# HG changeset patch # User Chong Yidong # Date 1235096185 0 # Node ID 39b2e6feb7683c0506afeb4b1e9401c01ceffb35 # Parent d31ea613f9892f4eefc6ce8d1bbc1a295a6b912b (server-start): Make the warning more verbose (Bug#2395). diff -r d31ea613f989 -r 39b2e6feb768 lisp/server.el --- a/lisp/server.el Fri Feb 20 02:14:39 2009 +0000 +++ b/lisp/server.el Fri Feb 20 02:16:25 2009 +0000 @@ -493,9 +493,14 @@ ;; Remove any leftover socket or authentication file (ignore-errors (delete-file server-file)) (setq server-mode nil) ;; already set by the minor mode code - (display-warning 'server - (format "Emacs server named %S already running" server-name) - :warning) + (display-warning + 'server + (concat "Unable to start the Emacs server.\n" + (format "There is an existing Emacs server, named %S.\n" + server-name) + "To start the server in this Emacs process, stop the existing +server or call `M-x server-force-delete' to forcibly disconnect it.") + :warning) (setq leave-dead t)) ;; If this Emacs already had a server, clear out associated status. (while server-clients