Re: emacs and emacsclient on different displays

[Suvayu Ali]

Hi Jim,

On Monday 26 October 2009 09:26 PM, Jim Barbour wrote:
> Should I be able to run emacs and emacsclient on different displays?
>
> i.e. start emacs on my linux machine in my office, set a server name
> and start an emacs server.  Do work.  Then, come home, ssh into the
> office, and run emacsclient and use the same buffers I was using at
> work.   I'd like all of this to be in X windows, not in a TTY.
>
> i.e.
>
> host1 % echo DISPLAY
> localhost:0.0
> host1 % emacs...
> eval: (setq server-name "test1")
> eval: (start-server)
> ...
>
> <later>
>
> host1 % echo $DISPLAY
> localhost:14.0
> host1 % emacsclient -s test1 -c foo
> Waiting for Emacs...X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication.
> *ERROR*: Connection lost to X server `localhost:14.0'
>
> However, if I run xterm at that same prompt, it comes up just fine.
>
> Can anyone let me know if what I want to do here is possible, and what
> I might be doing wrong?
>
> Thanks Very Much,

Look at this message, 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2009-09/threads.html. 
The rest of the thread is also very instructive about how emacsclient 
and tramp works.

GL

> Jim
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Suvayu

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