bug#5486: 23.1.91; emacsclient -c not working on windows

[Novimir Pablant]

Running emacsclientw.exe does not behave as expected on windows.

The command that I am attempting to run is:
emacsclientw.exe -c FILE

The behavior I expect is for the file to be opened in a new frame.
The actual behavior is to open the buffer in an existing frame (if
present).



In the windows environmental variables I have set:
ALTERNATE_EDITOR=C:\Programs\text\emacs\bin\runemacs.exe

In my .emacs file I have added:
(server-start)

Here is the behavior that I have observed:

1. Emacs is not running.

  "emacsclientw.exe -c", starts emacs as expected.


2. Emacs running with an existing frame.

  "emacsclientw.exe -c", nothing happens.
  "emacscilentw.exe FILE", file is opened in an existing frame.
  "emacscilentw.exe -c FILE", nothing happens, the file is not opened.
  "emacscilentw.exe -c -n FILE", file is opened in the existing frame
    (new frame expected).

  If I open up a windows command prompt (cmd.exe) and type
  "emacscilent  -c [-n]" I get the following error:

  *ERROR*: Not using an ASCII terminal now; cannot make a new ASCII frame

  This error is not displayed with emacscilentw, otherwise the behavior
  is the same.

If I run the commands from a cygwin xterm terminal (instead of using the
windows terminal), then both emacsclient.exe and emacsclientw.exe work
as expected.  No errors are reported.  Note that this is a normal
windows installation of emacs, NOT a cygwin installation.


I have tested this with emacs-23.1.0 and emacs-23.1.91.


Novimir Pablant
amicitas@gmail.com




In GNU Emacs 23.1.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-01-02 on PRETEST
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4)'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENU
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  show-paren-mode: t
  msb-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> C-x <escape> <escape> <escape>
M-x M-x r e p o r t <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> - e m
a c s - b u g <return>

Recent messages:
Loading font-lock...done
Loading msb...done
Loading paren...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
repeat-complex-command: There are no previous complex commands to repeat

Load-path shadows:
~/.emacs.d/lisp/longlines hides c:/Programs/text/emacs/lisp/longlines
~/.emacs.d/lisp/idlwave hides c:/Programs/text/emacs/lisp/progmodes/idlwave
~/.emacs.d/lisp/idlw-toolbar hides 
c:/Programs/text/emacs/lisp/progmodes/idlw-toolbar
~/.emacs.d/lisp/idlw-shell hides 
c:/Programs/text/emacs/lisp/progmodes/idlw-shell
~/.emacs.d/lisp/idlw-help hides 
c:/Programs/text/emacs/lisp/progmodes/idlw-help
~/.emacs.d/lisp/idlw-complete-structtag hides 
c:/Programs/text/emacs/lisp/progmodes/idlw-complete-structtag

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