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How to use emacsclient on root files, using sudo and a single daemon

I always run emacs as daemon but when I want to make something alike

sudo emacsclient /etc/make.conf

I can't do it because root is using another emacs and I don't really want to run 2 daemons or wait usual emacs load for simple file.

I need some solution alike emacsclientsudo /etc/make.conf :) to edit system files with user emacs client.

Solution

  • add to your ~/.profile:

    alias E="SUDO_EDITOR=\"emacsclient\" sudo -e"

    then

    E /etc/hosts

    You should be able to use sudoedit instead of sudo -e, but I couldn't find the former on my Mac.