bug#1995: marked as done (no emacs server variable `server-name')

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and subject line Re: no emacs server variable `server-name'
has caused the Emacs bug report #1995,
regarding no emacs server variable `server-name'
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> Re: no emacs server variable `server-name'
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> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:03:03 +0100
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> Package: emacs
> Version: 23.0.60
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> > Reading parts of the documentation I see:
> > (info "(emacs)Emacs Server")
> >     You can run multiple Emacs servers on the same machine by giving
> >  each one a unique "server name", using the variable `server-name'.
> >  For example, `M-x set-variable <RET> server-name <RET> foo <RET>'
> >  sets the server name to `foo'.  The `emacsclient' program can
> >  specify a server by name, using the `-s' option (*note emacsclient
> >  Options::).
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> There are several ways to set it (with --daemon=myname, or --eval, or
> M-: (setq ...)), but you're right: the documentation states that it is
> settable with set-variable, and it is not. At the very least it should
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>   (defvar server-name "server"
>      "*Name of the server process.")
>   (put 'server-name 'variable-interactive "M")
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> if not a defcustom.
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>     Juanma
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> Re: no emacs server variable `server-name'
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> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:54:13 -0500
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> > you're right: the documentation states that it is
> > settable with set-variable, and it is not. At the very least it should
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> >   (defvar server-name "server"
> >      "*Name of the server process.")
> >   (put 'server-name 'variable-interactive "M")
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> > if not a defcustom.
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> I don't see any problem with making server-name a defcustom, so I went
> ahead and did that.
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