Wrapper scripts & functions to launch emacs with a custom directory

ae

#!/bin/bash
INIT_DIR="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/aiemacs"
SOCKET_DIR="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/emacs-aiemacs"
EMACS_SOCKET_NAME="$SOCKET_DIR/server"
export EMACS_SOCKET_NAME

# Ensure socket directory exists with secure permissions
mkdir -p "$SOCKET_DIR" && chmod 700 "$SOCKET_DIR"

# Ensure init directory has secure permissions
chmod 700 "$INIT_DIR" 2>/dev/null

# Start server if not running
if ! emacsclient -s "$EMACS_SOCKET_NAME" -e nil &>/dev/null; then
    emacs --init-directory="$INIT_DIR" --daemon="$EMACS_SOCKET_NAME"
fi

exec emacsclient -t -s "$EMACS_SOCKET_NAME" "$@"

aen

function aen {
  emacs -nw --init-directory=$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/aiemacs "$@"
}