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Full support for multiple terminal I/O (with some rough edges). lib-src/emacsclient.c (emacs_pid): New variable. (window_change): Forward the SIGWINCH signal to the Emacs process after copying the size parameters to the proxy terminal. (copy_from_to): New parameter (sigio), kill Emacs with SIGIO if it is nonzero. (main): Set emacs_pid. lisp/server.el (server-process-filter): Send the pid of Emacs to emacsclient. src/cm.c: Added tty parameters to all functions and all Wcm macro calls. src/cm.h: Added tty parameters to all macros. Updated function prototypes. (Wcm): Moved to struct tty_output. src/dispextern.h: Updated function prototypes. src/dispnew.c: Added tty parameters to all Wcm macro calls. (do_switch_frame): Make old frame obscured, not invisible, to solve problems with other-frame. (Wcm): Moved to struct tty_output. src/keyboard.c (read_avail_input): Select the frame corresponding to the tty that was read. Slight rearrangement of tty loop. src/lisp.h (tabs_safe_p): Removed duplicate prototype. src/sysdep.c (hft_init, hft_reset): Added tty_output parameter. (discard_tty_input): Discard input from all ttys on APOLLO, too. Whatever it is. (narrow_foreground_group, widen_foreground_group): Added tty parameter (not really useful, the functions only work on the controlling tty.) (tabs_safe_p): Added tty parameter. src/term.c Added tty parameters to all Wcm macro calls. Standardised updating_frame vs. selected frame and tty_output access. (term_init): Allocate Wcm. (syms_of_term): Provide the `multi-tty' feature. src/termchar.h (struct tty_output): Added Wcm. src/xdisp.c (try_window_id): Make sure we use the tty device corresponding to the current frame. git-archimport-id: [e-mail]--2004/emacs--multi-tty--0--patch-8

.TH EMACSCLIENT 1
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.SH NAME
emacsclient \- tells a running Emacs to visit a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B emacsclient
.I "[options] files ..."
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the
.BR emacsclient
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
Instead, it has documentation in the GNU Info format; see below.
.PP
.B emacsclient 
works in conjunction with the built-in server of Emacs.
.PP
You typically do not call 
.B emacsclient
directly.  Instead, you set the environment variable EDITOR
to 
.B emacsclient
and let programs like 'vipw' or 'bug' or anything run
it for you, which will use an existing Emacs to visit the file.

For
.B emacsclient 
to work, you need an already running Emacs with a server.  Within Emacs, call 
the function
`server-start'.  (Your `.emacs' file can do this automatically if you
add the expression `(server-start)' to it.)  

When you've finished editing the buffer, type `C-x #'
(`server-edit').  This saves the file and sends a message back to the
`emacsclient' program telling it to exit.  The programs that use
`EDITOR' wait for the "editor" (actually, `emacsclient') to exit.  `C-x
#' also checks for other pending external requests to edit various
files, and selects the next such file.

If you set the variable `server-window' to a window or a frame, `C-x
#' displays the server buffer in that window or in that frame.

.SH OPTIONS
The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
.TP
.B \-n, \-\-no-wait
returns
immediately without waiting for you to "finish" the buffer in Emacs.
.TP
.B \-e, \-\-eval
do not visit files but instead evaluate the arguments as Emacs
Lisp expressions.
.TP
.B \-a, \-\-alternate-editor=EDITOR
if the Emacs server is not running, run the specified editor instead.
This can also be specified via the `ALTERNATE_EDITOR' environment variable.
.TP
.B \-d, \-\-display=DISPLAY
tell the server to display the files on the given display.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The program is documented fully in
.IR "Using Emacs as a Server"
available via the Info system.
.SH BUGS
If there is no running Emacs server, 
.B emacsclient 
cannot launch one. I use a small Perl script instead of raw 
.B emacsclient
to do it (it works only with systems which have BSD sockets, which is fine
for Debian GNU/Linux).
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Stephane Bortzmeyer <[e-mail]>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
.SH COPYING
This manual page is in the public domain.

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