From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Riel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Send command to emacs from external process Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:40:10 -0700 Message-ID: <20111028204010.1d56b30f@gauss> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319859624 2268 80.91.229.12 (29 Oct 2011 03:40:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:40:24 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 29 05:40:20 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJzmO-0002as-3Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:40:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36246 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJzmN-0003JQ-DA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:40:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54913) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJzmJ-0003JK-6P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:40:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJzmI-0003n0-BZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:40:15 -0400 Original-Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120]:36072) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJzmI-0003mh-9P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:40:14 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=IgpUQdftngPYiFo35C+d15A7VOHB2YsNoON26nFqGQw= c=1 sm=0 a=8XP5F9nQYzgA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=GGzZdJT2oJO+GUpSCk/8YQ==:17 a=wvU28UKLdYiegjyZ__kA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=GGzZdJT2oJO+GUpSCk/8YQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 66.75.5.27 Original-Received: from [66.75.5.27] ([66.75.5.27:52230] helo=gauss) by cdptpa-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id A2/9F-12951-A957BAE4; Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:40:11 +0000 X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 75.180.132.120 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:82696 Archived-At: Frequently I'll have Emacs running on a machine, with an unsaved buffer, and would like to save the buffer but no longer have access to the terminal (i.e. it's in a different room and I'm too lazy to walk over there). I can login in to the machine remotely. Is there a way to tell Emacs to save the buffer? -- Joe Riel