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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2019-01-04 15:55:59 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2019-01-04 15:55:59 +0200 |
| commit | f6eacc468b8539be482260fa569e7b5ece07f4a2 (patch) | |
| tree | b15f8099a23bacfcf562c23d1fef5011ef0bea35 /lisp/server.el | |
| parent | fe4922cbf01fa9161ffa142fc70972098d48186f (diff) | |
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Improve documentation of 'server-name'
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Emacs Server, TCP Emacs server)
(emacsclient Options):
* lisp/server.el (server-name): Document the usage of
'server-name' to specify the server file as an absolute file
name. (Bug#33934)
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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/server.el | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/server.el b/lisp/server.el index 9020b09c5de..a5d5e561db5 100644 --- a/lisp/server.el +++ b/lisp/server.el @@ -270,7 +270,14 @@ been consumed.") "server") "The name of the Emacs server, if this Emacs process creates one. The command `server-start' makes use of this. It should not be -changed while a server is running." +changed while a server is running. +If this is a file name with no leading directories, Emacs will +create a socket file by that name under `server-socket-dir' +if `server-use-tcp' is nil, else under `server-auth-dir'. +If this is an absolute file name, it specifies where the socket +file will be created. To have emacsclient connect to the same +socket, use the \"-s\" switch for local non-TCP sockets, and +the \"-f\" switch otherwise." :group 'server :type 'string :version "23.1") |