and here is some substance

SVN revision: 12275

src/bin/Makefile.am

@@ -65,3 +65,5 @@ enlightenment_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic @e_libs@ @dlopen_libs@
 enlightenment_remote_SOURCES = \
 e.h \
 e_remote_main.c
+
+enlightenment_remote_LDFLAGS = @e_libs@ @dlopen_libs@

src/bin/e_main.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ struct _E_Before_Idler
    unsigned char  delete_me : 1;
 };
 
-/* local subsystem globals */
+/* local subsystem functions */
 static void _e_main_shutdown_push(void (*func)(void));
 static void _e_main_shutdown(int errorcode);
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ E_Path *path_themes  = NULL;
 E_Path *path_init    = NULL;
 int     restart      = 0;
 
-/* local subsystem functions */
+/* local subsystem globals */
 #define MAX_LEVEL 32
 static void (*_e_main_shutdown_func[MAX_LEVEL]) (void);
 static int _e_main_level = 0;

src/bin/e_remote_main.c

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include "e.h"
+
+/* local subsystem functions */
+static int _e_cb_signal_exit(void *data, int ev_type, void *ev);
+static int _e_ipc_init(void);
+
+/* local subsystem globals */
+
+/* externally accessible functions */
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+   int i;
+   
+   /* handle some command-line parameters */
+   for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+     {
+	if ((!strcmp(argv[i], "-instance")) && (i < (argc - 1)))
+	  {
+	     i++;
+	  }
+     }
+  
+   /* basic ecore init */
+   if (!ecore_init())
+     {
+	printf("Enlightenment cannot Initialize Ecore!\n"
+	       "Perhaps you are out of memory?\n");
+	exit(-1);
+     }
+   ecore_app_args_set((int)argc, (const char **)argv);
+   /* setup a handler for when e is asked to exit via a system signal */
+   if (!ecore_event_handler_add(ECORE_EVENT_SIGNAL_EXIT, _e_cb_signal_exit, NULL))
+     {
+	printf("Enlightenment cannot set up an exit signal handler.\n"
+	       "Perhaps you are out of memory?\n");
+	exit(-1);
+     }
+   /* init ipc */
+   if (!ecore_ipc_init())
+     {
+	printf("Enlightenment cannot initialize the ipc system.\n"
+	       "Perhaps you are out of memory?\n");
+	exit(-1);
+     }
+   
+   /* setup e ipc service */
+   if (!_e_ipc_init())
+     {
+	printf("Enlightenment cannot set up the IPC socket.\n"
+	       "It likely is already in use by an exisiting copy of Enlightenment.\n"
+	       "Double check to see if Enlightenment is not already on this display,\n"
+	       "but if that fails try deleting all files in ~/.ecore/enlightenment-*\n"
+	       "and try running again.\n");
+	exit(-1);
+     }
+
+   /* start our main loop */
+   ecore_main_loop_begin();
+   
+   /* just return 0 to keep the compiler quiet */
+   return 0;
+}
+
+/* local subsystem functions */
+static int
+_e_cb_signal_exit(void *data, int ev_type, void *ev)
+{
+   /* called on ctrl-c, kill (pid) (also SIGINT, SIGTERM and SIGQIT) */
+   ecore_main_loop_quit();
+   return 1;
+}
+
+static int
+_e_ipc_init(void)
+{
+   return 0;
+}