> irregularexpressions.net>
Subject: Re: bug#8314: 24.0.50;
	emacsclient -c does the wrong thing when compiled without X
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:09:29 -0400

>> Whatever we do, we should do it in server.el, not in emacsclient.c.
> Not trivially doable, since emacsclient.c is the one that figures out
> the tty name and type (when needed; find_tty) and passes them to the
> server. emacsclient.c would have to be modified to pass this info in all
> cases

Yup.  Doesn't sound like a big deal.

> (except --eval?)

No need for any exception there.

> and some new tty-flag added to distinguish between "tty requested" and
> "tty to be used as fallback if Emacs compiled without X" (since -tty
> on its own would no longer be enough).

Adding a "tty requested" flag doesn't sound particularly hard either.


        Stefan
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