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(File Aliases): Don't claim that usually separate buffers are created for two file names that name the same data. Mention additional situations where different names mean the same file on disk.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:39:05 +0000
parents 615a90f44f52
children 873c558e1383 72cf6261961e
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# This defines a bash command named `edit' which contacts/resumes an
# existing emacs or starts a new one if none exists.
#
# One way or another, any arguments are passed to emacs to specify files
# (provided you have loaded `resume.el').
#
# This function assumes the emacs program is named `emacs' and is somewhere
# in your load path.  If either of these is not true, the most portable
# (and convenient) thing to do is to make an alias called emacs which
# refers to the real program, e.g.
#
#        alias emacs=/usr/local/bin/gemacs
#
# Written by Noah Friedman.

function edit ()
{
 local windowsys="${WINDOW_PARENT+sun}"

 windowsys="${windowsys:-${DISPLAY+x}}"

 if [ -n "${windowsys:+set}" ]; then
    # Do not just test if these files are sockets.  On some systems
    # ordinary files or fifos are used instead.  Just see if they exist.
    if [ -e "${HOME}/.emacs_server" -o -e "/tmp/emacs${UID}/server" ]; then
       emacsclient "$@"
       return $?
    else
       echo "edit: starting emacs in background..." 1>&2
    fi

    case "${windowsys}" in
      x ) (emacs "$@" &) ;;
      sun ) (emacstool "$@" &) ;;
    esac
 else
    if jobs %emacs 2> /dev/null ; then
       echo "$(pwd)" "$@" >| ${HOME}/.emacs_args && fg %emacs
    else
       emacs "$@"
    fi
 fi
}


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