Re: The emacsclient socket vs. etc/emacs.bash

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>]

storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> I typically have a "master emacs" instance running all the time.
> Sometimes I start another instance (e.g. in a terminal window)
> just to make some small change to a config file - and blammo - 
> the server is no longer associated with the master emacs.

I have this in my .emacs:

(when (and (file-exists-p (expand-file-name server-name server-socket-dir))
	   (let ((status (call-process "/usr/bin/lsof"
				       nil nil nil
				       (expand-file-name server-name
							 server-socket-dir))))
	     (or (not (numberp status)) (equal status 0))))
  (setq server-name (format "%s-%d" server-name (emacs-pid)))
  (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook
    (lambda () (condition-case nil
		   (delete-file (expand-file-name server-name
						  server-socket-dir))
		 (error nil))))
  (setenv "EDITOR" (concat "emacsclient -s " server-name)))

I regularily have 2 or 3 instances of Emacs running, this way I can
control each of them as necessary.

Andreas.

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