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Re: new frame for emacsclient-emacs (v22)
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Reiner Steib |
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Re: new frame for emacsclient-emacs (v22) |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:36:48 +0200 |
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On Wed, Aug 29 2007, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
> At Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:15:27 -0600 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> "Allan" == Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu> writes:
>> Allan> I would like emacsclient-emacs (this is the name of the executable on
>> Allan> my gentoo system; I had thought it was simply emacsclient), to show
>> Allan> the requested file in a new frame. I have set server-window to
>> Allan> `pop-to-buffer', but that does not create a new frame.
>>
>> Try setting server-window to a function that makes a frame and
>> displays your buffer in it.
>>
>> This is untested but may do what you want:
>>
>> (defun server-make-frame-for-buffer (buffer)
>> (if multiple-frames
>> (let ((frame (make-frame)))
>> (set-window-buffer (frame-selected-window frame) buffer)
>> (select-frame-set-input-focus frame))
>> (pop-to-buffer buffer)))
>
> Thanks. I changed `multiple-frames' to `window-system' since
> sometimes the server emacs has only one frame.
Shouldn't the existing customize choice "Display in new frame"
(switch-to-buffer-other-frame) already do the same? If not, I think
we should add a predefined function doing what Allan expects (I think
this is a very common wish).
Bye, Reiner.
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