1 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/emacs/emacsclient.sh b/plugins/emacs/emacsclient.sh
index 625201a16..0aa8d6f40 100755
--- a/plugins/emacs/emacsclient.sh
+++ b/plugins/emacs/emacsclient.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# get list of available X windows.
-x=`emacsclient --alternate-editor '' --eval '(x-display-list)' 2>/dev/null`
+_emacsfun()
+{
+    # get list of emacs frames.
+    frameslist=`emacsclient --alternate-editor '' --eval '(frame-list)' 2>/dev/null | egrep -o '(frame)+'`
 
-if [ -z "$x" ] || [ "$x" = "nil" ] ;then
-    # Create one if there is no X window yet.
-    emacsclient --alternate-editor "" --create-frame "$@"
+    if [ "$(echo "$frameslist" | sed -n '$=')" -ge 2 ] ;then
+        # prevent creating another X frame if there is at least one present.
+        emacsclient --alternate-editor "" "$@"
+    else
+        # Create one if there is no X window yet.
+        emacsclient --alternate-editor "" --create-frame "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+
+# adopted from https://github.com/davidshepherd7/emacs-read-stdin/blob/master/emacs-read-stdin.sh
+# If the second argument is - then write stdin to a tempfile and open the
+# tempfile. (first argument will be `--no-wait` passed in by the plugin.zsh)
+if [ "$#" -ge "2" -a "$2" = "-" ]
+then
+    tempfile="$(mktemp --tmpdir emacs-stdin-$USER.XXXXXXX 2>/dev/null \
+                || mktemp -t emacs-stdin-$USER)" # support BSD mktemp
+    cat - > "$tempfile"
+    _emacsfun --no-wait $tempfile
 else
-    # prevent creating another X frame if there is at least one present.
-    emacsclient --alternate-editor "" "$@"
+    _emacsfun "$@"
 fi