Re: emacsclient: create a new frame if one doesn't exist

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I think I'd prefer a solution that doesn't require adding options to
>> emacsclient (i.e. where the choice is expressed via a customization in
>> .emacs).
> I thought about taking that route, but at the command line the user may want
> to create a frame if one doesn't exist or the user may want to
> create a frame regardless of other frames. I'm not sure how to provide both
> without adding an option to emacsclient.

Assuming you manage to get the "reuse frame when possible" to be the
default behavior, than -c will still let the user choose to force
creation of a new frame.

BTW, have you tried

   emacsclient --display "$DISPLAY" <file>


-- Stefan