load session on buffer opening
reddit / emacs

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failed-at-uni · 2022-04-04 22:22

So I wanted to have a keybinding in my WM to open a specific Emacs
session. I'm using DOOM but I don't think that matters in what I'm
trying to do. I have a file saved out with doom/save-session and I
want that session to autoload. I've tried doing some stuff on the
command line...

\`emacs --eval='(doom/load-session "$HOME/goto/autosave)'\`

I tried a few other things but nothing is working. I'll have to try
again later.

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Hastrack · 2022-04-05 14:50

Environment variables aren't expanded, that might be the problem, you
have to do it explicitly with =getenv=.
I don't use doom so I can't test it, but if env vars are the problem,
this should work:
```
emacs --eval '(doom/load-session (concat (getenv "HOME")
"/goto/autosave"))'
```

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failed-at-uni · 2022-04-23 17:54

I had originally tried it without the $HOME. I just put in the past to
hide things but so it still made sense.