Re: Problem with splash screen and emacsclient

[Lennart Borgman]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > > If Emacs is showing the splash screen and you open a file with emacsclient
> > > then Emacs shows that it is in some kind of recursive edit mode. The mode
> > > line may look like this
> > >
> > >
> > > --\-- emacsclient.c   Top L1 CVS:1.91 [(C/l)] ----------------
> > >
> > > Some commands does not work until the splash screens times out. The []
> > > disappears then from the mode line. (You can use M-x top-level to get out
> > > of this state before time out.)
> > >
> > > It seems like emacs server should remove the splash screen just as normal
> > > input events does. But how should that be done? The function showing the
> > > splash screen is doing a (sit-for 120).
>
> Similar problem happen if you use emacsclient when Emacs is in
> the minibuffer.  It's even worse when used on multiple displays since you
> may be stuck with an active minibuffer in one display to which you currently
> don't have access.
>
> I use the patch below for that purpose.  I believe it should address your
> problem as well.
>
>
>         Stefan


Yes, it does. I think it should be checked in.