* Re: Simple question on loading programs in emacs
2012-11-30 17:44 Simple question on loading programs in emacs Haines Brown
@ 2012-11-30 17:53 ` Bastien
2012-11-30 18:54 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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From: Bastien @ 2012-11-30 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Haines Brown; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Hi Haines,
perhaps you can tell what program you want to load?
It will help us getting a more precise idea on how
to help.
Best,
--
Bastien
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2012-11-30 17:44 Simple question on loading programs in emacs Haines Brown
2012-11-30 17:53 ` Bastien
@ 2012-11-30 18:54 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-11-30 19:34 ` Jambunathan K
2012-12-01 0:55 ` Barry Margolin
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From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2012-11-30 18:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> writes:
> A simple question, but I'm lost in the manual. I want to start a session
> of emacs that automatically loads an emacs program automatically instead
> of having to do M-x program during the emacs session. I want to do this
> because I have a custom emacs init file just for that emacs program.
>
> I tried (autoload 'program "ProgramName" t), but this only sets it in
> the environment.
You can just call that program frmo your custom emacs init file:
----(program-init.el)-----
(program)
--------------------------
and run it with:
emacs -q -l program-init.el
> A related question: When I close that program within emacs, I want
> it to close the emacs session as well.
What do you mean by "closing that program"?
You can call the (kill-emacs) function, but the question is where/when
to call it?
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
A bad day in () is better than a good day in {}.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread* Re: Simple question on loading programs in emacs
2012-11-30 17:44 Simple question on loading programs in emacs Haines Brown
2012-11-30 17:53 ` Bastien
2012-11-30 18:54 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
@ 2012-11-30 19:34 ` Jambunathan K
2012-12-01 0:55 ` Barry Margolin
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From: Jambunathan K @ 2012-11-30 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Haines Brown; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Most of the emacs programs don't have a `main' function (as in C
programs). First you load a file, then you run a command.
For a fun example, consider tetris.
,----
| First you load the file with
| M-x load-library RET tetris RET
|
| Then you run the tetris program with
| M-x tetris TAB TAB (there are two tabs)
|
| So now you know what all you could do. If you click on tetris with a
| mouse the game will start.
|
| Now you find that you are losing fast and you want to stop the game. So
| again you do
| M-x tetris TAB TAB
|
| You click on tetris-end-game and you are done.
`----
,----
| For another fun example, you can do
| M-x butterfly RET
`----
,----
| Now you do
| M-x list-command-history RET
|
| You will see what all you did. You will see lines like
|
| (tetris)
| (tetris-end-game)
`----
,----
| For automatically running tetris, create a file with name .emacs in your
| home directory and copy paste the first line.
|
| (tetris)
|
| and then start emacs normally.
`----
You are done.
Now you have to do
C-h t
and read the manual.
Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> writes:
> A simple question, but I'm lost in the manual. I want to start a session
> of emacs that automatically loads an emacs program automatically instead
> of having to do M-x program during the emacs session. I want to do this
> because I have a custom emacs init file just for that emacs program.
>
> I tried (autoload 'program "ProgramName" t), but this only sets it in
> the environment.
>
> A related question: When I close that program within emacs, I want
> it to close the emacs session as well.
>
> Haines Brown
>
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2012-11-30 17:44 Simple question on loading programs in emacs Haines Brown
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2012-11-30 19:34 ` Jambunathan K
@ 2012-12-01 0:55 ` Barry Margolin
2012-12-01 9:44 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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From: Barry Margolin @ 2012-12-01 0:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
In article <87lidjgf3v.fsf@engels.HistoricalMaterialism.info>,
Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> wrote:
> A simple question, but I'm lost in the manual. I want to start a session
> of emacs that automatically loads an emacs program automatically instead
> of having to do M-x program during the emacs session. I want to do this
> because I have a custom emacs init file just for that emacs program.
>
> I tried (autoload 'program "ProgramName" t), but this only sets it in
> the environment.
>
> A related question: When I close that program within emacs, I want
> it to close the emacs session as well.
Maybe Emacs Batch Mode is what you're looking for. See
http://www.emacswiki.org/BatchMode
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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2012-12-01 0:55 ` Barry Margolin
@ 2012-12-01 9:44 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2012-12-01 9:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> In article <87lidjgf3v.fsf@engels.HistoricalMaterialism.info>,
> Haines Brown <haines@histomat.net> wrote:
>
>> A simple question, but I'm lost in the manual. I want to start a session
>> of emacs that automatically loads an emacs program automatically instead
>> of having to do M-x program during the emacs session. I want to do this
>> because I have a custom emacs init file just for that emacs program.
>>
>> I tried (autoload 'program "ProgramName" t), but this only sets it in
>> the environment.
>>
>> A related question: When I close that program within emacs, I want
>> it to close the emacs session as well.
>
> Maybe Emacs Batch Mode is what you're looking for. See
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/BatchMode
In batch mode you don't have a user interface. Probably, the OP program
will have some user interface and interactivity, since "*I*" will close
it.
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
A bad day in () is better than a good day in {}.
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