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emacsclient

List of commands for emacsclient:

  • emacsclient:tldr:07a3b emacsclient: Evaluate a command, printing the output to `stdout`, and then quit.
    $ emacsclient --eval '(${command})'
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  • emacsclient:tldr:43a5e emacsclient: Open a file in an existing Emacs server (using GUI if available).
    $ emacsclient ${filename}
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  • emacsclient:tldr:5974e emacsclient: Specify an alternative editor in case no Emacs server is running.
    $ emacsclient --alternate-editor ${editor} ${filename}
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  • emacsclient:tldr:70b1a emacsclient: Open a file in console mode (without an X window).
    $ emacsclient --no-window-system ${filename}
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  • emacsclient:tldr:ca0e1 emacsclient: Open a file in a new Emacs window.
    $ emacsclient --create-frame ${filename}
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  • emacsclient:tldr:e488f emacsclient: Stop a running Emacs server and all its instances, asking for confirmation on unsaved files.
    $ emacsclient --eval '(save-buffers-kill-emacs)'
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