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Re:Emacs is special regarding UIs by MarcScott on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:21PM (#24435610)
Run Emacs as a server. You can kill the client accidentally, then just load another client instantly and carry on from where you left off.
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Re:Emacs is special regarding UIs by momentoftop on Thursday September 10, 2020 @06:54PM (#24437410)
Exactly.

My emacs uptimes (M-x emacs-uptime) are generally the same as my machine's uptime, which is typically months. Emacs is one of the most rock-solid pieces of software I have running.

It's also great for remote. I have emacs daemons running continuously on my remote boxes. To start work on those machines, I log in and start my emacs client. I've never had a need for things like "screen".

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Re:Emacs is special regarding UIs by disgruntledphd2 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @07:06AM (#24451557)
Does that actually work?

My understanding is that without screen/tmux, the process will die if you disconnect the shell (on a remote box).

Interesting that --daemon works too (I've been running emacs through tmux for years, and never knew that).

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Re:Emacs is special regarding UIs by momentoftop on Sunday September 13, 2020 @08:59AM (#24460563)
It definitely works, starting emacs with "--daemon".
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