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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/lispref')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/display.texi | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/os.texi | 17 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index 381edbac48a..d050738d80f 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -7166,7 +7166,7 @@ Emacs is displaying the frame on a character-based terminal. @defvar initial-window-system This variable holds the value of @code{window-system} used for the first frame created by Emacs during startup. (When Emacs is invoked -with the @option{--daemon} option, it does not create any initial +as a daemon, it does not create any initial frames, so @code{initial-window-system} is @code{nil}, except on MS-Windows, where it is still @code{w32}. @xref{Initial Options, daemon,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.) diff --git a/doc/lispref/os.texi b/doc/lispref/os.texi index 97b086c0d37..3312705e167 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/os.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/os.texi @@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ compiled into the Emacs executable when it was built. It runs the normal hook @code{before-init-hook}. @item -If appropriate, it creates a graphical frame. This is not done if the -options @samp{--batch} or @samp{--daemon} were specified. +If appropriate, it creates a graphical frame. This is not done in +batch (noninteractive) or daemon mode. @item It initializes the initial frame's faces, and sets up the menu bar @@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ options were specified. @c last few bits of command-line-1 are not done in batch mode. @item -If the option @code{--daemon} was specified, it calls -@code{server-start}, and on Posix systems also detaches from the -controlling terminal. @xref{Emacs Server,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs -Manual}. +If a daemon was requested, it calls @code{server-start}. +(On Posix systems, if a background daemon was requested, it then +detaches from the controlling terminal.) @xref{Emacs +Server,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}. @item If started by the X session manager, it calls @@ -337,7 +337,10 @@ Do not display a splash screen. Run without an interactive terminal. @xref{Batch Mode}. @item --daemon -Do not initialize any display; just start a server in the background. +@itemx --old-daemon +@itemx --new-daemon +Do not initialize any display; just start a server. +(An ``old-style'' daemon automatically runs in the background.) @item --no-init-file @itemx -q |