Updated emacs config to alow editing of root files with password. Added ec alias to emacsclient

home/.emacs.d/init.el

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   "Org Mode Packages")
 
 ;; Combine the package lists
-(defvar sothr/packages (append sothr/tools sothr/modes sothr/org) "Default Packages")
+(defvar sothr/packages (append sothr/themes sothr/tools sothr/modes sothr/org) "Default Packages")
 
 ;; Repositories
 (add-to-list 'package-archives
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@
  ;((string-equal system-type "windows-nt") ; MS Windows System
                                         ;(windows-config)))
 
+;; Advice for open files as root if we don't have enough permissions
+(defadvice ido-find-file (after find-file-sudo activate)
+  "Find file as root if necessary."
+  (unless (and buffer-file-name
+               (file-writable-p buffer-file-name))
+    (find-alternate-file (concat "/sudo:root@localhost:" buffer-file-name))))
+
 (custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.

home/.zshrc

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ function append_if_exists() {
     echo $result
 }
 
+# Alias to emacsclient
+alias ec="emacsclient"
+
 # Don't use the embedded shell time. Use GNU time.
 alias time="/usr/bin/time"
 # Alias for GNU Time with pretty output.