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bug#3080: 23.0.92; emacsclient can not open frame without visiting file
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
bug#3080: 23.0.92; emacsclient can not open frame without visiting file |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:25:04 -0700 (PDT) |
Jameson Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net> writes:
> emacsclient does not allow for opening a frame, either in a terminal
> or in a new X frame, with*out* touching a file. This is maybe only an
> issue when emacs is run in --daemon mode where an initial frame is not
> created. It is often useful to open up an emacs without having a
> particular file that needs to be editted, and this is not currently
> possible. In fact, I would prefer to see emacsclient behave more like
> the "classical" emacs behaves. I would like to see the following
> behavior, that I think makes more sense and is more compatible with
> the classic interface:
>
> emacsclient
> opens up a new frame with *scratch*
does not work, it seems intentional, no idea why.
> emacsclient <file>
> opens up a new frame with <file>
emacsclient -c <file>
does this
> emacsclient -nw
> opens up a new frame in the current terminal with *scratch*
this works
> emacsclient -nw <file>
> opens up a new frame in the current terminal with <file>
this works
> emacsclient -<?> <file>
> opens up <file> in an already opened "master" frame
emacsclient <file>
does this