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I used spacemacs for a bit a few months ago but launch-times were really long. I use emacs as my default editor and I really hated the bootstrapping process whe

I used spacemacs for a bit a few months ago but launch-times were really long. I use emacs as my default editor and I really hated the bootstrapping process when I fired up emacs to edit a config from the command line. If someone has a simple fix to this problem I would gladly use it since they seemed to have the right ingredients for a top notch experience.

packetslave 11y ago
emacs --daemon and EDITOR='emacsclient'
- leppr 11y ago
  alias emacs="emacsclient -nw -a ''" is the best I've found. -nw: Open a new frame in current terminal (otherwise it just opens the file in whatever other emacs window you already have launched). -a: Start the daemon if it isn't running. '': Little trick so you can launch it without a filename.
  - philsnow 11y ago
    -a: Start the daemon if it isn't running. '': Little trick so you can launch it without a filename. Ha, if only. From the bit on `-a` in https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/emacsclient-Options.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/em... : Specify a command to run if emacsclient fails to contact Emacs. This is useful when running emacsclient in a script. As a special exception, if command is the empty string, then emacsclient starts Emacs in daemon mode (as emacs --daemon) and then tries connecting again. `emacsclient -a vim` will run vim if it can't connect to a running daemon.
chm 11y ago
I noticed that using GUI Emacs in OSX, a first boot is slow and will open two windows: a Spacemacs buffer in one window, and the file in another. Subsequent files are opened much faster if you keep the Spacemacs buffer opened.
pzone 11y ago
To clarify the other answers: you will want to run one or two emacs daemon instances at startup and then edit files using emacsclient, which hooks up to the background daemon and pops up a new window instantaneously.

packetslave 11y ago

emacs --daemon and EDITOR='emacsclient'

leppr 11y ago
alias emacs="emacsclient -nw -a ''" is the best I've found. -nw: Open a new frame in current terminal (otherwise it just opens the file in whatever other emacs window you already have launched). -a: Start the daemon if it isn't running. '': Little trick so you can launch it without a filename.
- philsnow 11y ago
  -a: Start the daemon if it isn't running. '': Little trick so you can launch it without a filename. Ha, if only. From the bit on `-a` in https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/emacsclient-Options.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/em... : Specify a command to run if emacsclient fails to contact Emacs. This is useful when running emacsclient in a script. As a special exception, if command is the empty string, then emacsclient starts Emacs in daemon mode (as emacs --daemon) and then tries connecting again. `emacsclient -a vim` will run vim if it can't connect to a running daemon.

chm 11y ago

I noticed that using GUI Emacs in OSX, a first boot is slow and will open two windows: a Spacemacs buffer in one window, and the file in another. Subsequent files are opened much faster if you keep the Spacemacs buffer opened.

pzone 11y ago

To clarify the other answers: you will want to run one or two emacs daemon instances at startup and then edit files using emacsclient, which hooks up to the background daemon and pops up a new window instantaneously.