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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
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+Subject: [PATCH v4 4/5] notmuch-emacs-mua: add --auto-daemon option to start\r
+ Emacs daemon as needed\r
+Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 12:05:14 +0300\r
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+Automatically starting Emacs in daemon mode if the Emacs server is not\r
+running is a matter of preference better not hard coded in\r
+notmuch-emacs-mua. Add an option to control the behaviour.\r
+---\r
+ doc/man1/notmuch-emacs-mua.rst | 9 +++++++--\r
+ notmuch-emacs-mua | 8 ++++++--\r
+ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-emacs-mua.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-emacs-mua.rst\r
+index 7c2f5c24f1c0..89a2fead17b1 100644\r
+--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-emacs-mua.rst\r
++++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-emacs-mua.rst\r
+@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@ Supported options for **notmuch-emacs-mua** include\r
+ Even if a window system is available, use the current terminal.\r
+ \r
+ ``--client``\r
+- Use **emacsclient**, rather than **emacs**. This will start\r
+- an Emacs daemon process if necessary.\r
++ Use **emacsclient**, rather than **emacs**. For\r
++ **emacsclient** to work, you need an already running Emacs\r
++ with a server, or use ``--auto-daemon``.\r
++\r
++ ``--auto-daemon``\r
++ Automatically start Emacs in daemon mode, if the Emacs server\r
++ is not running. Applicable with ``--client``.\r
+ \r
+ ``--print``\r
+ Output the resulting elisp to stdout instead of evaluating it.\r
+diff --git a/notmuch-emacs-mua b/notmuch-emacs-mua\r
+index 1f088c42feb9..ac03a4a60d56 100755\r
+--- a/notmuch-emacs-mua\r
++++ b/notmuch-emacs-mua\r
+@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ EMACSCLIENT=${EMACSCLIENT-emacsclient}\r
+ PRINT_ONLY=\r
+ NO_WINDOW=\r
+ USE_EMACSCLIENT=\r
++AUTO_DAEMON=\r
+ CREATE_FRAME="-c"\r
+ \r
+ # The crux of it all: construct an elisp progn and eval it.\r
+@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ while getopts :s:c:b:i:h opt; do\r
+ opt=${opt%%=*}\r
+ ;;\r
+ # Long options without arguments.\r
+- --help|--print|--no-window-system|--client)\r
++ --help|--print|--no-window-system|--client|--auto-daemon)\r
+ ;;\r
+ *)\r
+ echo "$0: unknown long option ${opt}, or argument mismatch." >&2\r
+@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ while getopts :s:c:b:i:h opt; do\r
+ --client)\r
+ USE_EMACSCLIENT="yes"\r
+ ;;\r
++ --auto-daemon)\r
++ AUTO_DAEMON="--alternate-editor="\r
++ ;;\r
+ *)\r
+ # We should never end up here.\r
+ echo "$0: internal error (option ${opt})." >&2\r
+@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ fi\r
+ \r
+ if [ -n "$USE_EMACSCLIENT" ]; then\r
+ # Evaluate the progn.\r
+- exec ${EMACSCLIENT} ${NO_WINDOW} ${CREATE_FRAME} -a '' --eval "${ELISP}"\r
++ exec ${EMACSCLIENT} ${NO_WINDOW} ${CREATE_FRAME} ${AUTO_DAEMON} --eval "${ELISP}"\r
+ else\r
+ exec ${EMACS} ${NO_WINDOW} --eval "${ELISP}"\r
+ fi\r
+-- \r
+2.1.4\r
+\r