# HG changeset patch # User Gerd Moellmann # Date 946914965 0 # Node ID 21f49fa0782b5d1710e2950ecf1f3592b47b9067 # Parent 82ad511a02f69653937a0c8d9c54ce2718a57f7e Add socket name `esrv-USERID-SYSTEMNAME' for emacsserver. diff -r 82ad511a02f6 -r 21f49fa0782b man/faq.texi --- a/man/faq.texi Mon Jan 03 14:55:38 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/faq.texi Mon Jan 03 15:56:05 2000 +0000 @@ -1470,8 +1470,10 @@ @end lisp When this is done, Emacs starts a subprocess running a program called -@samp{server}. @samp{server} creates a Unix domain socket, named -@file{.emacs_server}, in the user's home directory. +@samp{server}. @samp{server} creates a Unix domain socket. The socket +is either named @file{.emacs_server}, in the user's home directory, +or @file{esrv-@var{USER-ID}-@var{SYSTEM-NAME}}, in the @file{/tmp} +directory, depending on how @samp{emacsserver} was compiled. To get your news reader, mail reader, etc., to invoke @samp{emacsclient}, try setting the environment variable @code{EDITOR}