Function: server-edit

server-edit is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in server.el.gz.

Signature

(server-edit &optional ARG)

Documentation

Switch to next server editing buffer; say "Done" for current buffer.

If a server buffer is current, it is marked "done" and optionally saved. The buffer is also killed if it did not exist before the clients asked for it. When all of a client's buffers are marked as "done", the client is notified.

Temporary files such as MH <draft> files are always saved and backed up, no questions asked. (The variable make-backup-files, if nil, still inhibits a backup; you can set it locally in a particular buffer to
prevent a backup for it.) The variable server-temp-file-regexp controls
which filenames are considered temporary.

If invoked with a prefix argument, or if there is no server process running, starts server process and that is all. Invoked by C-x # (server-edit).

To abort an edit instead of saying "Done", use M-x server-edit-abort (server-edit-abort).

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/server.el.gz
(defun server-edit (&optional arg)
  "Switch to next server editing buffer; say \"Done\" for current buffer.
If a server buffer is current, it is marked \"done\" and optionally saved.
The buffer is also killed if it did not exist before the clients asked for it.
When all of a client's buffers are marked as \"done\", the client is notified.

Temporary files such as MH <draft> files are always saved and backed up,
no questions asked.  (The variable `make-backup-files', if nil, still
inhibits a backup; you can set it locally in a particular buffer to
prevent a backup for it.)  The variable `server-temp-file-regexp' controls
which filenames are considered temporary.

If invoked with a prefix argument, or if there is no server process running,
starts server process and that is all.  Invoked by \\[server-edit].

To abort an edit instead of saying \"Done\", use \\[server-edit-abort]."
  (interactive "P")
  (cond
   ((or arg
	(not server-process)
	(memq (process-status server-process) '(signal exit)))
    (server-mode 1))
   (server-clients (apply #'server-switch-buffer (server-done)))
   (t (message "No server editing buffers exist"))))