On Thu, 1 Dec 2016 20:48:37 +0300
Jean Louis <bugs_at_gnu.support> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:41:18PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> > >
> > > Just before some time, emacs --daemon, would go into background,
> > > so it was not feasible to control it with s6 scripts. Now
> > > developers changed it, and it is possible to invoke multiple
> > > instances by name, and still keep the daemon in foreground. In
> > > that mode there is no interface to editor. Clients that access
> > > the editor, show the interface.
> >
> > Fascinating! How do emacs clients communicate with the emacs daemon?
> > Sockets?
> >
> > How many other user programs might be used as daemons. What an
> > interesting idea! For some reason, mplayer pops into my mind.
>
> I have a strange feeling that you are joking...
Not at all. You know mplayer can interact via a FIFO.
Seriously, I'm not joking. I'm always interested in new ways to use my
computer.
SteveT
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Received on Thu Dec 01 2016 - 17:54:38 UTC