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diff --git a/content/post/using-emacsclient-on-macos/index.org b/content/post/using-emacsclient-on-macos/index.org deleted file mode 100644 index d1b90fc..0000000 --- a/content/post/using-emacsclient-on-macos/index.org +++ /dev/null @@ -1,60 +0,0 @@ -#+TITLE: Using Emacsclient on MacOS -#+DATE: 2020-06-18T17:10:15-04:00 -#+DRAFT: false -#+DESCRIPTION: -#+TAGS[]: macos emacs -#+KEYWORDS[]: -#+SLUG: -#+SUMMARY: - -#+ATTR_HTML: :alt MacOS Emacsclient -#+ATTR_HTML: :title MacOS Emacsclient -[[file:macos%20emacsclient.png]] - -Emacs is an amazing editor, but it can be a little slow to start -sometimes. That's why =emacsclient= lets you run Emacs as a daemon and -connect to it as a client, negating the startup time and letting you -jump directly into editing. - -The two primary ways of getting Emacs onto your Mac are by either -downloading it from [[https://emacsformacosx.com/][Emacs For MacOS X]] or by installing it through -[[https://brew.sh/][homebrew]] using =brew cask install emacs=. I prefer the homebrew method -as it automatically adds =emacs= and =emacsclient= to your =$PATH=. - -Using it from the command line is a breeze. I have this alias in my -=.bashrc= - -#+BEGIN_SRC shell -alias em="emacsclient -t -a ''" -#+END_SRC - -This way I can type =em <filename>= to edit a file. =-t= tells -emacsclient to start in terminal mode, and =-a= tell it to start the -Emacs daemon process if it isn't already running. - -Getting the GUI version to run without first opening the command line -is a little trickier. Homebrew provides an app for =emacs=, but no way -to start =emacsclient=. The way I've worked around that is by using -[[https://github.com/deseven/icanhazshortcut][iCanHazShortcut]], which lets you bind arbitrary shell commands to -keyboard shortcuts. - -To add a new shortcut, open the app and click the =Shortcuts= tab at -the top. Then click the plus in the bottom right corner, click inside -the =Shortcut= field, press the desired shortcut keys, give it an -action name, and a command. - -To launch =emacsclient=, I have a shortcut bound to -@@html:<kbd>⌃</kbd> + <kbd>⇧</kbd> + <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>E</kbd>@@ -which runs -#+BEGIN_SRC shell -emacsclient -c -n -a '' -#+END_SRC - -The =-c= flag tells =emacsclient= to open a GUI window instead of in -terminal mode. The =-n= flag tells the command to return once the -window is opened, instead of waiting for the client to close. Finally, -like before the =-a ''= flag tells =emacsclient= to start the Emacs -daemon if it isn't already running. - -Now all I have to do is press @@html:<kbd>⌃</kbd> + <kbd>⇧</kbd> + <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>E</kbd>@@ -and a new Emacs window pops up with no startup delay! |