I've tweaked the errors slightly anyway to hopefully make them a bit
simpler. thanks
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:47:05PM +0530, Karthik K wrote:
> Hmm.. Your arguments do hold merit. It's just that everyone I know have
> been stumped by this message when they start using tmux. Just felt that
> the error message should be more descriptive explaining the most common
> reason for connection being refused.
>
> On Apr 15, 2015 8:33 PM, "Nicholas Marriott"
> <[1]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We could change it to something like "couldn't connect to server" or ask
> "is the server running?" but I don't see much difference from "failed to
> connect to server".
>
> I don't think it is sensible to mention sessions, for tmux the server is
> "the process that contains the sessions" by definition, we don't need to
> say so explicitly.
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:20:26PM +0530, Karthik K wrote:
> >** ** Although the explanation for what a server is, is given in the
> man page,
> >** ** the argument still holds. The error message just makes you think
> that
> >** ** there is something wrong with the connection.
> >
> >** ** If it's not possible to patch the code, maybe atleast an entry
> can be
> >** ** added at the end of the manpage detailing that "Connection
> Refused" most
> >** ** probably means sessions are not present.
> >
> >** ** On Apr 15, 2015 8:14 PM, "Nicholas Marriott"
> >** ** <[1][2]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >** ** ** Hi
> >
> >** ** ** I think the current message is fine.** We describe what is
> meant by
> >** ** ** "server" in the first few paragraphs of the man page.
> >
> >** ** ** On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 08:06:58PM +0530, Karthik K wrote:
> >** ** ** > ---
> >** ** ** >** client.c | 11 ++++++++---
> >** ** ** >** 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >** ** ** >
> >** ** ** > diff --git a/client.c b/client.c
> >** ** ** > index 8e55640..ea53ca6 100644
> >** ** ** > --- a/client.c
> >** ** ** > +++ b/client.c
> >** ** ** > @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ client_main(int argc, char **argv, int
> flags)
> >** ** ** >** ** ** **if (shell_cmd == NULL && environ_path != NULL &&
> >** ** ** >** ** ** ** ** **(cmdflags & CMD_CANTNEST) &&
> >** ** ** >** ** ** ** ** **strcmp(socket_path, environ_path) == 0) {
> >** ** ** > -** ** ** ** ** ** **fprintf(stderr, "sessions should be
> nested with
> >** ** ** care, "
> >** ** ** > +** ** ** ** ** ** **fprintf(stderr, "Sessions should be
> nested with
> >** ** ** care, "
> >** ** ** >** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **"unset $TMUX to force\n");
> >** ** ** >** ** ** ** ** ** ** **return (1);
> >** ** ** >** ** ** **}
> >** ** ** > @@ -260,8 +260,13 @@ client_main(int argc, char **argv, int
> flags)
> >** ** ** >** ** ** **/* Initialize the client socket and start the
> server. */
> >** ** ** >** ** ** **fd = client_connect(socket_path, cmdflags &
> >** ** ** CMD_STARTSERVER);
> >** ** ** >** ** ** **if (fd == -1) {
> >** ** ** > -** ** ** ** ** ** **fprintf(stderr, "failed to connect to
> server:
> >** ** ** %s\n",
> >** ** ** > -** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **strerror(errno));
> >** ** ** > +** ** ** ** ** ** **fprintf(stderr, "Failed to connect to
> tmux
> >** ** ** server: ");
> >** ** ** > +** ** ** ** if (errno == 111) { //Most probably no tmux
> session is
> >** ** ** present
> >** ** ** > +** ** ** ** ** ** fprintf (stderr, "No tmux sessions seem
> to be
> >** ** ** running\n");
> >** ** ** > +** ** ** ** }
> >** ** ** > +** ** ** ** else {
> >** ** ** > +** ** ** ** ** ** fprintf ("%s\n", strerror(errno));
> >** ** ** > +** ** ** ** }
> >** ** ** >** ** ** ** ** ** ** **return (1);
> >** ** ** >** ** ** **}
> >** ** ** >
> >** ** ** > --
> >** ** ** > 2.3.5
> >** ** ** >
> >** ** ** >
> >** ** ** >
> >** ** **
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