Re: emacsclient bug

[Sascha Wilde]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:

>       > Of course, if your Emacs server has both X11 and tty frames, then "-c"
>       > will arbitrarily open either a tty frame or an X11 frame depending on
>       > which frame happens to be selected when the emacsclient connects to 
> it.
>
>     Given that, taking into account the current frame when emacsclient
>     connects does not seem like a good idea.
>
> I disagree.  I think that what -c does is the right default.
> It says "make a new frame".  Making it on the same terminal
> is clearly the best default.
>
> You can specify additional options to say where the new frame should go.

No objections here, but I thought that `-c' would explicitly state "open a
new X11 frame (if available)" in contrast to `-t' which is documented as
"Open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal".

If this isn't supposed to be the case, an option saying: open a new X11
Frame on the current $DISPLAY is needed.  Currently only the combination
of `-c' and `-d' opens an new X11 frame, and `-d' requires an explicitly
given display (which is annoying for the reasons stated in my original
mail).

cheers
sascha
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