Re: debug connecting to emacsclient

[Richard Riley]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> I've never used emacsclient but since emacs-23 makes it easier to
> connect to a running gnus session, I thought I'd try it out.
>
> I have a `(server-start)' line in .emacs and I see the server start.
> when I start emacs on local host.
>
> However when I ssh in from remote host and say emacsclient ~/myfile
>
> I get an interminable message `waiting for emacs....'
>
> I see no obvious way to debug this. 

I use cvs emacs 23 like this all the time.

Did you try specifically emacsclient -c (need x forwarding) or -t?


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