Questions tagged [server]
The Emacs server, which allows opening files and running commands in an existing Emacs instance
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Equivalent to --no-wait for emacs
The emacsclient program allows a flag --no-wait (abbreviated as -n) which will cause the emacs server to visit the specified file, and return immediately.
emacsclient -n ~/.bashrc
If I provide an ...
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How to control emacs externally?
I'm developing an app in python which sends commands to a running emacs instance. Currently, I start an emacs server and send the commands through the command line, like this:
subprocess.call(['...
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How to know if emacs is running as a daemon?
I want to know if emacs is running as a daemon, so I can load some parts of my configuration according, I want to know this from within emacs.
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How to test (programmatically) whether the current Emacs session (among several) is running the Emacs server?
The server-running-p predicate will evaluate to t if the Emacs server is running, irrespective of which Emacs session currently "owns" the server process.
Therefore, when there are two or more ...
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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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after-make-frame-functions does nothing for an otherwise working function
I am using workgroups and I have the following code in my init.el:
(defun my-start-emacs (_)
(interactive)
(message "HI")
(sleep-for 1)
(if (daemonp)
(progn
(if (not (...
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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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Emacs 24.5.1 on Windows: How to use server mode?
I used to have Emacs 25.xx on my windows pc and was very happy with the daemon/server mode of emacs. Emacs started via batch-script on startup and everything worked fine -- on every subsequent call ...
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How to have C-g *not* cancel emacsclient eval commands?
I'm sending some commands to my emacs using emacsclient --eval on a timer. The only problem with this is if at the time I happen to be using emacs and press C-g to cancel something, instead of ...
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Why does using emacsclient from a remote host connect to the right socket, but I see nothing in my local Emacs?
I'm running a TCP server locally, and I'm trying to open a file from a remote host on my local Emacs through emacsclient. The reason for this is that I have emacspeak running locally which gives me ...
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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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Setting up emacsclient (OSX)
I am trying to set up emacs to run as a server to avoid the time required to open individual sessions for each file. This is on OS X El Capitan. Using the instructions provided here, I have the first ...
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Opening file with emacsclientw, file name contains non-latin characters
My first post here about Emacs. I've spent days trying to figure out answer before posting here.
I'm running Emacs 26.1 on Windows 10. The setup that I'd like to have is running a single instance of ...
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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 get the server-name?
When starting a server it's possible to set a name for the server (http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Emacs-Server.html). These names are to be useful for connecting emacsclients ...
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Emacs as server (daemon) struggles
I am trying to setup emacs as server so that emacs (same instance) can be invoked from a file browser like nautilus
Results not satisfactory
Attempt 1
I have the foll. in ~/.local/share/...
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Is it possible to figure out which package/script takes most of the startup time?
I used to run Emacs on Linux using Emacsclient, it is really easy and great experience:
emacs --daemon
emacsclient
When I work on a Windows machine, Emacs starts very slow. It seems there's no ...
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Open file at startup from init file
I like that at start emacs visits a file with my todo list. For long time, this has been accomplished by adding (find-file "~/my-file.org") at the end of my configuration file (.emacs).
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Changing the location of the emacs server socket
When I run emacs --daemon it creates a socket at /tmp/emacs1000/server
How can I tell it to use a different location?
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server-start with dynamic server-name
I'm using (server-start) in my init.el, but I'd like to be able to launch multiple server instances, every time I launch emacs.
Today, server-start complains if the server is already launched.
It ...
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What are the actual usage of the command `server-edit`?
According to the documentation of the command server-edit:
Switch to next server editing buffer; say "Done" for current buffer.
If a server buffer is current, it is marked "done" and optionally ...
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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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connect to remote emacs session via ssh
Unfortunately, I forgot to start the emacs-server at work, running on Linux. Is there now any option to connect to my remote graphical X11 emacs session via ssh?
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Emacs 26.1 crash on server-start with stale auth files when server-use-tcp enabled
I've been experiencing a crash since upgrading to Emacs 26.1 and MacOS 10.13.4. It happens when running server-start (which is in my .emacs file), and a stale server auth file exists from a previous ...
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bashrc script to automatically create emacs server session on startup?
I want to have .bashrc check to see if an emacs server is currently running, and if not, start one. I know how to start the server but I am not sure how to check whether it is already running - should ...
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Forwarding emacs server TCP connection works, but cannot create local frame
I'm trying to connect to a remote Emacs server. I created the server with server-use-tcp set to t so a connection file was created. I inspected the connection file and found out that it contains the ...
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How can I use Emacs in a SSH sever that I logged in through emacs terminal?
I really like the emacs terminal but each time I use it to log into my server. I don't know how to use emacs to edit files on the server.
Or it is not possible to do it? I can only edit files on ...
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`server-start` hook?
