why does my emacsclient -c -a 'emacs' command open emacs in my
terminal?
reddit / emacs

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wolfakix · 2022-02-17 20:47



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unixbhaskar · 2022-02-18 03:13

Well, if you realized the options you are passing along with
emacsclient, life would be much easier. I am sure it skips your mind
...here it is:

    -a EDITOR, --alternate-editor=EDITOR
                        Editor to fallback to if the server is not
running
                        If EDITOR is the empty string, start Emacs in
daemon
                        mode and try connecting again


--create-frame      Create a new frame instead of trying to
                        use the current Emacs frame


Now, there is clue, it re-creating the frame where it is invoking  i,e
your terminal . If you have already open GUI version of it , it will
surely going to open another frame in it .

Are you trying to open a 'frame' in emacs lingo ? Where do you want to
open it?

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deaddyfreddy · 2022-02-18 11:30

try  `emacsclient -c -a ''`

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wolfakix · 2022-02-18 11:59

I said I solved it