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Re: bug in server-start
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: bug in server-start |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:58:32 -0800 (PST) |
"Juanma Barranquero" <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 20:28, Dan Nicolaescu <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Then PLEASE STOP making statements about what I said when that is
> > clearly not true.
>
> Then PLEASE STOP trying to turn this discussion into another confrontation.
You gotta be kidding.
> > (display-warning 'server (format "Server %S is already running"
server-name))
> >
> > Given that the 23.1 behavior is different than what happened before,
> > this will not help users easily find out what is wrong.
>
> What will help the users find out what is wrong? Not giving them a warning?
How about an error message that is more explicit?
> > PLEASE STOP making statements here about what I do or do not, when you
> > have no information to support your suppositions. Thank you.
>
> PLEASE STOP using that tone, and PLEASE LOOK for "perhaps" in a dictionary.
You might want to reread what I wrote. Making suppositions about what
someone does or does not do does not help your argument, STOP THAT.
> > There's a strong hint in the fact that server-name is a defvar with no
> > docstring (not a defcustom).
>
> Nonsense. The manual clearly says that you can run several servers
> provided that you use different names, and before --daemon (and even
> now, on Windows) there's no user command to set the server-name. If
> anything, perhaps it should be a defcustom, or at the very least have
> a docstring.
>
> > I designed --daemon to be very easy to use, I want the error messages to
> > be easy to understand/debug too.
>
> And the difference between
>
> Could not start daemon
>
> and
>
> Could not start daemon "server"
>
> (or, 'Could not start daemon named "server"')
>
> makes the error messages difficult to understand/debug? How so?
What makes you think that it's just a binary choice here?
- Re: bug in server-start, (continued)
- Re: bug in server-start, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start,
Dan Nicolaescu <=
- Re: bug in server-start, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Chong Yidong, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Juanma Barranquero, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Stefan Monnier, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Stefan Monnier, 2008/12/15
- Re: bug in server-start, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Stefan Monnier, 2008/12/16
- Re: bug in server-start, Dan Nicolaescu, 2008/12/16