creating a bash alias name that contains an =

Question

I am trying to set up a ~/.bash_aliases that worked in 12.04 but now bash complains about the = sign.

alias emacs = 'emacsclient -c -a --socket-name=server --alternate-editor='

How can I set this up?

What I am told:

bash: alias: emacs: not found
bash: alias: =: not found
bash: alias: `emacsclient -c -a --socket-name': invalid alias name

If I type it in directly with no alias, it works and opens emacs

Answer 1

You need to remove the spaces around the = sign. Here is how it should be:

alias emacs='emacsclient -c -a --socket-name=server --alternate-editor='