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diff --git a/doc/man/emacsclient.1 b/doc/man/emacsclient.1 index 3bdaafbfc54..ba64efa282c 100644 --- a/doc/man/emacsclient.1 +++ b/doc/man/emacsclient.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution. -.TH EMACSCLIENT 1 +.TH EMACSCLIENT 1 "2020-10-18" "GNU Emacs" "GNU" .\" NAME should be all caps, SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other params are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .SH NAME @@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ This manual page documents briefly the .BR emacsclient command. Full documentation is available in the GNU Info format; see below. -This manual page was originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux -distribution, but is not specific to that system. .PP .B emacsclient works in conjunction with the built-in Emacs server. @@ -63,45 +61,45 @@ is treated as column 1. This option applies only to the next file specified. .TP .B \-a, \-\-alternate-editor=COMMAND -if the Emacs server is not running, run the specified shell command instead. +If the Emacs server is not running, run the specified shell command instead. This can also be specified via the ALTERNATE_EDITOR environment variable. If the value of ALTERNATE_EDITOR is the empty string, run "emacs \-\-daemon" to start Emacs in daemon mode, and try to connect to it. .TP .B -c, \-\-create-frame -create a new frame instead of trying to use the current Emacs frame +Create a new frame instead of trying to use the current Emacs frame. .TP .B \-F, \-\-frame-parameters=ALIST -set the parameters of a newly-created frame. +Set the parameters of a newly-created frame. .TP .B \-d, \-\-display=DISPLAY -tell the server to display the files on the given display. +Tell the server to display the files on the given display. .TP .B \-e, \-\-eval -do not visit files but instead evaluate the arguments as Emacs +Do not visit files but instead evaluate the arguments as Emacs Lisp expressions. .TP .B \-f, \-\-server-file=FILENAME -use TCP configuration file FILENAME for communication. +Use TCP configuration file FILENAME for communication. This can also be specified via the EMACS_SERVER_FILE environment variable. .TP .B \-n, \-\-no-wait -returns +Return immediately without waiting for you to "finish" the buffer in Emacs. If combined with --eval, this option is ignored. .TP .B \-nw, \-t, \-\-tty -open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal +Open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal. .TP .B \-s, \-\-socket-name=FILENAME -use socket named FILENAME for communication. +Use socket named FILENAME for communication. This can also be specified via the EMACS_SOCKET_NAME environment variable. .TP .B \-V, \-\-version -print version information and exit +Print version information and exit. .TP .B \-H, \-\-help -print this usage information message and exit +Print this usage information message and exit. .SH "EXIT STATUS" Normally, the exit status is 0. If emacsclient shuts down due to Emacs signaling an error, the exit status is 1. @@ -110,7 +108,12 @@ The program is documented fully in .IR "Using Emacs as a Server" available via the Info system. .SH AUTHOR -This manual page was written by Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@debian.org>, -for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). +This manual page was originally written by Stephane Bortzmeyer +<bortzmeyer@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but is not +specific to that system. .SH COPYING This manual page is in the public domain. + +.\" Local Variables: +.\" time-stamp-pattern: "3/.TH EMACSCLIENT 1 \"%Y-%02m-%02d\" \"GNU Emacs\" \"GNU\"$" +.\" End: |