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Maybe make opening in currently running emacs the default

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Maybe make opening in currently running emacs the default
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 01:48:49 +0800

Say, most other programs are smart enough to know that
$ chromium       a.html & #starts chromium
$ chromium       b.html   #opens b.html in the above running chromium
$ chromium       c.html   #opens c.html in the above running chromium

Alas, for emacs one still needs
$ emacs          a.html & #starts emacs
$ emacsclient -n b.html   #opens b.html in the above running emacs
$ emacsclient -n c.html   #opens c.html in the above running emacs
plus one needs server-start...

Anyway maybe the new way should be the default when running in
X-windows, etc. And maybe even eliminate the need for the & on the
first line, to be able to type the further lines.

Message #12 received at 35262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 35262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35262: Maybe make opening in currently running emacs the
 default
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 03:25:41 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> Say, most other programs are smart enough to know that
> $ chromium       a.html & #starts chromium
> $ chromium       b.html   #opens b.html in the above running chromium
> $ chromium       c.html   #opens c.html in the above running chromium
>
> Alas, for emacs one still needs
> $ emacs          a.html & #starts emacs
> $ emacsclient -n b.html   #opens b.html in the above running emacs
> $ emacsclient -n c.html   #opens c.html in the above running emacs
> plus one needs server-start...
>
> Anyway maybe the new way should be the default when running in
> X-windows, etc. And maybe even eliminate the need for the & on the
> first line, to be able to type the further lines.

The &, -n, and server-start aren't strictly necessary.  Here's one
alternative:

$ emacs --daemon
$ emacsclient a.html
$ emacsclient b.html
$ emacsclient c.html

And here's another:

$ export ALTERNATE_EDITOR=
$ emacsclient a.html
$ emacsclient b.html
$ emacsclient c.html

It's not clear to me exactly what it is you're asking for, though.  What
is the "new way" you refer to?  Can you please elaborate?

Thanks,

-- 
Basil

Message #17 received at 35262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 35262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35262: Maybe make opening in currently running emacs the
 default
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:01:49 +0800

>>>>> "BLC" == Basil L Contovounesios <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

BLC> It's not clear to me exactly what it is you're asking for, though.  What
BLC> is the "new way" you refer to?  Can you please elaborate?

I just want every subsequent invocation of
$ emacs $RANDOM.txt
to open it within the first. Sort of like saying "emacsclient -n"
without remembering to.

Anyway, these days e.g., Firefox refuses to have two of itself running
at the same time.

Message #20 received at 35262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 35262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35262: Maybe make opening in currently running emacs the
 default
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:59:57 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

>>>>>> "BLC" == Basil L Contovounesios <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:
>
> BLC> It's not clear to me exactly what it is you're asking for, though.  What
> BLC> is the "new way" you refer to?  Can you please elaborate?
>
> I just want every subsequent invocation of
> $ emacs $RANDOM.txt
> to open it within the first. Sort of like saying "emacsclient -n"
> without remembering to.

I would suggest using a shell alias or separate script for that.

> Anyway, these days e.g., Firefox refuses to have two of itself running
> at the same time.

Okay, but Emacs does not suffer from any such limitation.  Besides, I
think you run multiple Firefox instances by using different profiles for
each.

-- 
Basil

Message #23 received at 35262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: 35262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35262: Maybe make opening in currently running emacs the
 default
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:53:28 -0400

It was better explained a decade ago in bug#7741.

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