open file from command line as new buffer?

open file from command line as new buffer?

[Renato]

Hello, simple question: I have the emacs gui started. How can I open a
new file, from command line, such that it will open as
a new buffer in the existing emacs process instead of starting a new
emacs process?


cheers
renato

Re: open file from command line as new buffer?

[Makoto MOTOHASHI]

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Try to run emacs as daemon or server, and use emacsclient.
2011/08/09 6:39 "Renato" <rennabh@gmail.com>:
> Hello, simple question: I have the emacs gui started. How can I open a
> new file, from command line, such that it will open as
> a new buffer in the existing emacs process instead of starting a new
> emacs process?
>
>
> cheers
> renato
>

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Re: open file from command line as new buffer?

[Vijay Lakshminarayanan]

Renato <rennabh@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello, simple question: I have the emacs gui started. How can I open a
> new file, from command line, such that it will open as
> a new buffer in the existing emacs process instead of starting a new
> emacs process?

In your emacs, start the emacs server with M-x server-start

From the command line, emacsclient <filename> should open the file in an
emacs buffer.

> cheers
> renato
>

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Cheers
~vijay

Gnus should be more complicated.

Re: open file from command line as new buffer?

[Renato]

On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:13:07 +0530
Vijay Lakshminarayanan <laksvij@gmail.com> wrote:

> Renato <rennabh@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hello, simple question: I have the emacs gui started. How can I
> > open a new file, from command line, such that it will open as
> > a new buffer in the existing emacs process instead of starting a new
> > emacs process?
> 
> In your emacs, start the emacs server with M-x server-start
> 
> From the command line, emacsclient <filename> should open the file in
> an emacs buffer.

thank you very much

renato

Re: open file from command line as new buffer?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 19:04:07 +0200
> From: Renato <rennabh@gmail.com>
> 
> Hello, simple question: I have the emacs gui started. How can I open a
> new file, from command line, such that it will open as
> a new buffer in the existing emacs process instead of starting a new
> emacs process?

Use emacsclient, a program that comes with Emacs.  It is described in
the Emacs user manual.