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Fix Emacs socket path to match server-socket-dir defaults #18

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20 changes: 9 additions & 11 deletions .config/zsh/tools.zsh
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# Configure Emacs socket name based on platform
# These paths must match Emacs's default server-socket-dir behavior
if [[ "$CURRENT_OS" = "Darwin" ]]; then
# Emacs on Darwin uses $TMPDIR/emacs (no UID in path)
# Emacs checks XDG_RUNTIME_DIR first (on any platform), then falls back
if [[ -n "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" ]]; then
EMACS_SOCKET_NAME="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/emacs/server"
elif [[ "$CURRENT_OS" = "Darwin" ]]; then
# Darwin fallback: $TMPDIR/emacs (no UID)
EMACS_SOCKET_NAME="${TMPDIR%/}/emacs/server"
export EMACS_SOCKET_NAME
elif [[ "$CURRENT_OS" = "Linux" ]]; then
# Emacs on Linux uses XDG_RUNTIME_DIR if available, otherwise /tmp/emacs<uid>
if [[ -n "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" ]]; then
EMACS_SOCKET_NAME="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/emacs/server"
else
EMACS_SOCKET_NAME="/tmp/emacs$(id -u)/server"
fi
export EMACS_SOCKET_NAME
else
# Linux fallback without XDG_RUNTIME_DIR: /tmp/emacs<uid>
EMACS_SOCKET_NAME="/tmp/emacs$(id -u)/server"
fi
export EMACS_SOCKET_NAME

# Set up Java environment
export JAVA_OPTIONS="-Djava.awt.headless=true"
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