Re: emacsclient's option decoding code

[Chong Yidong]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>>  - emacsclient -c causes the same error, because emacsclient thinks
>> that "-c" + null DISPLAY => "-t"; I proposed the attached patch (1),
>> because even if -t is supported on Windows, the assumption that an
>> empty DISPLAY implies a tty frame is false.
>
> Then why is the patch Windows-specific?  If the above assumption is
> false, it shouldn't be made on Posix platforms as well.

The `-c' option means "create a new frame".  On Posix platforms, we
default to creating an X frame, but if no DISPLAY is available, then we
create a tty frame.  On Windows, presumably tty can't be used.