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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-03-26 01:53:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-03-26 01:53:30 +0000 |
| commit | 82b9073df188cb7c2b1e9e91a73194118391b062 (patch) | |
| tree | f91a2a47129ad63a18b13cd6518f5c9214192e01 /man/misc.texi | |
| parent | 8f4fc840983b751739c5604501c59d3c02fef5e4 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-82b9073df188cb7c2b1e9e91a73194118391b062.tar.gz | |
(Emacs Server): Document server-name.
(Invoking emacsclient): Document -s option for server names.
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diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi index 5ef15d45d87..56855e1d62c 100644 --- a/man/misc.texi +++ b/man/misc.texi @@ -1247,6 +1247,14 @@ kills it if the file name matches the regular expression If you set the variable @code{server-window} to a window or a frame, @kbd{C-x #} displays the server buffer in that window or in that frame. +@vindex server-name + You can run multiple Emacs servers on the same machine by giving +each one a unique ``server name'', using the variable +@code{server-name}. For example, @kbd{M-x set-variable RET +server-name RET foo} sets the server name to @samp{foo}. The +@code{emacsclient} program can visit a server by name using the +@samp{-s} option. + While @code{mail} or another application is waiting for @code{emacsclient} to finish, @code{emacsclient} does not read terminal input. So the terminal that @code{mail} was using is effectively @@ -1329,6 +1337,9 @@ open the given files with the option @samp{--display=@var{DISPLAY}}. This can be used typically when connecting from home to an Emacs server running on your machine at your workplace. +If there is more than one Emacs server running, you can specify a +server name with the option @samp{-s @var{name}}. + You can also use @code{emacsclient} to execute any piece of Emacs Lisp code, using the option @samp{--eval}. When this option is given, the rest of the arguments is not taken as a list of files to visit but as |