rullman@sequent.uucp (Brad Rullman) (10/11/90)
Forgive me if this has already been asked a billion times, but could some kind soul tell me what to put in my .emacs file to prevent GNU emacs from creating a new X window when invoked? Thanks ... Brad Rullman rullman@sequent.com
steveh@moosehead.mips.com (Stephen C. Hill) (10/11/90)
In article <43935@sequent.UUCP>, rullman@sequent.uucp (Brad Rullman) writes: > Forgive me if this has already been asked a billion times, but could > some kind soul tell me what to put in my .emacs file to prevent GNU > emacs from creating a new X window when invoked? Thanks ... I had a similar problem, but it was that SOMETIMES a new window would appear, and sometimes not. Eventually, I discovered that I would re-use the current window if that window didn't have the DISPLAY variable set in my environment. Steve -- Stephen C. Hill, CDP {ames,prls,pyramid,decwrl}!mips!steveh or steveh@mips.com Integration Products Group MIPS Computer Systems, Stop 6-03 950 Deguigne Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086, (408) 524-7436 Time is Nature's method of keeping us from bumping into ourselves.
adnan@sgtech.UUCP (Adnan Yaqub) (10/12/90)
From article <42052@mips.mips.COM>, by steveh@moosehead.mips.com (Stephen C. Hill): > In article <43935@sequent.UUCP>, rullman@sequent.uucp (Brad Rullman) writes: >> Forgive me if this has already been asked a billion times, but could >> some kind soul tell me what to put in my .emacs file to prevent GNU >> emacs from creating a new X window when invoked? Thanks ... > > I had a similar problem, but it was that SOMETIMES a new window would > appear, and sometimes not. Eventually, I discovered that I would re-use > the current window if that window didn't have the DISPLAY variable set > in my environment. > Use the -nw option. Note, it must be first on the command line. Form the GNU Emacs man page: -nw Tells Emacs not to use its special interface to X. If you use this switch when invoking Emacs from an xterm window, display is done in the xterm window. This must be the first option specified in the command line. -- Adnan Yaqub (adnan@sgtech.uucp) Star Gate Technologies 29300 Aurora Rd, Solon, OH, 44139, USA, +1 216 349 1860