>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chris> People always get lots of responses from queries like this, Chris> but this seems like the obvious way to do it: Chris> pidof xemacs && gnuclient -q $1 || xemacs -nw $1 Yep, that works. In the hopes of saving a newbie or two some time, here's _exactly_ what I put into ~/.bashrc: # for editing function gnue() { [ $# = 1 ] && pidof xemacs && gnuclient -q $1 || xemacs -nw $1; } After editing and saving the file, source it (. ~/.bashrc) at a shell prompt, and then gnue FILE will do the right thing. (Don't forget to put (gnuserv-start) in your .emacs file!) Thanks to Chris and the other people in the thread, john. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ John S Jacobs Anderson ]------><URL:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Genehack: Not your daddy's weblog ]------><URL:http://genehack.org>