From: Jacob Gerlach <jacobgerlach@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Reuse frame with emacsclient and/or use shell aliases when finding files
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 14:56:33 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <06de416b-9d9d-4e86-bc41-f6b9a06404f4@googlegroups.com> (raw)
I'm trying to better integrate my workflow in emacs. I've read a lot
about using emacs server, and experimented a little bit with setting
it up. If I open files with emacsclient, I end up with multiple
separate frames (I think I mean frame and not window. I've never been
positive I correctly understand the terminology). Although the frames
are connected through the server, I miss some of the navigation
functionality I get when I have multiple windows in a frame
(other-window, kill-buffer-and-window, etc).
What I think that I want to do is figure out how to reuse an existing
GUI frame if it exists. In other words, if I run `emacsclient -c
foofile' from my shell and I already have a frame open, I would like
foofile to open in that frame (and have the option to split the frame
if possible). If no frame is open (i.e. just the server), I would
like the normal behavior of opening a new frame.
I realize that another (perhaps better option) is to use emacs as my
shell. I'm experimenting with this but I am not sold yet.
Another problem, and the reason I'm opening multiple files from the
shell in the first place (instead of from within emacs), is that I
mostly navigate around between different projects using shell aliases.
Is there any way to use those aliases so that when I find-file I don't
have to manually navigate to the desired directory?
Any other recommendations that come to mind to migrate work from the
shell to emacs are welcome.
next reply other threads:[~2014-05-30 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-30 21:56 Jacob Gerlach [this message]
2014-05-30 22:13 ` Reuse frame with emacsclient and/or use shell aliases when finding files Thorsten Jolitz
2014-05-30 22:47 ` Robert Thorpe
[not found] ` <mailman.2576.1401490089.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-31 1:57 ` Jacob Gerlach
2014-05-31 11:21 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2014-05-31 11:22 ` Robert Thorpe
[not found] ` <mailman.2614.1401535376.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-05-31 14:16 ` Jacob Gerlach
2014-05-31 15:49 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-05-31 11:41 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-05-31 13:39 ` Robert Thorpe
2014-05-31 15:54 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-06-01 23:42 ` lee
[not found] ` <mailman.2724.1401666174.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-02 1:10 ` Jacob Gerlach
[not found] ` <mailman.2618.1401536506.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2014-06-06 8:35 ` Hans BKK
2014-06-06 11:31 ` Alexander Baier
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