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Emacs opens files in a new frame when opened with "open -a"

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Mar 15, 20268926 views
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Problem

I want to be able to invoke Emacs from the command-line, and either start graphical Emacs if it isn't running or visit a file in an already running Emacs. I tried to do this with which I know is the "right" way to do this, but I had a lot of problems with it on OS X, it would randomly crash, or the…

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$ open -a Emacs file.txt

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Fix for: Emacs opens files in a new frame when opened with "open -a"

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Answer is here: emacs variable to "open with" in original frame It's a change to the default settings in newer versions of emacs. Add: to .emacs file. Very happy to have found this.

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