{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.services.emacs; emacsCfg = config.programs.emacs; emacsBinPath = "${cfg.package}/bin"; emacsVersion = getVersion cfg.package; clientWMClass = if versionAtLeast emacsVersion "28" then "Emacsd" else "Emacs"; # Workaround for https://debbugs.gnu.org/47511 needsSocketWorkaround = versionOlder emacsVersion "28" && cfg.socketActivation.enable; # Adapted from upstream emacs.desktop clientDesktopItem = pkgs.writeTextDir "share/applications/emacsclient.desktop" (generators.toINI { } { "Desktop Entry" = { Type = "Application"; Exec = "${emacsBinPath}/emacsclient ${ concatStringsSep " " cfg.client.arguments } %F"; Terminal = false; Name = "Emacs Client"; Icon = "emacs"; Comment = "Edit text"; GenericName = "Text Editor"; MimeType = "text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;"; Categories = "Development;TextEditor;"; Keywords = "Text;Editor;"; StartupWMClass = clientWMClass; }; }); # Match the default socket path for the Emacs version so emacsclient continues # to work without wrapping it. socketDir = "%t/emacs"; socketPath = "${socketDir}/server"; in { meta.maintainers = [ maintainers.tadfisher ]; options.services.emacs = { enable = mkEnableOption "the Emacs daemon"; package = mkOption { type = types.package; default = if emacsCfg.enable then emacsCfg.finalPackage else pkgs.emacs; defaultText = literalExpression '' if config.programs.emacs.enable then config.programs.emacs.finalPackage else pkgs.emacs ''; description = "The Emacs package to use."; }; extraOptions = mkOption { type = with types; listOf str; default = [ ]; example = [ "-f" "exwm-enable" ]; description = '' Extra command-line arguments to pass to {command}`emacs`. ''; }; client = { enable = mkEnableOption "generation of Emacs client desktop file"; arguments = mkOption { type = with types; listOf str; default = [ "-c" ]; description = '' Command-line arguments to pass to {command}`emacsclient`. ''; }; }; # Attrset for forward-compatibility; there may be a need to customize the # socket path, though allowing for such is not easy to do as systemd socket # units don't perform variable expansion for 'ListenStream'. socketActivation = { enable = mkEnableOption "systemd socket activation for the Emacs service"; }; startWithUserSession = mkOption { type = with types; either bool (enum [ "graphical" ]); default = !cfg.socketActivation.enable; defaultText = literalExpression "!config.services.emacs.socketActivation.enable"; example = "graphical"; description = '' Whether to launch Emacs service with the systemd user session. If it is `true`, Emacs service is started by `default.target`. If it is `"graphical"`, Emacs service is started by `graphical-session.target`. ''; }; defaultEditor = mkOption rec { type = types.bool; default = false; example = !default; description = '' Whether to configure {command}`emacsclient` as the default editor using the {env}`EDITOR` environment variable. ''; }; }; config = mkIf cfg.enable (mkMerge [ { assertions = [ (lib.hm.assertions.assertPlatform "services.emacs" pkgs lib.platforms.linux) ]; systemd.user.services.emacs = { Unit = { Description = "Emacs text editor"; Documentation = "info:emacs man:emacs(1) https://gnu.org/software/emacs/"; After = optional (cfg.startWithUserSession == "graphical") "graphical-session.target"; PartOf = optional (cfg.startWithUserSession == "graphical") "graphical-session.target"; # Avoid killing the Emacs session, which may be full of # unsaved buffers. X-RestartIfChanged = false; } // optionalAttrs needsSocketWorkaround { # Emacs deletes its socket when shutting down, which systemd doesn't # handle, resulting in a server without a socket. # See https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/2018 RefuseManualStart = true; }; Service = { Type = "notify"; # We wrap ExecStart in a login shell so Emacs starts with the user's # environment, most importantly $PATH and $NIX_PROFILES. It may be # worth investigating a more targeted approach for user services to # import the user environment. ExecStart = '' ${pkgs.runtimeShell} -l -c "${emacsBinPath}/emacs --fg-daemon${ # In case the user sets 'server-directory' or 'server-name' in # their Emacs config, we want to specify the socket path explicitly # so launching 'emacs.service' manually doesn't break emacsclient # when using socket activation. optionalString cfg.socketActivation.enable "=${escapeShellArg socketPath}" } ${escapeShellArgs cfg.extraOptions}"''; # Emacs will exit with status 15 after having received SIGTERM, which # is the default "KillSignal" value systemd uses to stop services. SuccessExitStatus = 15; Restart = "on-failure"; } // optionalAttrs needsSocketWorkaround { # Use read-only directory permissions to prevent emacs from # deleting systemd's socket file before exiting. ExecStartPost = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod --changes -w ${socketDir}"; ExecStopPost = "${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/chmod --changes +w ${socketDir}"; }; } // optionalAttrs (cfg.startWithUserSession != false) { Install = { WantedBy = [ (if cfg.startWithUserSession == true then "default.target" else "graphical-session.target") ]; }; }; home = { packages = optional cfg.client.enable (hiPrio clientDesktopItem); sessionVariables = mkIf cfg.defaultEditor { EDITOR = getBin (pkgs.writeShellScript "editor" '' exec ${ getBin cfg.package }/bin/emacsclient "''${@:---create-frame}"''); }; }; } (mkIf cfg.socketActivation.enable { systemd.user.sockets.emacs = { Unit = { Description = "Emacs text editor"; Documentation = "info:emacs man:emacs(1) https://gnu.org/software/emacs/"; }; Socket = { ListenStream = socketPath; FileDescriptorName = "server"; SocketMode = "0600"; DirectoryMode = "0700"; # This prevents the service from immediately starting again # after being stopped, due to the function # `server-force-stop' present in `kill-emacs-hook', which # calls `server-running-p', which opens the socket file. FlushPending = true; }; Install = { WantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ]; # Adding this Requires= dependency ensures that systemd # manages the socket file, in the case where the service is # started when the socket is stopped. # The socket unit is implicitly ordered before the service. RequiredBy = [ "emacs.service" ]; }; }; }) ]); }