Don't abort emacsclientw when -a was specified

* lib-src/emacsclient.c (set_tcp_socket) [WINDOWSNT]: Don't error
out if we are in emacsclientw and -a was specified.

Copyright-paperwork-exempt: yes

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index 357ebc736ab..44262400504 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -961,6 +961,13 @@ set_tcp_socket (const char *local_server_file)
   /* Open up an AF_INET socket.  */
   if ((s = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP)) < 0)
     {
+      /* Since we have an alternate to try out, this is not an error
+	 yet; popping out a modal dialog at this stage would make -a
+	 option totally useless for emacsclientw -- the user will
+	 still get an error message if the alternate editor fails.  */
+#ifdef WINDOWSNT
+      if(!(w32_window_app () && alternate_editor))
+#endif
       sock_err_message ("socket");
       return INVALID_SOCKET;
     }
@@ -968,6 +975,9 @@ set_tcp_socket (const char *local_server_file)
   /* Set up the socket.  */
   if (connect (s, (struct sockaddr *) &server, sizeof server) < 0)
     {
+#ifdef WINDOWSNT
+      if(!(w32_window_app () && alternate_editor))
+#endif
       sock_err_message ("connect");
       return INVALID_SOCKET;
     }