From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:00:44 GMT
Subject: Re: Zile as git core editor?
Message-ID: <7vtxmtxm4j.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <87ppxh6zru.fsf@gmail.com>

Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:

>  ... I think what I really would like to
>  have it that, when I use GNU Emacs Magit and enter a git command 
>
> ,-----------------------------
> | Run git like this: <command>
> `-----------------------------
>
> that calls an editor (e.g. commit --amend), the running Emacs instance
> is (re)used and a new buffer is opened for editing (instead of starting
> another Emacs instance).

Hmph, isn't that what "emacsclient" is for?  I have these

	(setenv "PAGER" "cat")
	(setenv "EDITOR" "emacsclient")
	(server-start)

somewhere in my ~/.emacs to make commands in "M-x compile" behave.