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: Hans Kruse <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:49:57 -0500
I have the following line in my .bashrc file:
alias aqe='open -a /Applications/Aquamacs.app/'
I usually edit files with Aquamacs from the command line using "aqe whatever-file"
On Feb 25, 2012, at 14:45 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 25 Feb 2012, at 6:56pm, Tim Jenness wrote:
>
>> I'd actually recommend using Aquamacs since you end up with a native
>> cocoa emacs and don't need to worry about X11.
>
> Yes, Aquamacs is nice, but it has its pros and cons. pros are its a native Cocoa app, so fits in nicely with the rest of your OSX desktop (not that X11 doesn't do its best, but you know what I mean…). cons though are you cannot start it (easily) from the command line. You also cannot log in remotely via ssh to another OS X machine and export the window back, which you can with an X11 version.
>
> I have both Aquamacs and MacPorts emacs installed, and use both when appropriate…
>
> cheers Chris
>
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Richard Cobbe <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 01:36:36AM -0800, Tony Klink wrote:
>>>> bash-3.2$ otool -L /usr/bin/emacs
>>>> /usr/bin/emacs:
>>>> /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib (compatibility version 5.4.0, current
>>>> version 5.4.0)
>>>> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>>>> version 159.0.0)
>>>>
>>>> So Macports would allow me to get a newer version of emacs ?
>>>
>>> Possibly -- on my 10.6.8 system, /usr/bin/emacs is version 22.1.1, but the
>>> MacPorts package is 23.4. That's not the issue, however.
>>>
>>> Macports provides an Emacs package that includes the ability to work as an
>>> X client, which /usr/bin/emacs lacks. You'd see a whole bunch of libX*
>>> entries in otool's output otherwise.
>>>
>>> Be aware that, if you use the MacPorts emacs, you'll need to build and
>>> install it with the x11 variant in order to compile in the necessary
>>> support.
>>>
>>> Richard
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
>>> X11-users mailing list (email@hidden)
>>>
>>> This email sent to email@hidden
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
>> X11-users mailing list (email@hidden)
>>
>> This email sent to email@hidden
>
> _______________________________________________
> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
> X11-users mailing list (email@hidden)
>
> This email sent to email@hidden
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
X11-users mailing list (email@hidden)
This email sent to email@hidden