Questions tagged [server]
The Emacs server, which allows opening files and running commands in an existing Emacs instance
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Run elisp from command line in running emacs
How can I execute elisp in the currently running emacs from the command line?
The following command echoes 'hi' but doesn't set 'abc in the emacs instance.
emacsclient --no-wait --eval '(message "hi"...
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Multiple Emacs instances each with their own server?
In my setup, I have several (GNU) Emacs instances running simultaneously on my local machine, one for each project or task that I'm currently working on.
I would like to be able to open buffers in an ...
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server-edit vs kill-buffer to kill an emacsclient buffer
I use emacsclient to open files from my webrowser (pdfs, text files etc). When I'm done with the file, I know I need to close it with C-x # (server-edit); if I use C-x k (kill-buffer) I get a warning ...
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From an external script, open file and run some simple expression whether emacs already running or not
Context / initial need (works fine)
I wrote and use a script that generates a file and uses emacsclient to edit it in an existing or new instance of emacs, in a new window.
Similar to Set up Emacs ...
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How to debug emacsclient?
Sometimes emacsclient fails with an error like:
$ emacsclient .gitlab-ci.yml
Waiting for Emacs...
*ERROR*: Args out of range: 63695, 1, 1173
How can I debug this? emacsclient has no debug option, no ...
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Can emacs on Mac using native window system connect to an emacs server on a Linux system
At this point I believe I am using the emacs version on my Mac that is built by Homebrew and the "stock" emacs on Ubuntu 18.04.
I set up emacs server on the Ubuntu host as it is described in Starting ...
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How to RPC from External Process to Emacs
How can I RPC from an external application into Emacs then have a function in Emacs handle the RPC?
For example, I would like to make a D3.js webpage with a dependency graph of a codebase, view and ...
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