EMACSCLIENT(1)		    General Commands Manual		EMACSCLIENT(1)



NAME
       emacsclient - tells a running Emacs to visit a file

SYNOPSIS
       emacsclient [options] files ...

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the emacsclient command.  Full docu-
       mentation is available in the GNU Info format; see below.  This	manual
       page  was originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, but
       is not specific to that system.

       emacsclient works in conjunction with the built-in Emacs server.

       You can either call emacsclient directly or let other programs  run  it
       for  you when necessary.	 On GNU and Unix systems many programs consult
       the environment variable EDITOR (sometimes also VISUAL) to  obtain  the
       command	used  for editing.  Thus, setting this environment variable to
       'emacsclient' will allow these programs to use an already running Emacs
       for  editing.  Other operating systems might have their own methods for
       defining the default editor.

       For emacsclient to work, you need  an  already  running	Emacs  with  a
       server.	 Within	 Emacs,	 call the functions `server-start' or `server-
       mode'.  (Your `.emacs' file can do this automatically if you add either
       `(server-start)' or `(server-mode 1)' to it.)

       When  you've finished editing the buffer, type `C-x #' (`server-edit').
       This saves the file and sends a message back to the `emacsclient'  pro-
       gram  telling  it to exit.  The programs that use `EDITOR' wait for the
       "editor" (actually, `emacsclient') to exit.  `C-x #'  also  checks  for
       other  pending external requests to edit various files, and selects the
       next such file.

       If you set the variable `server-window' to a window or a frame, `C-x #'
       displays the server buffer in that window or in that frame.


OPTIONS
       The  programs  follow  the  usual  GNU  command	line syntax, with long
       options starting with two dashes (`-').

       -a, --alternate-editor=EDITOR
	      if the Emacs server is not running,  run	the  specified	editor
	      instead.	 This can also be specified via the `ALTERNATE_EDITOR'
	      environment variable.  If the  value  of	EDITOR	is  the	 empty
	      string,  run `emacs --daemon' to start Emacs in daemon mode, and
	      try to connect to it.

       -c, --create-frame
	      create a new frame instead of trying to use  the	current	 Emacs
	      frame

       -F, --frame-parameters=ALIST
	      set the parameters of a newly-created frame.

       -d, --display=DISPLAY
	      tell the server to display the files on the given display.

       -e, --eval
	      do  not  visit files but instead evaluate the arguments as Emacs
	      Lisp expressions.

       -f, --server-file=FILENAME
	      use TCP configuration file FILENAME for communication.  This can
	      also  be specified via the `EMACS_SERVER_FILE' environment vari-
	      able.

       -n, --no-wait
	      returns immediately without waiting for you to "finish" the buf-
	      fer in Emacs.

       -nw, -t, --tty
	      open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal

       -s, --socket-name=FILENAME
	      use socket named FILENAME for communication.

       -V, --version
	      print version information and exit

       -H, --help
	      print this usage information message and exit

EXIT STATUS
       Normally, the exit status is 0.	If emacsclient shuts down due to Emacs
       signaling an error, the exit status is 1.

SEE ALSO
       The program is documented fully in Using Emacs as  a  Server  available
       via the Info system.

AUTHOR
       This    manual	 page	 was	written	   by	 Stephane   Bortzmeyer
       <bortzmeyer@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system	 (but  may  be
       used by others).

COPYING
       This manual page is in the public domain.




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