From 5630a2b6d003b24dc19ba84a168dfc07e0f6a168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Malison <IvanMalison@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:22:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Set alternate editor to less

---
 dotfiles/lib/shellenv/emacs.sh | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/dotfiles/lib/shellenv/emacs.sh b/dotfiles/lib/shellenv/emacs.sh
index c2402801..57897159 100644
--- a/dotfiles/lib/shellenv/emacs.sh
+++ b/dotfiles/lib/shellenv/emacs.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,11 @@ function emacs_pager {
 
 # Make emacs the default editor.
 export EDITOR="$HOME/.lib/bin/editor.sh"
-export ALTERNATE_EDITOR=""
+# XXX: Set alternate editor to less on purpose to avoid having a new emacs
+# daemon start. For some reason the client doesn't detect some running emacs
+# serves and I'd rather it not try to start a new daemon when I'm already inside
+# emacs.
+export ALTERNATE_EDITOR="less"
 export VISUAL="$EDITOR"
 export GIT_EDITOR="$EDITOR"