aliases: use no-window emacs.

diff --git a/aliases.sh b/aliases.sh
index 577a25d0aabce1312bb90625acf3c2067ec39e57..425eba8fd5c29169d7d8da8dcb0b86811a375906 100644 (file)
--- a/aliases.sh
+++ b/aliases.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 #
 alias df='df --human-readable'
 alias du='du --human-readable --summarize --total *'
+
+# We set EDITOR, VISUAL, and the "emacs" alias to the no-window
+# version because it's so much faster than gtk emacs. In the rare
+# cases (like within emacs's own multi-term environment) where
+# a separate gtk window is required, /usr/bin/emacs can be used
+# instead.
+alias emacs='emacs --no-window-system'
+
 alias ls='ls -l --color=auto --human-readable --time-style=long-iso'
 alias youtube-dl-mp3='youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format=mp3'