Re: GNU Emacs: Client/Server

[Dhruva Krishnamurthy]

Hello,
 Based on the suggestion I had on implementing a emacs client/server in
 pure Elisp, I have come up with a working _Prototype_. The code needs
 lot of cleanup and I am sure can be improved a lot. This is my first
 shot at Elisp programming, I request you to kindly help.

Some of the features:
- Server is bound to localhost by default (for security issues) but can
be changed
- Server accepts a *secret* word which is then used to validate all
client connections
  Ex: (emacsserver-start "secret")
- Multiple servers supported in a single invocation of emacs (per
session) but on 
  different ports.

- Client opens a connection on a running server with no authentication
(may be a 
  security risk)
- To execute any expression on the server, the connection must be
authenticated. Hence,
  internally, the first expr sent to server is the *secret* word as an
  argument to the
  client command dispatching function.
  Ex: (emacsserver-client '(find-file \"~/_emacs\") "secret")
- The secret word is store in a hash in the server for the client
process. With this,
  you can send multiple commands (some work needs to be done here)

I am sending the Elisp file which is 7Kb. I request help and guidance to
make this robust and acceptable. My apologies in advance for those who
are not interested.

with regards,
dhruva
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Dhruva Krishnamurthy
Proud FSF member: #1935
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emacsserver.el
Description: application/unknown