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authorGerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>2000-01-03 15:56:05 +0000
committerGerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>2000-01-03 15:56:05 +0000
commita245d303db43c75d0a04eb2f2491eaa59d5d17ee (patch)
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parentf78a68cf941365528c94e0ffe2bc08259b5f3f60 (diff)
downloademacs-a245d303db43c75d0a04eb2f2491eaa59d5d17ee.tar.gz
Add socket name `esrv-USERID-SYSTEMNAME' for emacsserver.
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@@ -1470,8 +1470,10 @@ or by invoking @code{server-start} from @file{.emacs}:
@end lisp
When this is done, Emacs starts a subprocess running a program called
-@samp{server}. @samp{server} creates a Unix domain socket, named
-@file{.emacs_server}, in the user's home directory.
+@samp{server}. @samp{server} creates a Unix domain socket. The socket
+is either named @file{.emacs_server}, in the user's home directory,
+or @file{esrv-@var{USER-ID}-@var{SYSTEM-NAME}}, in the @file{/tmp}
+directory, depending on how @samp{emacsserver} was compiled.
To get your news reader, mail reader, etc., to invoke
@samp{emacsclient}, try setting the environment variable @code{EDITOR}