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TIP Starting Emacs server using init.d script

NB

First of all, you must emerge the latest emacs-cvs package, because MultiTTY, though rather stable, has not been included in recent release yet.

emerge emacs-cvs

As Emacs cannot start without console, screen utility will play server role :). So emerge it:

emerge screen

...after successful emerge, put following init.d script in /etc/init.d

File: /etc/init.d/emacs
#!/sbin/runscript
#NB: Config is in /etc/conf.d/emacs

serverdir="/tmp/emacs$UID"
emacs=/usr/bin/emacs-23 # Or wherever you installed your multi-tty Emacs
emacs_pid=/var/run/emacs_screen.pid
screen_util=/usr/bin/screen

checkconfig() {
        if [ -z "$EMACS_USER" ] || [ -z "$EMACS_INSTANCE" ] ; then
                eerror "You need to setup $EMACS_USER and $EMACS_INSTANCE in /etc/conf.d/emacs first"
                return 1
        fi
        if [ ! -e "$screen_util" ] ; then
                eerror "You need to emerge screen first."
                return 1
        fi
}

start() {
        checkconfig || return 1

        screendir="/var/run/screen/S-$EMACS_USER"

        ebegin "Starting emacs server ($EMACS_INSTANCE) instance"

        if [ ! -e "$screendir"/*."$EMACS_INSTANCE" ]; then
          # Delete leftover
          rm -f "$screendir/*.$EMACS_INSTANCE"

          if [ -e "$serverdir/$EMACS_INSTANCE" ]; then
          # Delete leftover socket (for the wait option)
              rm -f "$serverdir/$EMACS_INSTANCE"
          fi
        fi

        start-stop-daemon --start -v -b --chuid $EMACS_USER -x $screen_util \
               -p $emacs_pid -m --env HOME=/home/$EMACS_USER --chdir /home/$EMACS_USER \
               -- -DmS $EMACS_INSTANCE $emacs -nw -u $EMACS_USER --eval "(setq server-name \"$EMACS_INSTANCE\")" -f server-start

        eend ${?}
}

stop() {
        ebegin "Stopping emacs server ($EMACS_INSTANCE) instance"

        start-stop-daemon --stop -x $screen_util -p $emacs_pid -q
        eend ${?}
}

...and put your options in /etc/conf.d/emacs

File: /etc/conf.d/emacs
EMACS_USER="denis"
EMACS_INSTANCE="develop"

To quick emacs "connect" you may use the following script. Personally, I put it in ~/bin and set PATH appropriately

File: ~/bin/em-dev
#!/bin/bash

emacsclient -t -s develop $*

That's all. Happy hacking :)

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