xref: /386bsd/usr/local/lib/emacs/19.25/etc/emacs.bash (revision a2142627)
1# This defines a bash command named `edit' which contacts/resumes an
2# existing emacs or starts a new one if none exists.
3#
4# One way or another, any arguments are passed to emacs to specify files
5# (provided you have loaded `resume.el').
6#
7# This function assumes the emacs program is named `emacs' and is somewhere
8# in your load path.  If either of these is not true, the most portable
9# (and convenient) thing to do is to make an alias called emacs which
10# refers to the real program, e.g.
11#
12#        alias emacs=/usr/local/bin/gemacs
13#
14# Written by Noah Friedman.
15
16function edit ()
17{
18 local windowsys="${WINDOW_PARENT+sun}"
19
20 windowsys="${windowsys:-${DISPLAY+x}}"
21
22 if [ -n "${windowsys:+set}" ]; then
23    # Do not just test if these files are sockets.  On some systems
24    # ordinary files or fifos are used instead.  Just see if they exist.
25    if [ -e "${HOME}/.emacs_server" -o -e "/tmp/esrv${UID}-"* ]; then
26       emacsclient "$@"
27       return $?
28    else
29       echo "edit: starting emacs in background..." 1>&2
30    fi
31
32    case "${windowsys}" in
33      x ) (emacs "$@" &) ;;
34      sun ) (emacstool "$@" &) ;;
35    esac
36 else
37    if jobs %emacs 2> /dev/null ; then
38       echo "$(pwd)" "$@" > ${HOME}/.emacs_args && fg %emacs
39    else
40       emacs "$@"
41    fi
42 fi
43}
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