Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: Emacs & org-mode for handling appointments

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 04:15:20PM +0200, Gour wrote:

> Karsten> No problem. How can I detect whether a server is already
> Karsten> running ? How would I start one if not ?
> 
> Well, invoking emacslient when the server is not running will report:
> 
> emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
> To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
> emacsclient: No socket or alternate editor.  Please use:
> 
>       --socket-name
>       --server-file      (or environment variable EMACS_SERVER_FILE)
>       --alternate-editor (or environment variable ALTERNATE_EDITOR)

This works nicely:

        emacsclient --alternate-editor=emacs some-file.org

which starts a non-server emacs for just this session if no
server is running.

> Therefore, I believe it's enough to report to user that server is not
> running (console output) and inform him to re-try again after starting
> server.
IMO, yes, but making things work regardless is better.

Karsten
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