emacsclient

all

Open files in an existing Emacs server. See also: `emacs`.

Options (4)

--no-window-systemboolean

Open a file in console mode (without an X window)

Example: emacsclient {{[-nw|--no-window-system]}} {{path/to/file}}

-c, --create-frameboolean

Open a file in a new Emacs window

Example: emacsclient {{[-c|--create-frame]}} {{path/to/file}}

-e, --evalboolean

Evaluate a command, printing the output to `stdout`, and then quit

Example: emacsclient {{[-e|--eval]}} '({{command}})'

-a, --alternate-editorboolean

Specify an alternative editor in case no Emacs server is running

Example: emacsclient {{[-a|--alternate-editor]}} {{editor}} {{path/to/file}}

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 [-nw|--no-window-system] path/to/file

Open a file in a new Emacs window

emacsclient [-c|--create-frame] path/to/file

Evaluate a command, printing the output to `stdout`, and then quit

emacsclient [-e|--eval] '(command)'

Specify an alternative editor in case no Emacs server is running

emacsclient [-a|--alternate-editor] editor path/to/file

Stop a running Emacs server and all its instances, asking for confirmation on unsaved files

emacsclient [-e|--eval] '(save-buffers-kill-emacs)'