Emacs can be run as a server and client rather than just a single process. The biggest advantage of running emacs in this way is that the client starts instantaneously, a huge performance boost. The emacs server can be started with the following command: emacs –daemon There are a few options that can be used to start the emacs server. With –fg-daemon["<server name>"], Emacs stays bound to the terminal, so you can terminate it by pressing Ctrl-C. Read more...

This is my first blog post. I’m not sure what this will evolve into in the future. For now I just want to focus on trying to post regularly, to get a rhythm going, momentum. I definitely want to cover technical subjects here but I’m not sure what else. I like blogs that cover a range of things and are an expression of the creators taste.