Re: org-remember-AFTER-finalize-hook , anyone?

[Ryan Thompson <rct@thompsonclan.org>]

Ok, I finally recreated my setup. There's some bug in emacs daemon
where if no X frame currently exist and you use emacsclient -e
'(some-function-that-creates-a-frame)', then the frame that is created
will immediately be deleted when the command terminates. (Note: this
is only a problem with an emacs that wasn't started originally with an
X frame, i.e. either emacs -nw or emacs --daemon) To fix this, the key
is to use emacsclient -c to create a new frame, and then use -e to
eval some code that creates the frame you actually want, and then
deletes the first frame. Here's my script:

#!/bin/sh

exec emacsclient -c -e '
(let ((sacframe (selected-frame))) ; the frame create by the -c
options is the "sacrificial frame"
  (make-frame-invisible sacframe t)
  (remember-other-frame)
  (delete-frame sacframe t))
'

Put that in a script in your $PATH somewhere and add a keybinding
using e.g. xbindkeys. Personally, I use Windows Key + R.


On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@upsilon.cc> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:23:20AM -0800, Ryan Thompson wrote:
>> Ooh, I solved this problem before, but then I accidentally deleted all my
>> files. I have a backup, but I haven't gotten around to restoring everything
>> yet. I'll get back to you later.
>
> In the meantime, I've implemented a workaround, based on the following
> idea:
>
>  (add-hook 'org-remember-mode-hook 'delete-other-windows)
>  (defadvice org-remember-finalize (after delete-frame-at-end activate)
>    "Delete frame at remember finalization"
>    (delete-frame))
>  (defadvice org-remember-kill (after delete-frame-at-end activate)
>    "Delete frame at remember abort"
>    (delete-frame))
>
> It works properly, but it assumes that org-remember is invoked only
> externally via org-protocol (i.e. if I invoke org-remember by hand I
> risk my frame).
>
> So I've conceived the following horror to constraint the effect to
> org-protocol invocation (yes, with a serious race condition involved):
>
>  (add-hook 'org-remember-mode-hook 'delete-other-windows)
>  (setq my-org-protocol-flag nil)
>  (defadvice org-remember-finalize (after delete-frame-at-end activate)
>    "Delete frame at remember finalization"
>    (progn
>      (if my-org-protocol-flag (delete-frame))
>      (setq my-org-protocol-flag nil)))
>  (defadvice org-remember-kill (after delete-frame-at-end activate)
>    "Delete frame at remember abort"
>    (progn
>      (if my-org-protocol-flag (delete-frame))
>      (setq my-org-protocol-flag nil)))
>  (defadvice org-protocol-remember (before set-org-protocol-flag activate)
>    (setq my-org-protocol-flag t))
>
> Any suggestions on how to achieve the same result in a more proper way
> will be appreciated ...
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
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