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From: adnan@sgtech.UUCP (Adnan Yaqub)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Disabling Creation of GNU Emacs X Window
Message-ID: <56@sgtech.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 90 12:40:28 GMT
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From article <42052@mips.mips.COM>, by steveh@moosehead.mips.com (Stephen C. Hill):
> In article <43935@sequent.UUCP>, rullman@sequent.uucp (Brad Rullman) writes:
>> Forgive me if this has already been asked a billion times, but could
>> some kind soul tell me what to put in my .emacs file to prevent GNU
>> emacs from creating a new X window when invoked?  Thanks ...
> 
> I had a similar problem, but it was that SOMETIMES a new window would
> appear, and sometimes not.  Eventually, I discovered that I would re-use
> the current window if that window didn't have the DISPLAY variable set
> in my environment.
> 

Use the -nw option.  Note, it must be first on the command line.
Form the GNU Emacs man page:

-nw Tells Emacs not to use its special interface to X.  If you use
this switch when invoking Emacs from an xterm window, display is done
in the xterm window.  This must be the first option specified in the
command line.
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