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Re: emacs as a service
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Richard G Riley |
Subject: |
Re: emacs as a service |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:34:39 +0200 |
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Emacs 22.2.1/No Gnus v0.11 |
Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com> writes:
> Rustom Mody wrote:
>> Ken Goldman said:
>>
>>> I can answer this piece: (global-set-key "\C-x\C-c"
>>> 'delete-frame)
>>
>> Have you tried this with a single existing frame? Does not allow it
>> for me...
>
> That's a feature. :-)
>
> When I run emacs as a server, I often start many frames as I double
> click various files. At times, I want to clean up by deleting these
> frames. But I don't want to delete the very last frame (would that
> kill the server?).
>
> The use model for emacs as a server is that you start it once at log
> in and let it run forever.
>
Must the server have a physical display though? Can emacs client connect
and generate its own frame and display? e.g so I dont accidentally close
the "server" when tidying up I would like the "server" to by invisible.