> Rustom Mody wrote:

>> I am trying to construct a command line such that:

>

>> if emacs is running the client asks the server to raise-frame else it
>> calls runemacs.

>

>> The command line Ive given is:
>> $ emacsclient -a runemacs -e "(raise-frame)"

>

>> But this opens a file (or buffer) called '(raise-frame)'  !!

>

>> Of course just
>> $ emacsclient -e "(raise-frame)"

>

>> raises the emacs frame alright but fails for the case of no server.

>

>> Another minor point:
>> When emacsclient is used with the -a option and there is no server
>> running it pops up a window saying ERROR No error !!
>> I guess this is an error (in emacsclient) :-)

>

>> Starting from the vbs file on the emacswiki Ive constructed my own
>> launch-emacs as below but I dont like the loop and the sql and all the
>> heavy stuff, hence this attempt.

>

>> My launch-emacs-client.vbs
>> ------------------------
>> Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
>> Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

>

>> strComputer = "."

>

>> Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

>

>> Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_Process")
>> Dim isRunning
>> isRunning = False

>

>> For Each objItem in colItems
>>   If InStr(objItem.CommandLine, "emacs.exe") Then
>>     isRunning = True
>>   End If
>> Next

>

>> parent = fso.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)
>> If WScript.Arguments.Count = 1 Then
>>   If isRunning Then
>>     callString = parent & "/emacsclientw.exe -n """ &
>> WScript.Arguments(0) & """"
>>   Else
>>     callString = parent & "/runemacs.exe """ & WScript.Arguments(0) & """"
>>   End If
>> Else
>>   If isRunning Then
>>     callString = parent & "/emacsclientw.exe -n -e ""(raise-frame)"""
>>   else
>>     callString = parent & "/runemacs.exe"
>>   End If
>> End if
>> objShell.Run(callString)

>
> On Windows I wrote e.bat. Usually at Total Commander or Far file manager
>   I find file by cursor, type e and emacs popup with
> opened file (if it already not opened I get error and quickly type
> ). As for me `--no-wait' very useful not needed type C-x # and I
> can come back to the opened file later typing C-x b.
>
> @echo off
> REM Copyright (C) 2008 by Oleksandr Gavenko gmail.com>
>
> REM View file in emacs buffer using emacsclientw.
> REM If emacs not already running, run it.
> REM Put this file (e.bat) in your PATH.
> REM Name `e' because `edit'.
>
> if "%%1" == "-h"     goto usage
> if "%%1" == "-help"  goto usage
> if "%%1" == "--help" goto usage
>
> %%HOME%%\..\bin\emacs\bin\emacsclientw.exe -a emacs -n "%%*"
> goto EOF
>
> :usage
> @echo Win emacs run script.
> @echo Usage
> @echo e [-h^|--help] ^
>
> :EOF