Re: 23.0.50; [emacsclient] *ERROR*: Don't know how to create a frame on window system x

[Michael Mauger]

Luca Capello wrote:
> 
> 
> I get the output in the subject whenever I tried to use emacsclient
> with something very simple like (the same trying to editing a file):
> 
>   $ emacsclient -e 'user-full-name'
> 
> This is very strange, because emacs is compiled without X support and
> I anyway started it as `emacs -nw`.
> 
> 

I was running into the same problem on w32.  It's due to the multi-tty
merge.  The problem is that DISPLAY is set.  I have an X server running
under w32, but obviously, my w32 Emacs doesn't support X, so the error was
unexpected.

Try:

  $ DISPLAY=  emacsclient -e 'user-full-name'

and the error should go away.  (Note that there has to be at least a space
between the "DISPLAY=" and "emacsclient ...".)

This is something that ought to be fixed.  We need better heuristics about
what type of frame the user wants and can support.
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