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Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs
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David Kastrup |
Subject: |
Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:44:59 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Bill Wohler <address@hidden> writes:
> Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On modern computers, Emacs starts up so quickly and uses such an
>> insignificant amount of memory that there is basically much no
>> difference between starting a new Emacs and returning to a
>> pre-existing Emacs session.
>
> Agreed.
Not here.
> Not only that, consider other legitimate use cases such as "sudo
> emacs FILE" or "ssh SOME_REMOTE_MACHINE; emacs -nw FILE".
C-x C-f /sudo::FILE RET
C-x C-f /ssh:SOME_REMOTE_MACHINE:FILE RET
> Here's something completely different: If it hurts when the user
> does something, don't let them do it.
>
> Many programs today will attach themselves to an existing process
> when started. Emacs can do the same thing. If the "emacs" executable
> detects an existing process on the local machine owned by the same
> user in the same session (X server), and the -nw option is not
> specified, it can behave like emacsclient; otherwise, it starts a
> new process.
Emacs is not multi-threaded, so there are legitimate use cases to have
several Emacs sessions open. Actually, another argument against the
"there need only be one" claim.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., (continued)
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/10
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Chong Yidong, 2007/09/10
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Leo, 2007/09/10
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/11
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., David Kastrup, 2007/09/11
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Juri Linkov, 2007/09/11
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., David Kastrup, 2007/09/10
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Richard Stallman, 2007/09/11
- Re: New start up splash screen annoyance..., Chong Yidong, 2007/09/11
- Folding emacsclient into emacs (was: New start up splash screen annoyance...), Bill Wohler, 2007/09/11
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, Bill Wohler, 2007/09/12
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, dhruva, 2007/09/12
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, David Kastrup, 2007/09/12
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/09/13
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, Michael Albinus, 2007/09/13
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, Eli Zaretskii, 2007/09/13
- Tramp (was: Folding emacsclient into emacs), Bill Wohler, 2007/09/12
- Re: Tramp, David Kastrup, 2007/09/12
- Re: Tramp, Michael Albinus, 2007/09/12
- Re: Folding emacsclient into emacs, Tom Tromey, 2007/09/12