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The only time I've seen anyone use "emacs server" or "emacsserver" is to refer to the Emacs Lisp needed to make the command emacsclient (the analog to VS Code's

The only time I've seen anyone use "emacs server" or "emacsserver" is to refer to the Emacs Lisp needed to make the command emacsclient (the analog to VS Code's "code" command or TextMate's "mate" command) work. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe you are using it to refer to running Emacs remotely without a GUI (i.e., with only a terminal emulator as the UI) even though the person you are replying to specifically stated, "I want to run my editor on the local machine so that it can benefit from graphics support and integrate properly with the local windowing system." I am writing this to prevent readers of your comment from ending up more confused than they were before they started reading this thread.

dbfx 4y ago
You can run an emacs daemon[0] and connect to it from clients both local and remote, including having multiple clients connected to the same daemon and editing the same file with total synchronization built in, you see not only the changes in realntime but the other client's cursors making the changes, for the masochists that enjoy pair programming. And yes you can run the client using the gui emacs not only terminal emacs. I assume that's what he is talking about. [0]https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsAsDaemon#h5o-13 https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsAsDaemon#h5o-13
- hollerith 4y ago
  Your comment is confusing in the same way as the the other guy's is. In fact it is worse. None of the machinery you describe can be used for anything except specifying files (and line numbers and column numbers) to be visited. An emacs user still needs some way of interacting with the visited file, e.g., a terminal emulator or an X server. This "Emacs server" does not help with that. It's another example of Emacs using unusual terminology! Have you actually used Emacs or do you just enjoy making pendantic confusing replies?

dbfx 4y ago

You can run an emacs daemon[0] and connect to it from clients both local and remote, including having multiple clients connected to the same daemon and editing the same file with total synchronization built in, you see not only the changes in realntime but the other client's cursors making the changes, for the masochists that enjoy pair programming. And yes you can run the client using the gui emacs not only terminal emacs. I assume that's what he is talking about. [0]https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsAsDaemon#h5o-13 https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsAsDaemon#h5o-13

hollerith 4y ago
Your comment is confusing in the same way as the the other guy's is. In fact it is worse. None of the machinery you describe can be used for anything except specifying files (and line numbers and column numbers) to be visited. An emacs user still needs some way of interacting with the visited file, e.g., a terminal emulator or an X server. This "Emacs server" does not help with that. It's another example of Emacs using unusual terminology! Have you actually used Emacs or do you just enjoy making pendantic confusing replies?