emacsclient
Open files in an existing Emacs server.
See also emacs
.
More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/emacsclient-Options.html.
- Open a file in an existing Emacs server (using GUI if available):
emacsclient
path/to/file
- Open a file in console mode (without an X window):
emacsclient --no-window-system
path/to/file
- Open a file in a new Emacs window:
emacsclient --create-frame
path/to/file
- Evaluate a command, printing the output to
stdout
, and then quit:
emacsclient --eval '(
command)'
- Specify an alternative editor in case no Emacs server is running:
emacsclient --alternate-editor
editor
path/to/file
- Stop a running Emacs server and all its instances, asking for confirmation on unsaved files:
emacsclient --eval '(save-buffers-kill-emacs)'