kuesvr(7) [debian man page]

KUESVR(7)						 Miscellaneous Information Manual						 KUESVR(7)

NAME

       kuesvr - the CERN KUIP edit server

SYNOPSIS

       kuesvr -p pid -c cmd -t tmpfile [ -e editor ] file

DESCRIPTION

       kuesvr  is  a  small  program  called from KUIP.  (KUIP stands for Kit for a User Interface Package; it is part of the Packlib library from
       CERN.)  kuesvr allows the user to call up an editor from within a KUIP program (PAW, for instance) on the file given by file, and  continue
       to use the program asynchronously.

       In  general  kuesvr  is	not  called directly from the command line (in Debian it is not even located in the $PATH); instead it will be run
       automatically from a KUIP program when an editor is needed, as long as the command line set with KUIP's HOST_EDITOR command  ends  with	an
       ampersand  ('&'), and $DISPLAY is set.  If $DISPLAY is unset (or, on non-Debian systems, if kuesvr cannot be found in $PATH), the ampersand
       will be ignored.  For instance,

       PAW > HOST_EDITOR 'emacs -geometry 80x48 &'

       The editor is expected to create its own graphical window.  However, since 'vi' is a frequent choice, setting HOST_EDITOR to  'vi  &'  will
       automatically be interpreted as 'x-terminal-emulator -e vi &' instead.

OPTIONS

       -c cmd Specifies the KUIP command invoking the edit server.

       -e editor
	      Specifies  the  editor  to  be  used.  By default it is vi.  Even though this flag is optional, it will be set anyway when kuesvr is
	      called from the KUIP library.

       -p pid Specifies the process ID of the calling program.

       -t tmpfile
	      Specifies the name of the temporary file used for communication between the calling program and the edit server.	This is  a  Debian
	      extension  added	for  security reasons.	It is a required argument, so this version of kuesvr will not work with a KUIP application
	      using CERN's unmodified Packlib; nor will CERN's unmodified kuesvr work with the Debian version of Packlib.

SEE ALSO

       o paw(1) - a program that can use the edit server
       o the KUIP online help available with command "help host_editor"
       o the KUIP manual, available at
	 http://wwwasdoc.web.cern.ch/wwwasdoc/psdir/kuip.ps.gz

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty <kmccarty@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

								   March 4, 2005							 KUESVR(7)

EMACSCLIENT(1)						      General Commands Manual						    EMACSCLIENT(1)

NAME

       emacsclient - tells a running Emacs to visit a file

SYNOPSIS

       emacsclient [options] files ...

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual page documents briefly the emacsclient command.  Full documentation is available in the GNU Info format; see below.  This man-
       ual page was originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, but is not specific to that system.

       emacsclient works in conjunction with the built-in Emacs server.

       You can either call emacsclient directly or let other programs run it for you when necessary.  On GNU and Unix systems many  programs  con-
       sult  the environment variable EDITOR (sometimes also VISUAL) to obtain the command used for editing.  Thus, setting this environment vari-
       able to 'emacsclient' will allow these programs to use an already running Emacs for editing.  Other operating systems might have their  own
       methods for defining the default editor.

       For  emacsclient  to  work,  you  need an already running Emacs with a server.  Within Emacs, call the functions `server-start' or `server-
       mode'.  (Your `.emacs' file can do this automatically if you add either `(server-start)' or `(server-mode 1)' to it.)

       When you've finished editing the buffer, type `C-x #' (`server-edit').  This saves the file and sends a message back to	the  `emacsclient'
       program	telling  it to exit.  The programs that use `EDITOR' wait for the "editor" (actually, `emacsclient') to exit.  `C-x #' also checks
       for other pending external requests to edit various files, and selects the next such file.

       If you set the variable `server-window' to a window or a frame, `C-x #' displays the server buffer in that window or in that frame.

OPTIONS

       The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-').

       -nw, -t, --tty
	      open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal

       -c, --create-frame
	      create a new frame instead of trying to use the current Emacs frame

       -e, --eval
	      do not visit files but instead evaluate the arguments as Emacs Lisp expressions.

       -n, --no-wait
	      returns immediately without waiting for you to "finish" the buffer in Emacs.

       -s, --socket-name=FILENAME
	      use socket named FILENAME for communication.

       -f, --server-file=FILENAME
	      use TCP configuration file FILENAME for communication.  This can also be specified via the `EMACS_SERVER_FILE' environment variable.

       -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'  envi-
	      ronment variable.  If the value of EDITOR is the empty string, then Emacs is started in daemon mode and emacsclient will try to con-
	      nect to it.

       -d, --display=DISPLAY
	      tell the server to display the files on the given display.

       -V, --version
	      print version information and exit

       -H, --help
	      print this usage information message and exit

SEE ALSO

       The program is documented fully in Using Emacs as a Server available via the Info system.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

COPYING

       This manual page is in the public domain.

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