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| author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2000-01-12 13:43:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> | 2000-01-12 13:43:51 +0000 |
| commit | b191e04eb72012bef22634b125d4adf1ee7d70c8 (patch) | |
| tree | a21da7a2fe375e8c7176f67a137399b65b7484b2 /man/misc.texi | |
| parent | 9d192c1ad56b71067c77bdebd0c2c4f8251b1837 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-b191e04eb72012bef22634b125d4adf1ee7d70c8.tar.gz | |
New option --alternate-editor for emacsclient.
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diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi index 75042888e91..28e035bfadd 100644 --- a/man/misc.texi +++ b/man/misc.texi @@ -1177,6 +1177,19 @@ names that are temporary. returns immediately without waiting for you to ``finish'' the buffer in Emacs. + If you have forgotten to start Emacs, then the option +@samp{--alternate-editor=@var{command}} may be useful. It specifies a +command to run if @code{emacsclient} fails to contact Emacs. For +example, the following setting for the @var{EDITOR} environment variable +will always give an editor, even if Emacs is not running. + +@example +EDITOR="emacsclient --alternate-editor vi +%d %s" +@end example + +The environment variable @var{ALTERNATE_EDITOR} has the same effect, but +the value of the @samp{--alternate-editor} takes precedence. + @menu * Invoking emacsclient:: @end menu |