Does this happen to you? Aquamacs messes with you! (but I still like my Mac)

[Ben Alexander <ben@alexanderonline.org>]

I normally use Aquamacs.  It's very pretty, and uses the mouse without  
having to start an X server.  But I'm starting to get a bit cheesed  
about all the things that don't work with org-mode (I have FINALLY got  
a fixed width font for the tab bar, so my column mode headings line up  
with the text in the buffer!!!)

New problem: I have a very simple org mode buffer

* TODO Mealplans
** Mealplan Fri

If I go into column view and my cursor is the beginning of the file  
and I hit the down arrow, my cursor moves to the beginning of the next  
column (From the default column of ITEM to TODO).  This happens  
everywhere, somewhat randomly.

I switched to the command line version of emacs, and this didn't happen.

My first thought was to check keyboard bindings.  In emacs C-n and  
<down> map to next-line, but in Aquamacs they map to visual-line- 
down.  If I toggle visual-line-mode, the problem goes away (under  
quick testing)

My question for the list.

1) Does anyone use visual-line-mode with org?  Use it and like, I mean.

2) How did this happen to me?  Is this an Aquamacs default that I can  
customize back to 'normal'?  I can't find visual-line-mode documented  
in the info pages for Emacs.

3) On my mode line, I have a (Org vl Fill).  the 'vl' does not go away  
when I toggle visual-line-mode.  What is that? Another irritant lurking?

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Ok, I let this email sit awhile (never click send when angry!)

If anyone else is living with this, I have an answer for 2) and 3)

2) Answer: Aquamacs has a customization group 'Aquamacs Is More Than  
Emacs'.  This will be my first stop for the next irritation .

3) Answer: That customization group has an option for 'global-visual- 
line-mode'.  Toggle that and the 'vl' goes away.

Just in case anyone is wondering (because of all my complaining), I  
should advertise that Mac OS is a great machine for emacs users.  For  
example, I'm still using Apple's Mail program and many emacs key  
strokes work auto-magically.  C-n and C-p work visually, and C-f and C- 
b work normally, and  C-a and C-e work on logical lines.  Even C-k and  
C-y just work inside of most of the UI textboxes.  Strangely, killing  
a line means you can yank it, even into another window, but it's a  
different clipboard than cmd-C and cmd-V.  Even C-t works. Alas, C-u C- 
f does NOT work.

None of this seems documented, so I don't know what other easter eggs  
are lurking, but I don't get frustrated moving from my org-mode buffer  
into an Apple Mail window just because of the typing.  Aquamacs does  
let transient mark mode with with the shift-mouse-click, and cmd-C  
lets me pull text out of Aquamacs and into Mail.

I'd bet that many of you on a mac already know this because of how  
hard it is to NOT type a C-p when you want to go up!

Anyway, thanks for listening to the rant, and I hope it helps someone  
out there.

-Ben Alexander