Don't output emacsclient warning if both -a and --quiet

* lib-src/emacsclient.c (set_local_socket): Don't output the
warning if both -a and --quiet are specified (bug#16117).
Inspired by a patch from Scott Turner <srt19170@gmail.com>.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/emacsclient.c b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
index 380be95222b..871fa7a8d3c 100644
--- a/lib-src/emacsclient.c
+++ b/lib-src/emacsclient.c
@@ -1504,11 +1504,17 @@ set_local_socket (char const *server_name)
                 "%s: (Be careful: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is security-related.)\n"),
                progname, sockdirname, progname);
         }
-      message (true,
-               ("%s: can't find socket; have you started the server?\n"
-                "%s: To start the server in Emacs,"
-                " type \"M-x server-start\".\n"),
-               progname, progname);
+
+      /* If there's an alternate editor and the user has requested
+         --quiet, don't output the warning. */
+      if (!quiet || !alternate_editor)
+        {
+          message (true,
+                   ("%s: can't find socket; have you started the server?\n"
+                    "%s: To start the server in Emacs,"
+                    " type \"M-x server-start\".\n"),
+                   progname, progname);
+        }
     }
   else
     message (true, "%s: can't stat %s: %s\n",