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Start emacsclient with some progress of what's going on (useful for desktop launchers)
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emacsclient_gui.sh
#!/bin/bash
## for emacsclient:
## -c is gui window
## -n is no-wait - don't wait for the window to close
## sed buffers by default
## -u is unbuffered
## zenity expects text progress to start with #
emacsclient -c -n 2>&1 | sed -u -e 's/^/# /g' | zenity --title="Starting EmacsClient" --width=600 --progress --pulsate --auto-close
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