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bug#41719: 28.0.50; [FR] emacsclient should provide '--name' option as e
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#41719: 28.0.50; [FR] emacsclient should provide '--name' option as emacs |
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Sun, 12 Jun 2022 10:03:24 +0300 |
> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: lomov.vl@yandex.ru, 41719@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:40:11 +0800
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> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> > In addition, I don't think I understand what is the feature (in
> > user-level terms, not in terms of X-specific internal details) is
> > being sought out here.
> >
> > The discussion mentioned various options of Emacs and emacsclient,
> > which are meant to support multiple Emacs servers running on the same
> > system and the ability of emacsclient to connect to one specific
> > server. This functionality does work, so if that is not what is being
> > requested here, then what is? IOW, why is important what is the
> > WM_CLASS of Emacs?
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> I think what Vladmir wants is for two copies of Emacs to be displayed as
> two "different" applications by pagers and window managers, which rely
> on the WM_CLASS property of a window to associate it with an
> application.
Why? What would that gain in user-level terms?