;; The "-nw" switch to Emacs means no windowing system.
;; Insert this in your .emacs file:
-;;(setq suspend-resume-hook 'resume-process-args)
-;;(setq suspend-hooks 'empty-args-file)
-;;(autoload 'empty-args-file "resume")
-;;(autoload 'resume-process-args "resume")
+;;(add-hook 'suspend-hook 'resume-suspend-hook)
;; Finally, put the rest in a file named "resume.el" in a lisp library
;; directory.
;;; Code:
-(defvar emacs-args-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs_args")
+(defvar resume-emacs-args-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs_args")
"*This file is where arguments are placed for a suspended emacs job.")
-(defvar emacs-args-buffer " *Command Line Args*"
+(defvar resume-emacs-args-buffer " *Command Line Args*"
"Buffer that is used by resume-process-args.")
(defun resume-process-args ()
- "This should be called from inside of suspend-resume-hook. This
-grabs the contents of the file whose name is stored in
-emacs-args-file, and processes these arguments like command line
-options."
+ "Handler for command line args given when Emacs is resumed."
(let ((start-buffer (current-buffer))
- (args-buffer (get-buffer-create emacs-args-buffer))
+ (args-buffer (get-buffer-create resume-emacs-args-buffer))
length args)
(unwind-protect
(progn
(set-buffer args-buffer)
(erase-buffer)
- ;; get the contents of emacs-args-file
+ ;; get the contents of resume-emacs-args-file
(condition-case ()
- (let ((result (insert-file-contents emacs-args-file)))
+ (let ((result (insert-file-contents resume-emacs-args-file)))
(setq length (car (cdr result))))
;; the file doesn't exist, ergo no arguments
(file-error
(setq args (nreverse args))
;; make sure they're not read again
(erase-buffer))
- (write-buffer-to-file (current-buffer) emacs-args-file)
+ (resume-write-buffer-to-file (current-buffer) resume-emacs-args-file)
;; if nothing was in buffer, args will be null
(or (null args)
(setq default-directory (file-name-as-directory (car args))
(if (eq (current-buffer) args-buffer)
(set-buffer start-buffer)))))
-(defun empty-args-file ()
- "This empties the contents of the file whose name is specified by
-emacs-args-file."
+;;;###autoload
+(defun resume-suspend-hook ()
+ "Clear out the file used for transmitting args when Emacs resumes."
(save-excursion
- (set-buffer (get-buffer-create emacs-args-buffer))
+ (set-buffer (get-buffer-create resume-emacs-args-buffer))
(erase-buffer)
- (write-buffer-to-file (current-buffer) emacs-args-file)))
+ (resume-write-buffer-to-file (current-buffer) resume-emacs-args-file)))
-(defun write-buffer-to-file (buffer file)
+(defun resume-write-buffer-to-file (buffer file)
"Writes the contents of BUFFER into FILE, if permissions allow."
(if (not (file-writable-p file))
(error "No permission to write file %s" file))