diff --git a/config/emacs/aliases.zsh b/config/emacs/aliases.zsh
index 8c4f00a9..13931848 100644
--- a/config/emacs/aliases.zsh
+++ b/config/emacs/aliases.zsh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env zsh
 
-alias e='emacsclient -n'
-ediff() { e --eval "(ediff-files \"$1\" \"$2\")"; }
+e()     { pgrep emacs && emacsclient -n "$@" || emacs -nw "$@" }
+ediff() { emacs -nw --eval "(ediff-files \"$1\" \"$2\")"; }
+eman()  { emacs -nw --eval "(switch-to-buffer (man \"$1\"))"; }
+ekill() { emacsclient --eval '(kill-emacs)'; }