Re: Daemon mode wishlist

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Doesn't --eval '(progn (setq server-name "foo") (server-start))' work?

> Ah, I hadn't thought of that.  The server gets restarted, of course,
> but yes it works.  Thanks.

>> My plan is to change --daemon syntax to be --daemon[=NAME[:PORT]]
>> Then (daemonp) would return (NAME . PORT)
>> and change server-start to take NAME and PORT as optional arguments.

> And PORT could be t if you want Emacs to start a TCP server on a
> random port as is the default now?

>> Do you want to help implementing/documenting and more importantly
>> getting this approved?

> The first step is probably to get this approved. :)

All of these new features will have to wait.  The only thing we should
do at this stage is move the (server-start) to after processing .emacs
and --eval.


        Stefan