Re: openings emacs in its own window in X11
Re: openings emacs in its own window in X11
- Subject: Re: openings emacs in its own window in X11
- From: Brandon Allbery <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:55:38 -0500
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 17:32, Tony Klink
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After opening an xterm in X11 I am trying to get emacs to open in its own window when I start it from the shell.
I tried doing export DISPLAY=[ip address of machine on LAN]:0
but that alone is not fixing the issue. Any suggestions ?
The stock OS X emacs binary does not support X11 at all. (see: otool -L /usr/bin/emacs) There is nothing you can do to make it create its own frames; it is wholly incapable of doing so.
Additionally, you should never set $DISPLAY yourself on OS X. launchd sets it correctly for you.
You will need to get an X11-capable (or Carbon-capable) emacs from somewhere else; I use MacPorts myself, but Fink or Homebrew would also work.
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