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25.2; Add option to emacsclient so emacs server prefer creating GUI frames when needed

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From: Rodrigo Coacci <rcoacci <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.2; Add option to emacsclient so emacs server prefer creating GUI
 frames when needed
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 13:15:58 -0300

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This is a feature request.
Today, when running emacs server and no frames already exists,
emacsclient creates a terminal frame even when a window system is
available. The only way to make emacsclient create GUI frames is by
using the "-c" option which *always* creates a new frame, but negates
the desirable behavior of reusing existing frames.

I'd like to propose a new emacsclient option or an emacs
customizable variable so that the following pseudo-code happens when
invoking "emacsclient foo.txt" (or "emacsclient --new-option foo.txt"):

if (exist-frame)
     open-buffer-in-existing-frame
else if (window-system-available)
     open-buffer-in-new-GUI-frame
else
     open-buffer-in-new-terminal-frame

There was also some discussion about this on r/emacs
(
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/8iq4ho/how_make_emacsclient_create_gui_frame_by_default/
)
and I was directed at making this feature request.

In GNU Emacs 25.2.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.21)
 of 2017-09-22, modified by Debian built on lgw01-amd64-050
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11906000
System Description:    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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