What is the purpose of opening a second instance of emacs ? I precisely tend to avoid it. If the emacs server is running, why not using emacsclient(w) instead of a new instance ? Fabrice 2014-09-17 9:26 GMT+02:00 Gonzalo Camarillo : > Hi, > > I am using org-protocol to have my firefox browser talk to my emacs (to > capture stuff). > > I am using Windows 7. So, I cannot use the --daemon flag to simply start > a sever (it is not supported under Windows). Instead, I have added a > (server-start) line to my .emacs file (init.el). > > When I run emacs for the first time, everything works correctly (i.e., > the server starts and I can connect to it from firefox). However, when I > open a second instance of emacs, it processes again the .emacs file and, > thus, I get the following error: > > > Warning (server): Unable to start the Emacs server. > > There is an existing Emacs server, named "server". > > To start the server in this Emacs process, stop the existing > > server or call `M-x server-force-delete' to forcibly disconnect it. > > Does anybody know a workaround so that the server is only started > once?... maybe in connection to opening a particular .org file? > > Thanks, > > Gonzalo > > > -- Fabrice Popineau ----------------------------- SUPELEC Département Informatique 3, rue Joliot Curie 91192 Gif/Yvette Cedex Tel direct : +33 (0) 169851950 Standard : +33 (0) 169851212 ------------------------------