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by __david__ 1197 days ago
Setting up emacs server is as easy as:

    alias emacs='emacsclient -c -nw -a ""'
Seriously, that's it!
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Why is an emacs server needed
It makes launching emacs practically instant because it’s always running in the background—emacsclient connects to the already running instance so you get to skip the startup process.