Re^2: Use perl to drive emacs

Thanks, that's great. Is it possible to do this dynamically? i.e., I don't have the lisp_file before hand, and would like to decide what to do at runtime. For example, is it possible to run emacs as a server, listening on a port, and I can send it commands over the socket, and see its result on the file on the screen display? Thanks again.

Comment on Re^2: Use perl to drive emacs

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: Use perl to drive emacs by kvale (Monsignor) on Feb 21, 2005 at 06:11 UTC
To use emacs as a server, look into gnuserv. From the manpage: gnuclient allows the user to request a running emacs pro- cess to edit the named files or directories and/or evalu- ate lisp forms. Depending on your environment, it can be an X frame or a TTY frame. One typical use for this is with a dialup connection to a machine on which an emacs process is currently running. gnuserv is the server program that is set running by emacs to handle all incoming and outgoing requests. It is not usually invoked directly, but is started from emacs by loading the gnuserv package and evaluating the Lisp form (gnuserv-start). [download] Using gnuserv and gnuclient also addresses Aristotle's concern about the heavy startup costs of invoking emacs for each separate command. -Mark	[reply] [d/l]

Replies are listed 'Best First'.

Re^3: Use perl to drive emacs
by kvale (Monsignor) on Feb 21, 2005 at 06:11 UTC

       gnuclient  allows the user to request a running emacs pro-
       cess to edit the named files or directories and/or  evalu-
       ate  lisp forms.     Depending on your environment, it can be
       an X frame or a TTY frame.  One typical use  for     this  is
       with  a    dialup    connection to a machine on which an emacs
       process is currently running.

      gnuserv is the server program that is set running by emacs
       to  handle  all    incoming and outgoing requests. It is not
       usually invoked directly, but is     started  from    emacs  by
       loading    the  gnuserv package and evaluating the Lisp form
       (gnuserv-start).
[download]

-Mark

[reply]
[d/l]