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bug#16117: Patch for Emacsclient Unwanted Warning
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#16117: Patch for Emacsclient Unwanted Warning |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:23:15 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Scott Turner <srt19170@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> In emacsclient, if an existing Emacs server cannot be found and an
>> alternate editor is specified, the alternate editor is started. Along
>> the way, emacsclient generates a warning that the server cannot be
>> found.
>>
>> On Windows, this warning is a pop-up dialog box that must be dismissed
>> by the user. This is an unwanted interruption, and irrelevant, since
>> the user has already indicated by using the --alternated-editor option
>> how to handle this situation.
>>
>> The patch below suppresses this warning when the user has specified
>> both the --quiet option and the --alternate-editor option. The
>> reasoning is that --quiet mutes all messages on success, and that
>> because the --alternate-editor has been specified, this message is not
>> reporting an error. It seems like a reasonable compromise that will
>> allow users to see this warning if they like (by not using --quiet)
>> and allow users to avoid it if they like (by using --quiet).
>
> I think your patch makes sense, and the problem is still present in
> Emacs, five years after your report.
>
> ---
> $ emacsclient --quiet --alternate-editor /usr/bin/vi /tmp/a
> emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
> To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
> ---
>
> Does anybody else have an objection to not outputting that error message
> if both --quiet and --alternate-editor is used?
I agree, it makes sense to not show the error message in this case.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
- bug#16117: Patch for Emacsclient Unwanted Warning,
Stefan Kangas <=