notmuch-emacs-mua: add --auto-daemon option to start Emacs daemon as needed

[notmuch] / notmuch-emacs-mua

diff --git a/notmuch-emacs-mua b/notmuch-emacs-mua
index 1f088c42feb90d16e5933083789819aac3edf794..ac03a4a60d565e512f4062052757f8e20d267281 100755 (executable)
--- a/notmuch-emacs-mua
+++ b/notmuch-emacs-mua
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ EMACSCLIENT=${EMACSCLIENT-emacsclient}
 PRINT_ONLY=
 NO_WINDOW=
 USE_EMACSCLIENT=
+AUTO_DAEMON=
 CREATE_FRAME="-c"
 
 # The crux of it all: construct an elisp progn and eval it.
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ while getopts :s:c:b:i:h opt; do
                    opt=${opt%%=*}
                    ;;
                # Long options without arguments.
-               --help|--print|--no-window-system|--client)
+               --help|--print|--no-window-system|--client|--auto-daemon)
                    ;;
                *)
                    echo "$0: unknown long option ${opt}, or argument mismatch." >&2
@@ -107,6 +108,9 @@ while getopts :s:c:b:i:h opt; do
        --client)
            USE_EMACSCLIENT="yes"
            ;;
+       --auto-daemon)
+           AUTO_DAEMON="--alternate-editor="
+           ;;
        *)
            # We should never end up here.
            echo "$0: internal error (option ${opt})." >&2
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -n "$USE_EMACSCLIENT" ]; then
     # Evaluate the progn.
-    exec ${EMACSCLIENT} ${NO_WINDOW} ${CREATE_FRAME} -a '' --eval "${ELISP}"
+    exec ${EMACSCLIENT} ${NO_WINDOW} ${CREATE_FRAME} ${AUTO_DAEMON} --eval "${ELISP}"
 else
     exec ${EMACS} ${NO_WINDOW} --eval "${ELISP}"
 fi