Re: emacsclient and gnus

[Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:
>
>> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>>
>> Hi Harry,
>>
>>> Start emacs -f gnus on my main desktop (also starts the server).
>>>
>>> Later connect to that session from a remote with emacsclient.
>>>
>>> emacsclient -c <RET>
>>>
>>> C-x b *Group* <RET> Now I'm in the gnus session.  How do I leave it
>>> without shutting down the server too.
>>
>> `C-x 5 0' should do the trick.
>
> Ahh yes it does.
>
>>> Just switching out of the buffer and C-x C-c kills the emacsclient
>>> terminal alright but it also kills the gnus session on the server.
>>
>> With emacs 23 `C-x C-c' is supposed to do the right thing, e.g. leave
>> the server running.  Maybe your snapshot is outdated?  For me it just
>> works...
>
> I miss spoke earlier in the thread and said closing the emacsclient
> session `killed the server too' but I really meant what you quote just
> above.. that it kills the gnus session on the server. 
>
> So no, my emacs-23 version is fairly recent, I just wasn't using the right
> command to leave the gnus session.
> Using the one you suggested C-x 5 0, and C-x C-s does the right thing.

C-x C-c does not kill the server here. But then I start my emacs in my
.xsession with "emacs --daemon" as documented somewhere for Emacs 23.0.

>
> I see that information in the documentation now... I'd seen it before
> too but somehow didn't connect it to leaving a gnus session.
>
> If you just change buffers (C-x b) out of gnus then C-x C-s, it does kill gnus
> on the server, but that makes sense when I thought about it a little
> more.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

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