Re: emacsclient command line use existing client

[Michael Heerdegen]

torys.anderson@gmail.com (Tory S. Anderson) writes:

> elisp_expr="(mailto-compose-mail \"$mailto\")"
>
> emacsclient -a "" -c -n --eval "$elisp_expr" \
>       '(set-window-dedicated-p (selected-window) t)'
>
> But somehow when I run this it starts a new emacsclient rather than
> using the one I have running. If I remove the `-a ""` then nothing
> happens at all. Why won't it connect to my existing emacsclient?

What exactly do you mean with "existing emacsclient"?  You must have a
running server.  A running Emacs is not enough.

Michael.