`blamer-type 'overlay-popup` not work when start emacs use deamon and use emacsclient.

[zw963]

Reproduce:

start emacs daemon with following .emacs config.

;; set load path here

(require 'server)

(setq server-use-tcp t) ;使用 `tcp-ip连接' 代替本地 `socket链接'.
(setq server-port 9299)

(require 'blamer)
(setq blamer-type 'overlay-popup)
(setq blamer-max-lines 1)
(global-blamer-mode 1)

$: emacs --daemon=zw963

use emacsclient open a file managered by git.

emacs -nc blamer_init.el

Following is the screenshot.

You can see the overlay buffer is always blank.

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If use emacs directly without demon work well.

GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.50, cairo version 1.18.4) of 2025-08-23

Thanks

[zw963]

BTW: posframe-popup not work too, even, there is no blank box popup for me when set blame-type to posframe-popup and keyboard cursor upon the unsaved git changes, whatever use daemon mode or not.

should I create a new issue for this?

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EDITED: I try run blamer-show-posframe-commit-info, get a posframe window like following screenshot.

[Artawower]

I cannot confirm this behavior yet, but in my case, daemon mode displays the information correctly, and posframe does too

Perhaps this is somehow related to the environment; unfortunately, I don't have a Linux GUI handy right now.

[zw963]

Several concerns maybe related.

1. I use quite new Emacs version as you can see (I compiled it myself on Arch Linux)
2. I don't know if you use GUI, but I use GUI instead of TUI, you have to specify a name for daemon to use GUI, e.g. emacs --daemon=foo

Thanks

[zw963]

Hi, please ignore my previous replies.

I test on Arch linux.

method one (works)

1. emacs —daemon -q

2. Add load-path and run (require 'blamer) manually, it works!

method two (not work)

1. Use following ~/.emacs as entry of script.

(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/zw963/Dropbox/common/.emacs.d/plugins/git/blamer")
(require 'blamer)

2. Run emacs --daemon

3. overlay not work!

[zw963]

Hi, I find where the issue come from, following .emacs config work well

(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/zw963/Dropbox/common/.emacs.d/plugins/git/blamer")

(if (and (fboundp 'daemonp) (daemonp))
    (add-hook 'server-after-make-frame-hook
              (lambda ()
                (require 'blamer)
                (global-blamer-mode 1))))

The KEY point is, I have to (require 'blamer) in the hook, if move it out of hook, still not work.

Maybe we can improve this? (BTW: posframe-popup works as well too)

Thanks

[Artawower]

I'm glad the problem is solved, but on Mac (gui), following the instructions above, I still see the correct display of posframe with the usual require via daemon.

I'll leave this issue for now, if anyone has the opportunity to confirm the problem on Linux and fix it, that would be great.