From d219c8992eddd3b7dd78cc3a5ba2af85310b2fb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 02:53:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Invoking emacsclient): Simplify TCP file text. --- man/misc.texi | 29 ++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/misc.texi b/man/misc.texi index ae92ed6095d..72ddd96534a 100644 --- a/man/misc.texi +++ b/man/misc.texi @@ -1406,23 +1406,18 @@ expressions to evaluate, not a list of files to visit. @cindex @env{EMACS_SERVER_FILE} environment variable When you start the Emacs server (by calling @code{server-start}), -Emacs creates a file with information about the TCP connection to the -server: the host where Emacs runs, the port where it listens for -@code{emacsclient} requests, and the authentication string to use for -the connection. @code{emacsclient} uses this information if it needs -to connect to the server via TCP. By default, this TCP configuration -file is placed in the @file{~/.emacs.d/server/} directory@footnote{ -On MS-Windows, if @env{HOME} is not set or the TCP configuration file -cannot be found there, Emacs in addition attempts to find the file in -the @file{.emacs.d/server/} subdirectory of the directory pointed -to by the @env{APPDATA} environment variable, which is a user-specific -directory for application data files. This is similar to what Emacs -does on MS-Windows to search for the user's @file{.emacs} file.} -; you can -direct @code{emacsclient} to use a different file with the @samp{-f -@var{file}} or @samp{--server-file=@var{file}} option, or by defining -the @env{EMACS_SERVER_FILE} environment variable that points to the -non-default TCP configuration file. +Emacs creates a file with information about TCP connection to the +server: the host where Emacs is running, the port where it is +listening, and an authentication string. @code{emacsclient} uses this +information if it needs to connect to the server via TCP. By default, +the file goes in the @file{~/.emacs.d/server/} directory@footnote{On +MS-Windows, if @env{HOME} is not set or the TCP configuration file +cannot be found there, Emacs also looks for the file in the +@file{.emacs.d/server/} subdirectory of the directory pointed to by +the @env{APPDATA} environment variable.}. You can specify the file +name to use with the @samp{-f @var{file}} or +@samp{--server-file=@var{file}} options, or by setting +@env{EMACS_SERVER_FILE} environment variable to the file name. @node Printing, Sorting, Emacs Server, Top @section Printing Hard Copies -- 2.39.2