Re: Evince and emacs on Ubuntu

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Andrew Bernard <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Does anybody use evince on Ubuntu 15.04 for the point and click link
>> following functionality?
>>
>> I followed these instructions:
>>
>> https://github.com/markk/textedit-ly
>
> Why not the instructions included in LilyPond?
>
> <URL:http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/usage/configuring-the-system-for-point-and-click>
>
>> But clicking a link invokes not one but two copies of emacsclient, and
>> each time you click a note two new copies of emacs are started (not
>> how I thought emacsclient works). Certainly I have something tangled
>> up.
>
> Certainly.

I find that the instructions fail to mention placing

(server-start)

into your .emacs file.  Without that, emacsclient will start a new Emacs
copy.

-- 
David Kastrup