my-emacs

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os, subprocess, sys, signal

def sigIntHandler(signal, frame):
    print("Ctrl-c exit!")
    sys.exit(0)

def serverToLaunch(servers):
    while True:
        i = input("Which server do you want to launch? ")
        if i in servers:
            return i

def main():
    uid = os.getuid()
    path = "/tmp/emacs{0}".format(uid)
    servers = []
    try:
        for f in os.listdir(path):
            servers.append(f)
    except:
        pass

    if len(servers) == 0:
        print("Emacs server has not been created")
        return

    # Decide which server to launch
    srv = None
    if len(servers) == 1:
        srv = servers[0]
    else:
        print("All servers: {0}".format(", ".join(servers)))
        srv = serverToLaunch(servers)

    subprocess.call(['emacsclient', '-s', srv] + sys.argv[1:])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigIntHandler)
    main()