Re: GNU Emacs now runs in foreground

From: Jean Louis <bugs_at_gnu.support>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 20:48:37 +0300

On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:41:18PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> >
> > Just before some time, emacs --daemon, would go into background, so it
> > was not feasible to control it with s6 scripts. Now developers changed
> > it, and it is possible to invoke multiple instances by name, and still
> > keep the daemon in foreground. In that mode there is no interface to
> > editor. Clients that access the editor, show the interface.
>
> Fascinating! How do emacs clients communicate with the emacs daemon?
> Sockets?
>
> How many other user programs might be used as daemons. What an
> interesting idea! For some reason, mplayer pops into my mind.

I have a strange feeling that you are joking...
Received on Thu Dec 01 2016 - 17:48:37 UTC