* emacsclient.c (decode_options): Use a dummy display name under NS/Cocoa.

diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index cbfb6ed2254fe4a2b3176c726defda2cb5595c69..92625428b2ee12714527649c46dec09af2f888da 100644 (file)
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-01-23  Adrian Robert  <Adrian.B.Robert@gmail.com>
+
+       * emacsclient.c (decode_options): Use a dummy display name under
+       NS/Cocoa.
+
 2009-01-14  Lars Rasmusson  <lars.rasmusson@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
 
        * ebrowse.c (matching_regexp): Fix OB1 error.

diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index 668be6ce11d9228328317cef6418bbe6758f58f3..559664f0d451c35da6cea4bdda298c3c9b869344 100644 (file)
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -574,7 +574,15 @@ decode_options (argc, argv)
      inconvenient.  So we force users to use "--display $DISPLAY" if
      they want Emacs to connect to their current display.  */
   if (!current_frame && !tty && !display)
-    display = egetenv ("DISPLAY");
+    {
+      display = egetenv ("DISPLAY");
+#ifdef NS_IMPL_COCOA
+      /* Under Cocoa, we don't really use displays the same way as in X,
+         so provide a dummy. */
+      if (!display || strlen (display) == 0)
+        display = "ns";
+#endif
+    }
 
   /* A null-string display is invalid.  */
   if (display && strlen (display) == 0)