From 668df75efb7720896930affabeea3f8558394d90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Harbaugh <rob@rharbaugh.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:37:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Start Emacs daemon on shell init for instant emacsclient

Daemon starts in the background when a new shell opens so 'e' always
connects to an existing server rather than launching a new instance.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 shared/.zshrc | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shared/.zshrc b/shared/.zshrc
index ef277bd..2275896 100644
--- a/shared/.zshrc
+++ b/shared/.zshrc
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ eval "$(keychain --eval --quiet github git)"
 # direnv hook
 eval "$(direnv hook zsh)"
 
+# Start Emacs daemon if not already running
+if ! emacsclient -e nil &>/dev/null; then
+  emacs --daemon &>/dev/null &
+fi
+
 echo -ne '\e[1 q'
 
 export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"