From: torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson)
To: Oliver Kappel <ngreply@gmx.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacsclient command line use existing client
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:22:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87iokpuo0j.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m14mwd2bwl.fsf@edvings.de> (Oliver Kappel's message of "Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:42:18 +0200")
Yeah, the problem is starting a new server every time. But all these commands just run `emacs-client`. I've even ditched the auto-start one and just execute a later emacs-client. I've added server names and specifications to each command. I now have:
in .emacs:
----------
(require 'server)
(setq server-name "my-emacs-server")
(unless (server-running-p)
(server-start))
in email.so:
----------
mailto=$1
mailto="mailto:${mailto#mailto:}"
mailto=$(printf '%s\n' "$mailto" | sed -e 's/[\"]/\\&/g')
emacs_server="my-emacs-server"
elisp_expr="(mailto-compose-mail \"$mailto\")"
emacsclient -a "" -c -n -s "$emacs_server" --eval "$elisp_expr" \
'(set-window-dedicated-p (selected-window) t)'
my shortcut for opening emacs (which DOES open under the proper server)
---------
emacsclient -c -s "my-emacs-server"
And still clicking a @mailto: link (running email.so) starts a new, unattached server.
Oliver Kappel <ngreply@gmx.net> writes:
> Hello,
>
> my guess: emacsclient inside your script runs another installed
> instance of emacs as you started emacs server with. With option -a ""
> this instance will start another emacs in deamon mode. Probably the
> $PATH while runing the mailto-script is different.
>
> Check your OS "autostart `emacs-client` command" - as you mentioned -
> and make sure your script uses the emacsclient from the same ./bin
> directory.
>
> Greetings, Oliver
>
> 12.09.2014 at 14:16 Tory S. Anderson wrote:
>
>> Thanks for prompting me to be more precise. When my OS starts I launch
>> a server with the autostart `emacs-client` command, and have the line
>> in my .emacs to ensure the server is started. As it should, opening
>> any number of new frames (or launching emacs-client again) will share
>> the same buffer list, etc. However, this shell script for launching an
>> email (apparently) starts a new server; it isn't sharing anything with
>> the other frames, and if I don't `kill-emacs` I end up with two
>> servers running. Clearly, not acceptable.
>>
>> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:
>>
>>> torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes:
>>>
>>>> elisp_expr="(mailto-compose-mail \"$mailto\")"
>>>>
>>>> emacsclient -a "" -c -n --eval "$elisp_expr" \
>>>> '(set-window-dedicated-p (selected-window) t)'
>>>>
>>>> But somehow when I run this it starts a new emacsclient rather than
>>>> using the one I have running. If I remove the `-a ""` then nothing
>>>> happens at all. Why won't it connect to my existing emacsclient?
>>>
>>> What exactly do you mean with "existing emacsclient"? You must have a
>>> running server. A running Emacs is not enough.
>>>
>>> Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-15 11:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-11 12:58 emacsclient command line use existing client Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-12 2:42 ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-09-12 7:43 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-09-12 12:16 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-12 13:42 ` Oliver Kappel
2014-09-15 11:22 ` Tory S. Anderson [this message]
2014-09-15 12:04 ` Michael Heerdegen
2014-09-15 12:28 ` Oliver Kappel
2014-09-19 17:12 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-19 17:38 ` Subhan Michael Tindall
2014-09-19 17:44 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-20 2:14 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-09-20 10:42 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-20 11:35 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-09-20 13:04 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-21 1:32 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-09-21 1:32 ` Charles Philip Chan
2014-09-22 18:53 ` Tory S. Anderson
2014-09-12 16:28 ` Subhan Michael Tindall
2014-09-13 17:29 ` Harry Putnam
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