Re: Suggest installer optionally set ALTERNATE_EDITOR

Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:29:39 +0300
Newsgroups gmane.emacs.windows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> From: Joel Reicher <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:53:13 +1000
> 
> > Judging by what I see on reddit, a lot of people start a new Emacs
> > session each time they have some job for Emacs.  Beats me why they do
> > it, but they do...
> 
> Is it possible they aren't aware of an alternative? That's the main reason I'm making the installer option suggestion.

It's possible, but unlikely, because the possibility of using the
client is routinely mentioned.

> Which reddit thread were you looking at?

All of them.  Just look how much the startup time of Emacs is
discussed.