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How to start emacs-daemon in a systemd service #emacs #systemd
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Load Emacs as a daemon with a Systemd user unit

This gist is based on Intelligent Rumblings. Running emacs as a daemon with Systemd

First, create a systemd unit file at ~/.config/systemd/user/emacs.service:

[Unit]
Description=Emacs text editor
Documentation=info:emacs man:emacs(1) https://gnu.org/software/emacs/

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/bin/emacs --daemon
ExecStop=/usr/bin/emacsclient --eval "(kill-emacs)"
Environment=SSH_AUTH_SOCK=%t/keyring/ssh
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Then enable the unit:

systemctl --user enable emacs
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