Re: Emacs doesn't start in a new (X11) window
Re: Emacs doesn't start in a new (X11) window
- Subject: Re: Emacs doesn't start in a new (X11) window
- From: Tom Lane <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:42:24 -0400
- Comments: In-reply-to Timothy Harvey <email@hidden> message dated "Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:16:09 -0500"
Timothy Harvey <email@hidden> writes:
> When I start emacs, it always starts in that same xterm rather than in its own (X11) window.
> I'm running Mac OS 10.12.3 on a 2016 MacBook Pro, XQuartz 2.7.9.
> I've compiled multiple versions of Emacs (22, 23, 25, and 26), and they all act the same. I've tried using both macports and brew, although neither seems to like the "with-x" command line flag, but both compile it up just fine.
It sure sounds like you've built an emacs without X11 support; that
would be the expected behavior for such a build. (Although ... double
check that you're actually calling the one you built, and not the
X11-less version that Apple supplies in /usr/bin.)
My notes about this indicate that the last time I built emacs on OS X,
I used
./configure --with-x --without-x-toolkit --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --x-includes=/opt/X11/include --x-libraries=/opt/X11/lib --with-jpeg=no --with-gif=no --with-tiff=no
Some of that is personal preference for an editor without so much eye
candy, but you definitely won't get an X-capable emacs without --with-x.
Also make sure you've installed XQuartz first, or /opt/X11 won't be
populated.
Aside from the configure options, "make" and "make install" goes as
per usual.
regards, tom lane
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