Re: emacs as a service

[Richard G Riley]

Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com> writes:

> Rustom Mody wrote:
>> Ken Goldman said:
>>
>>> I can answer this piece: (global-set-key "\C-x\C-c"
>>> 'delete-frame)
>>
>> Have you tried this with a single existing frame? Does not allow it
>> for me...
>
> That's a feature.  :-)
>
> When I run emacs as a server, I often start many frames as I double
> click various files.  At times, I want to clean up by deleting these
> frames.  But I don't want to delete the very last frame (would that
> kill the server?).
>
> The use model for emacs as a server is that you start it once at log
> in and let it run forever.
>

Must the server have a physical display though? Can emacs client connect
and generate its own frame and display? e.g so I dont accidentally close
the "server" when tidying up I would like the "server" to by invisible.