> Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 14:04:16 -0400 (EDT) > From: Gary Oberbrunner <ga...@genarts.com> > Cc: drew adams <drew.ad...@oracle.com>, help-emacs-windows@gnu.org, lennart > borgman <lennart.borg...@gmail.com>, matthew fidler > <matthew.fid...@gmail.com>, adamdold...@adamgolding.com > > > > So, emacs Windows wizards, is the best Emacs shortcut for Windows > > > now just "emacsclient -na emacs"? Or is it "emacsclientw -na > > > runemacs"? > > > > The latter, of course. The rule is, when you don't have a program to > > wait for Emacs to finish editing, use emacsclientw, otherwise use > > emacsclient. > > Good to know. So for my $EDITOR env var (git commits and so on), the right > thing should be: > "emacsclient -na runemacs" > ? (adjusted for paths and so on)
Yes, I think so. (I cannot be sure, as I don't use git.) > As for your "of course", where do I go to be enlightened in that > way? (i.e. where's that documented?) In the Emacs manual (the Windows appendix). It's possible that this was only added in the recent versions, though.