bug#1267: Emacsclient can't find terminal in daemon mode

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > The patch you sent won't work on a text-only terminal.
>> 
>> Have you tried it?  It should throw an error and ask for either -t or -c 
>> 
>> > not, it tries X; if that fails, it falls back on using the tty
>> > specified
>> 
>> Does "it tries X" mean it tries to create an X frame?  That won't be
>> right, the user might just want to use an existing X frame.  I do that
>> 100 times a day.

> How about just using the tty?

> Do we lose anything by making emacsclient use the tty (i.e., the same as
> -t) if neither -t nor -c is specified, and the server is a daemon?

Another option is to run frame-initialize (which will open a frame on
either X or tty, IIUC).


        Stefan