Is there a hook to execute stuff after I've run emacs --daemon? I'd like to keep load stuff only when running emacs --daemon and not when running emacs.
I know it sounds like using square wheels, but ...
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Cannot start Emacs daemon server after forced reboot
I was running Emacs in daemon server mode when my computer was force rebooted. After reboot was complete, I could not start the Emacs server again, receiving the error message:
Starting Emacs daemon.
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emacs in --deamon mode dies when X display socket closes. How to prevent this?
My initial quest is Can emacs on Mac using native window system connect to an emacs server on a Linux system but I got off on a tangent that might work ok but I hit a speed bump.
As described in the ...
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How to make Emacs run from a single Gnome desktop icon?
I often use Emacs with Linux Manjaro and Gnome. I need straightforward access to Emacs from desktop. Therefore, I have pinned the Emacs icon to dash so I can launch Emacs by clicking the Emacs icon.
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X11 GUI low quality display when using server
Why is Emacs X11's display such bad quality, and how do I fix it?
When I use Emacs Cocoa locally, I get a good visuals. But when I use the X11 forwarding on my department's server, the quality is ...
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How do I prevent emacsclient --tty FILE from flashing the other frame's buffer before loading FILE
With emacs -Q if you M-x server-start, then open a buffer, then back in the terminal emacsclient --tty SOMEOTHERFILE a new frame will be created, but it will initially show the buffer shown in the ...
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When `emacs` is started, use `emacsclient` instead if there is a server
Most modern editors don't have a separate <editor>client binary. Instead, the main binary acts as a client to open a new window/the file given as an argument when possible.
Is there a way to ...
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Cannot start emacs server
I'm running Debian Jessie. I have installed emacs24-lucid package. I tried running emacs --daemon and got this:
Loading 00debian-vars...
Loading 00debian-vars...done
Loading /etc/emacs/site-start.d/...
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Separate Environments for each emacsclient
I have a single emacs server that I use for all of my work. It is located on a machine that I ssh into from every location.
My 'browse-url is set to run a bash script that ssh's into the machine I am ...
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Emacs client starts in no windows mode
I have the following in .bashrc.
export ALTERNATE_EDITOR=""
export EDITOR="emacsclient -t"
When I run, for example
emacsclient something.tex &
when running X, in a Konsole terminal (Konsole is ...
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How can I use some package after other some other packages loaded?
I am trying to start dap-mode in my golang project. I already have lsp-mode config set.
for example:
(use-package lsp-mode
:hook
((go-mode . lsp-deferred)
(rust-mode . lsp-deferred)
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org files are not refreshed in emacsclient
My org files are stored on the cloud so I can edit them from multiple machines. Whenever I make a change to an org file (from a different machine), emacsclient does not reflect these changes, but a ...
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Emacs client doesn't recognize non-ascii input
The problem: When I type a non-ascii character, the character is not wrote and instead a weird key combination is performed, depending on which character I have typed, as if it didn't support utf-8.
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access remote emacs server via ssh crashed
I run an emacs server on a remote server.
emacs --daemon
and I access this server with
ssh user@server -Y 'emacsclient -c &'
everything works fine until I close the client.
SSH session doesn'...
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How to start tide server in Emacs For Mac OS X?
In the .spacemacs file, typescript configuration layer is
dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
'(
┆(typescript :variables
┆ ┆ ┆ ┆javascript-backend 'tide
┆ ┆ ┆ ┆typescript-fmt-tool '...
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Why does server-eval-at seem to change the behavior of read-string?
I am trying to create a script that, when run with emacs, will read commands from stdin a line at a time, execute them in another emacs process (with server-eval-at) and print the result. The process ...
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Is it possible to see the cursor of other emacsclients?
I'm trying to run Emacs server in order to collaborate on org files in our office.
emacsclient makes it quite easy to have everyone connect to the same instance of a file and we can see real time ...
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emacsclientw does not use font specified in init.el (Windows)
Emacs version: GNU Emacs 25.3.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32)
I have set up a shell-script which runs Emacs server at Windows startup as mentioned in Emacs Wiki. I have set up a shortcut on my desktop which I ...
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Running Emacs server from snap installation
I've installed Emacs 26.2 using snap on Lubuntu 18.04. I'm trying to figure out how to get the server/client/daemon going.
I've done as instructed on EmacsWiki: "Emacs Client" by putting (server-...
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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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emacsclient -c stopped working, server running, emacs works
I am encountering a very strange problem. I worked with emacsclient for a while but suddenly, after starting an emacsclient frame the frame disappears shortly after start when interacting with it. It ...
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is it possible for two people, using different emacs and keybindings to edit the same file synchronously?
I want to pair program with a couple of people but my keybindings in emacs are not the same as theirs. Is there a way to edit the same file but keep the keybindings different?
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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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