How to properly install roam protocol?

Troubleshooting
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I am trying to install the roam protocol.
My goal is to use the graph to open note files.
I couldn’t follow the docs. I am running on Mac. I used the Platypus app as instructed, but then the instruction are referring to Chrome, and I am using Firefox. Can I get this to work on Firefox?

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The extra instructions for Chrome are optional (strictly to remove the confirm prompt). If you have the Platypus app properly setup, it should work on Firefox too.

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So I only need to use Platypus in order to export the launch_emacs.sh script?
When I click on vertex in the graph it asks me if to run the launch_emacs.sh script. I confirm, but nothing happens. What am I missing?

(Comment: I am using spacemacs)

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Trying to revive this question - does anyone know how to make the roam protocol work?

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Do you have emacsclient located at /usr/local/bin?

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Yes

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Then you can try running the command itself to see if there are any errors:

/usr/local/bin/emacsclient --no-wait org-protocol://...

It could be that your emacs daemon is not running.

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I think you were right.
This is the error I got

/usr/local/bin/emacsclient: can't find socket; have you started the server?
To start the server in Emacs, type "M-x server-start".
/usr/local/bin/emacsclient: No socket or alternate editor.  Please use:

--socket-name
--server-file      (or environment variable EMACS_SERVER_FILE)
--alternate-editor (or environment variable ALTERNATE_EDITOR)

So I ran M-x server-start in emacs, and ran the command again. It opened some empty file with a weird buffer name (I tried to get the full name, but did not manage - if it is important I will try to figure it out).

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You’ll also need to require org-roam-protocol in that server instance, after that you should be good to go.

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you mean require org-roam-protocol in the user-config?
(I am using spacemacs).

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Yes

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hmmm. It erased all of the content of the file I tried to open :frowning:

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I guess that there is no way to get this file back now, right?

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Are you certain the file contents are erased? All it does is calls find-file on the passed file path. It does not write any contents to the file.

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yes. I looked at the file in the terminal, and it has only the header, without the content…

I am trying to restore it via Dropbox now…

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I couldn’t restore it, but I guess I can live without it.

Anyway, at least now it works and it opens the file in emacs.
Is there a way to also have it move to the emacs window automatically?
Kind of like the funcitonality shown in the docs?

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Would the proper configuration be to add server-start to my init file?
Should there be any arguments for that?

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I think adding (server-start) to your Emacs config is fine.

The way I do it is to run Emacs as a daemon from the start via emacs --daemon, and launch new frames of Emacs via emacsclient -c -a emacs

My setup starts the daemon on PC startup, so launching Emacs always feels instant.

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