Re: [PATCH] add emacsclient support to open with file:linum syntax

[Jorge Alberto Garcia]

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Jorge Alberto Garcia <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 08:13:58 -0600
>> Cc: Yuri Khan <address@hidden>, Emacs developers <address@hidden>
>>
>> > I think such a feature, if deemed useful, should be activated by a new
>> > command-line option.  Otherwise, I don't see how can emacsclient be
>> > sure the bunch of digits at the end of a file name is a line number.
>>
>> Hey Eli, thanks for your feedback,
>> would you be against using a new env var to enable it ?
>
> Yes.  I think changing behavior depending on environment variables is
> only appropriate for debugging options, not for mainstream.

Got it, so what about keep using '+' to indicate a line position
if a number is not followed then look for it in the filepath.

This way it uses the same flag, keeps compatibility and enables this feature
only when required.