Re: [PATCH] Make emacsclientw -a usable

[Evgeny Fraimovitch]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Evgeny Fraimovitch <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 22:25:31 +0000
>>
>> Currently the emacsclientw (the non-console version of Win32 emacs client) 
>> pops
>> up a modal message box if emacs server is not running even if there is an
>> alternate specified. This makes the -a option (with or without an argument)
>> somewhat useless, since the user is greeted by a modal message box,
>> interrupting the workflow.
>> The attached patch supresses the modal message box (only in Win32 and only in
>> the non-console client) if there is an alternate editor specified - the user
>> will only get an error message if the alternative fails too.
>>
>> The patch is produced against today's emacs master.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> --- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
>> +++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
>> @@ -968,7 +968,14 @@ set_tcp_socket (const char *local_server_file)
>>    /* Set up the socket.  */
>>    if (connect (s, (struct sockaddr *) &server, sizeof server) < 0)
>>      {
>> -      sock_err_message ("connect");
>> +      /*Since we have an alternate to try out this is not an error yet
>> +     popping out a modal dialog at this stage would make -a option totally
>> +     useless for emacsclientw - the user will still get an error message
>> +     if the alternate editor fails*/
>> +#ifdef WINDOWSNT
>> +      if(!(w32_window_app() && alternate_editor))
>> +#endif
>> +     sock_err_message ("connect");
>>        return INVALID_SOCKET;
>>      }
>
> What about the other call to sock_err_message in that function,
> doesn't it need to be handled the same way in emacsclientw?

We can handle both for symmetry, though the chances of the first call
failing on the initial try and succeeding later are slim:

diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index 357ebc7..077bd65 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -961,14 +961,24 @@ set_tcp_socket (const char *local_server_file)
   /* Open up an AF_INET socket.  */
   if ((s = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)) < 0)
     {
-      sock_err_message ("socket");
+      /*Since we have an alternate to try out this is not an error yet
+ popping out a modal dialog at this stage would make -a option totally
+ useless for emacsclientw - the user will still get an error message
+ if the alternate editor fails*/
+#ifdef WINDOWSNT
+      if(!(w32_window_app() && alternate_editor))
+#endif
+ sock_err_message ("socket");
       return INVALID_SOCKET;
     }

   /* Set up the socket.  */
   if (connect (s, (struct sockaddr *) &server, sizeof server) < 0)
     {
-      sock_err_message ("connect");
+#ifdef WINDOWSNT
+      if(!(w32_window_app() && alternate_editor))
+#endif
+ sock_err_message ("connect");
       return INVALID_SOCKET;
     }