notmuch-emacs-mua: add --auto-daemon option to start Emacs daemon as needed

Automatically starting Emacs in daemon mode if the Emacs server is not
running is a matter of preference better not hard coded in
notmuch-emacs-mua. Add an option to control the behaviour.
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Jani Nikula 2015-08-15 12:05:14 +03:00 committed by David Bremner
parent cb4e73b736
commit 17fcf24d8b
2 changed files with 13 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -37,8 +37,13 @@ Supported options for **notmuch-emacs-mua** include
Even if a window system is available, use the current terminal.
``--client``
Use **emacsclient**, rather than **emacs**. This will start
an Emacs daemon process if necessary.
Use **emacsclient**, rather than **emacs**. For
**emacsclient** to work, you need an already running Emacs
with a server, or use ``--auto-daemon``.
``--auto-daemon``
Automatically start Emacs in daemon mode, if the Emacs server
is not running. Applicable with ``--client``.
``--print``
Output the resulting elisp to stdout instead of evaluating it.

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@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ EMACSCLIENT=${EMACSCLIENT-emacsclient}
PRINT_ONLY=
NO_WINDOW=
USE_EMACSCLIENT=
AUTO_DAEMON=
CREATE_FRAME="-c"
# The crux of it all: construct an elisp progn and eval it.
@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ while getopts :s:c:b:i:h opt; do
opt=${opt%%=*}
;;
# Long options without arguments.
--help|--print|--no-window-system|--client)
--help|--print|--no-window-system|--client|--auto-daemon)
;;
*)
echo "$0: unknown long option ${opt}, or argument mismatch." >&2
@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ while getopts :s:c:b:i:h opt; do
--client)
USE_EMACSCLIENT="yes"
;;
--auto-daemon)
AUTO_DAEMON="--alternate-editor="
;;
*)
# We should never end up here.
echo "$0: internal error (option ${opt})." >&2
@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ fi
if [ -n "$USE_EMACSCLIENT" ]; then
# Evaluate the progn.
exec ${EMACSCLIENT} ${NO_WINDOW} ${CREATE_FRAME} -a '' --eval "${ELISP}"
exec ${EMACSCLIENT} ${NO_WINDOW} ${CREATE_FRAME} ${AUTO_DAEMON} --eval "${ELISP}"
else
exec ${EMACS} ${NO_WINDOW} --eval "${ELISP}"
fi