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[Emacs] Wrapping up emacsclient to automatically start server
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#!/bin/sh | |
# Provide a wrapper of emacsclient that automatically opens up Emacs or server | |
function ec_wrapper { | |
GREEN='\033[0;32m' | |
NC='\033[0m' | |
buffers=$@ | |
cmd="emacsclient -nqc" | |
# Excecute command | |
$cmd $buffers &> /dev/null | |
return_code=$? | |
if (( $return_code != 0)) | |
then | |
pid=$(pgrep -ai "emacs") | |
# If emacs current running? | |
if (( ${#pid} == 0 )) # No pid returned | |
then # No emacs running, then open the GUI | |
emacs --chdir $(pwd) $@ & &> /dev/null | |
suc=$? | |
return $suc | |
else | |
echo "There is a running Emacs instance but I can't find find the server." | |
echo -e "Run ${GREEN}M-x server-start${NC} in Emacs to enable it." | |
fi | |
else | |
return 0 # Success | |
fi | |
} | |
alias ec=ec_wrapper | |
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