See http://avdi.org/devblog/2010/04/23/daemonic-emacs/

.profile

export EDITOR="/home/avdi/share/bin/emacs-newwindow"

emacs-newwindow

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Useful options:
# -c: Create a new window
# -a: alternate editor. Empty string tells it to start emacs in daemon mode.
# -n: No-wait; exit emacsclient immediately after sending file to emacs
exec /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs-snapshot -c -a "" $*

server.el

;;;;; Start either gnuserv or emacsserver for external access
(if (and (or
          (eq 'windows-nt system-type)
          (featurep 'xemacs))
         (locate-library "gnuserv")
         (locate-file "gnuserv" exec-path '(".exe" "")))
    (progn (require 'gnuserv)
           (gnuserv-start))
  (when (not (eq 'windows-nt system-type)) (server-start)))

;; Start up edit-server for Google Chrome Emacs integration
(if (and (daemonp) (locate-library "edit-server"))
    (progn
      (require 'edit-server)
      (edit-server-start)))