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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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This command launches the emacsclient
executable, which is a program that allows you to interact with the Emacs editor from the command line.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
emacsclient
: This is the actual command to launchemacsclient
.--alternate-editor ${editor}
: This option specifies an alternate editor to use if Emacs is not currently running.${editor}
is a placeholder that should be replaced with the name or path of the alternate editor. If Emacs is running, the file you specify will be opened in Emacs instead.${filename}
: This is the name or path of the file you want to open or edit.
In summary, this command is used to open or edit a file using Emacs by first trying to connect to a running instance of Emacs (emacsclient
), and if that fails, falling back to an alternate editor (${editor}
).
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.