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diff --git a/plugins/emacs/README.md b/plugins/emacs/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c8e33b5ab --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/emacs/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +# Emacs plugin + +This plugin utilizes the Emacs daemon capability, allowing the user to quickly open frames, whether they are opened in a terminal via a ssh connection, or X frames opened on the same host. The plugin also provides some aliases for such operations. + +- You don't have the cost of starting Emacs all the time anymore +- Opening a file is as fast as Emacs does not have anything else to do. +- You can share opened buffered across opened frames. +- Configuration changes made at runtime are applied to all frames. + +**NOTE:** requires Emacs 24 and newer. + +To use it, add emacs to the plugins array in your zshrc file: + +```zsh +plugins=(... emacs) +``` + +## Aliases + +The plugin uses a custom launcher (which we'll call here `$EMACS_LAUNCHER`) that is just a wrapper around [`emacsclient`](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsClient). + +| Alias | Command | Description | +|--------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------| +| emacs | `$EMACS_LAUNCHER --no-wait` | Opens a temporary emacsclient frame | +| e | `emacs` | Same as emacs alias | +| te | `$EMACS_LAUNCHER -nw` | Open terminal emacsclient | +| eeval | `$EMACS_LAUNCHER --eval` | Same as `M-x eval` but from outside Emacs | +| eframe | `emacsclient --alternate-editor "" --create-frame` | Create new X frame | +| efile | - | Print the path to the file open in the current buffer | +| ecd | - | Print the directory of the file open in the the current buffer | |