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Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs
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H. Dieter Wilhelm |
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Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs |
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Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:52:56 +0100 |
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: "H. Dieter Wilhelm" <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
>> Cc: corwin@bru.st, emacs-devel@gnu.org, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk
>> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:50:03 +0100
>>
>> > They should have emacsclient, not Emacs.
>>
>> Yes, I agree.
>>
>> But then, the user has to know about emacsclient(w) AND how to set up
>> the server beforehand.
>
> No, the user should be able to select emacsclient, and the installer
> should produce the actual command using that. Just like with the
> other editors they offer.
>
>> I believe it should also work for emacs.exe (which it is) and
>> runemacs.exe (which is not working, please see the attached image).
>
> Why is that a good idea?
To be prepared for all eventualities when a user might overwrite a
suggestion of emacsclient? It took many years of Emacs usage before I
understood what emacsclient is.
>> Or, even better, suggesting a command line option for emacsclient(w)
>> in case the server is not running.
>
> That's what I had in mind. (And no, emacsclientw is NOT the right
> choice here, since Git is a console executable.)
Ah right, just considered the installer test.
>> (Unfortunately I couldn't get emacsclient to
>> run with a command line option, probably a bug in the Git installer.:-/)
>
> Which seems to indicate that integrating emacsclient into Git is not
> as simple as its maintainer thinks.
Sigh, unfortunately yes. Asked the maintainer about the command line
issue, anyway.
And there's also GitGui to consider, which is not a console program
(regarding the choice of emacsclient and emacsclientw)..
Let's see, thank you
Dieter
--
Best wishes
H. Dieter Wilhelm
Zwingenberg, Germany
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2022/02/06
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2022/02/14
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/02/14
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2022/02/16
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/02/16
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- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/02/16
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, Corwin Brust, 2022/02/16
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/02/16
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2022/02/16
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2022/02/16
- Re: Windows binaries for emacs-28 status and TODOs, H. Dieter Wilhelm, 2022/02/16