Re: GNU Emacs: Client/Server

[Stefan Monnier]

>  Based on the suggestion I had on implementing a emacs client/server in
>  pure Elisp, I have come up with a working _Prototype_. The code needs
>  lot of cleanup and I am sure can be improved a lot. This is my first
>  shot at Elisp programming, I request you to kindly help.

Maybe you know it and you're just experimenting, but I just want to make
sure you do realize that gnuclient/gnuserver already solve those problems,
so clearly there isn't much point is creating yet another system.  What we
want instead is to extend server.el and emacsclient.c with support for TCP
sockets (and maybe add an elisp version of emacsclient.c).

> - Server accepts a *secret* word which is then used to validate all
> client connections
>   Ex: (emacsserver-start "secret")

I'd prefer an automatically generated random string, but it otherwise
looks reasonable.


        Stefan