emacs stuff in .bashrc

gistfile1.sh

# checks if there is an emacs daemon running: yes - open a client with the file, no -
# start a daemon, open client
#
# did this because i only use emacs in terminal and dont want
# emacsclient <file_name> to open file in an open frame
#
# caution: even though all arguments passed via `${@:1}`, `emacsclient` only opens
# one file, unlike `emacs`
#
# excluding `grep` from `ps`:
#     http://superuser.com/questions/409655/excluding-grep-from-process-list
# mass arguments:
#     http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/scripting/posparams#mass_usage
function emacssmart {
    # `ps -e` - print all processes
    # `grep '[e]macs --daemon'` - greps out matching processes except itself
    if [[ $(ps -e | grep '[e]macs --daemon') ]]
    then
        # if daemon is running
        emacsclient -nw -c ${@:1} # windowless client, new one, pass all args (but
                                  # only one file will open)
    else # no daemon
        pushd .
        cd $HOME # just makes everything better
        \emacs --daemon
        popd
        # start daemon, recursively call self. fuck performance
        emacssmart ${@:1}
    fi
}

# launches emacs on login
if [[ ! $(ps -e | grep '[e]macs --daemon') ]]
then
    \emacs --daemon 1>.emacs.d/init.log 2>&1
fi