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@@ -49,36 +49,36 @@ If you set the variable `server-window' to a window or a frame, `C-x
The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-').
.TP
-.B \-nw, \-t, \-\-tty
-open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal
+.B \-a, \-\-alternate-editor=EDITOR
+if the Emacs server is not running, run the specified editor instead.
+This can also be specified via the `ALTERNATE_EDITOR' environment variable.
+If the value of EDITOR is the empty string, then Emacs is started in
+daemon mode and emacsclient will try to connect to it.
.TP
.B -c, \-\-create-frame
create a new frame instead of trying to use the current Emacs frame
.TP
+.B \-d, \-\-display=DISPLAY
+tell the server to display the files on the given display.
+.TP
.B \-e, \-\-eval
do not visit files but instead evaluate the arguments as Emacs
Lisp expressions.
.TP
+.B \-f, \-\-server-file=FILENAME
+use TCP configuration file FILENAME for communication.
+This can also be specified via the `EMACS_SERVER_FILE' environment variable.
+.TP
.B \-n, \-\-no-wait
returns
immediately without waiting for you to "finish" the buffer in Emacs.
.TP
+.B \-nw, \-t, \-\-tty
+open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal
+.TP
.B \-s, \-\-socket-name=FILENAME
use socket named FILENAME for communication.
.TP
-.B \-f, \-\-server-file=FILENAME
-use TCP configuration file FILENAME for communication.
-This can also be specified via the `EMACS_SERVER_FILE' environment variable.
-.TP
-.B \-a, \-\-alternate-editor=EDITOR
-if the Emacs server is not running, run the specified editor instead.
-This can also be specified via the `ALTERNATE_EDITOR' environment variable.
-If the value of EDITOR is the empty string, then Emacs is started in
-daemon mode and emacsclient will try to connect to it.
-.TP
-.B \-d, \-\-display=DISPLAY
-tell the server to display the files on the given display.
-.TP
.B \-V, \-\-version
print version information and exit
.TP
@@ -94,4 +94,3 @@ for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
.SH COPYING
This manual page is in the public domain.
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