From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:45:01 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: aliases: use no-window emacs.
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.michael.orlitzky.com/?p=bash.d.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b6e2691f8a859ca98405df8c7517676c8a5634d9

aliases: use no-window emacs.
---

diff --git a/aliases.sh b/aliases.sh
index 577a25d..425eba8 100644
--- 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'