Re: How to reliably edit a file from within Emacs Lisp and return a string?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 19:17:11 +0200
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > > > § emacsclient "file"
> > > > 
> > > > it works here inside of M-x shell where it says "Waiting for
> > > > Emacs..."
> > > > 
> > > > So I can launch emacsclient from shell within Emacs with waiting
> > > > stage.
> > > 
> > > Yes, but this won't get you anywhere past the waiting stage, because
> > > there's no Emacs server that can serve the emacsclient's request.
> > 
> > Actually, you know what: it will work.  So if you insist on doing it
> > via emacsclient, go ahead and do it via the shell buffer.
> 
> I have strong feeling that it can work. Please give me better
> specification. Which function you propose?

I don't understand the question.  I thought you have already figured
everything out for doing this via emacsclient.  Otherwise, why did you
keep asking about emacsclient all the time?