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Re: [O] Batch mode evaluation of source code?
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Nick Dokos |
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Re: [O] Batch mode evaluation of source code? |
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Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:02:35 -0400 |
Herbert Sitz <address@hidden> wrote:
> Herbert Sitz <hsitz <at> nwlink.com> writes:
>
> > I'm working on Windows7 and have an Emacs client running when I issue the
> > batch command, which I assumed also means there is a running emacs server.
> > Is the
> > call getting made to the running emacs server? If so, is there some way to
> > avoid the startup overhead (which seems to come from 'Adding c:/program
> > files
> > (x86)/emacs/EmacsW32/lisp/ to load path.'). Or, if my batch call is _not_
> > making use of the running Emacs server is there some way to get it to use
> > that
> > server?
> >
> > Herb
> >
>
> I can confirm that a new emacs process is getting created to run each batch
> mode
> command. I don't really understand the emacs-client/emacs-server setup is
> supposed to work. So I guess my question is whether my batch-mode command can
> be made as a client of the existing emacs-server. I'm guessing the answer is
> 'No', but if so maybe there's some other way to speed up creation of the new
> emacs process when it's used solely to process an Org source-code-block?
>
You do M-x server-start on the running emacs to start the server
part. Then you invoke emacsclient from the command line to connect to
it - check the manpage of emacsclient for details: you might be able to
arrange something with the --eval argument.
Nick