From 1de6bfb1b851ea8981b2fd0adab24632fc6f3129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Moellmann Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:56:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add socket name `esrv-USERID-SYSTEMNAME' for emacsserver. --- man/faq.texi | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/faq.texi b/man/faq.texi index c93999cd355..024f78e91af 100644 --- a/man/faq.texi +++ b/man/faq.texi @@ -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} -- 2.39.5