# Emacs server unit service for systemd (start emacs as a server) # This file is meant to be placed into your .config/systemd/user/ folder # and started + enabled with systemctl enable emacs --user --now # It is advised to add an alias for emacs to run it as client # ex. for the terminal version: alias emacs='emacsclient -t' [Unit] Description=Emacs text editor Documentation=info:emacs man:emacs(1) https://gnu.org/software/emacs/ [Service] Type=forking ExecStart=/usr/bin/emacs --daemon ExecStop=/usr/bin/emacsclient --eval "(kill-emacs)" Environment=SSH_AUTH_SOCK=%t/keyring/ssh Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=default.target