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Re: Emacs 22 and slrn
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Will Parsons |
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Re: Emacs 22 and slrn |
Date: |
29 Aug 2007 14:41:55 GMT |
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slrn/0.9.7.1 (Win32) |
Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
> Will Parsons wrote:
>> I use the slrn newsreader on Windows XP to read newsgroups and have
>> configured it to use Emacs for the editor to use when posting messages.
>> The following has been working fine in the slrn configuration file:
>>
>> set editor_command "c:/emacs-21.3/bin/emacs +%d %s"
>>
>> This causes a separate invocation of Emacs to be created (I usually have
>> another long-term Emacs session already started), and after closing out the
>> session returns to slrn where the message is posted.
>>
>> Now I'm trying to transition to Emacs 22, but using:
>>
>> set editor_command "c:/emacs-22.1/bin/emacs +%d %s"
>>
>> doesn't work. What happens is that an instance of Emacs is created but
>> hangs with an hourglass. Ctrl-g has no effect, and I am forced to close it
>> forcefully from Windows. I've looked thru the Emacs News for Emacs 22 but
>> don't see any obvious change in the startup to account for for this. Any
>> ideas?
>
> I have no answer to this, but why are you invoking a new instance of
> Emacs instead of using Emacs client?
>
I've never felt the need for using emacsclient before - firing up an
instance of Emacs for the relatively few times I post to a newsgroup has
always worked fine for me. But, since I've now been encouraged to use
emacsclient from two sources, I've given it a try and it seems to work fine.
- Will
- Emacs 22 and slrn, Will Parsons, 2007/08/29
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