tctony / EmacsCtl

EmacsCtl

Features

• Use menu on mac status bar to control(start, restart, new window...) emacs deamon process just like systemctl does on linux.
• Activate emacs window with global shortcut.
• Support org-protocol scheme so you don't need to create an applescript app to do that.
• Support edit captured content when using org-roam-protocol.

Install

• Latest app can be downloaded from Releases page.
• Or you can clone this project and build your own.

How to use

• First write your emacs pid to file.

  For spacemacs user, just use following code:

  (unless (spacemacs/system-is-mswindows)
    (let ((pidfile (concat dotspacemacs-ignore-directory "emacs.pid"))
          (pid (number-to-string (emacs-pid))))
  
      (with-temp-file pidfile
        (message (format "write pid %s to %s" pid pidfile))
        (insert pid))
  
      (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook
                `(lambda ()
                   (with-temp-file ',pidfile)
                    (insert "")))
      )
    )
  
  (provide 'pidfile)

• Second configure your pid file path and emacs path.

  

  At least, you should set Pid File Path and Emacs Binary Directory.

  Also, you can set a shortcut to activate window window.

• Finally control your emacs from status bar menu.