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I would instantly disregard anyone who says this. Just run it in daemon mode and connect with emacsclient.

• ufo 11y ago
  why is that not the default behavior then?
  • syrrim 11y ago
    Because it would take up memory from everyone, including non-emacs users.
    • mrighele 11y ago
      I think that the best default approach would be to start as a normal emacs process but revert to emacsclient behaviour (i.e. just open a new frame) if a running instance of emacs is detected. This is what web browsers do, for example.
      • __david__ 11y ago
        Luckily, all that takes is: alias emacs="emacsclient -a '' -c" But you're right, I wish that were the default.
  • branchless 11y ago
    The default behaviour is a bare emacs which starts damn near instantly. If you start adding stuff then it takes time to load, but at this point you should know the daemon is an option.
• edoloughlin 11y ago
  I used to do that. Then I got a new job that requires Windows 7 and emacs can't start in daemon mode. :(
  • branchless 11y ago
    always demand a linux work station! :-)
  • wowtip 11y ago
    Gnuserv + Gnuclientw But I have not yet found a way to make Emacs close all frames and keep server running. But it is better than restarting Emacs for each file...