RE: [h-e-w] gnuserv and loopback IP address

[Eli Daniel]

To use gnuserv, all you should need to do is to put this in your .emacs:

(require 'gnuserv)
(gnuserv-start)
(setq gnuserv-frame (selected-frame))

And then, from the command line, run:

c:\> gnuclientw foo.txt

And that should open foo.txt in a running emacs, if there is one, or launch
a new one if there isn't.

-Eli

> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden
> [mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of John J. Lee
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 5:54 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [h-e-w] gnuserv and loopback IP address
>
>
>
> Some time ago, I asked here about a problem with getting gnuserv working,
> and someone pointed out that I needed the MS loopback adapter installed.
> I did that, but gnuserv still isn't working -- for example, when using
> VisEmacs to send a file from MSVS to emacs, I just get new emacs processes
> popping up rather than frames or windows.  I would like to state what
> gnuserv on its own does, but the gnuserv documentation was completely
> unclear to me the last time I read it.
>
> 1. Can anyone give me a simple gnuserv command that *should* work, so I
> can see what the real problem is?  (something to send a text file to an
> existing emacs process)
>
> 2. What should the loopback IP address be?  Windows refuses to accept
> 127.0.0.1, but if I put in some other address, how does gnuserv know what
> IP address to use?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>
> John
>
>