From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Mann Subject: Re: Org-Mode and Mac OS X advice Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:13:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40946) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbF7w-0001q7-69 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:15:54 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbF7W-0004DA-Uj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:15:44 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:39496) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YbF7W-0004D5-Ns for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:15:18 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YbF7I-0002PB-3z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:15:04 +0100 Received: from dan75-6-82-239-12-35.fbx.proxad.net ([82.239.12.35]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:15:04 +0100 Received: from manndmd by dan75-6-82-239-12-35.fbx.proxad.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2015 22:15:04 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org "Chris Willard" writes: > Hello All, > > I am thinking about changing to a Mac from Windows and wanted to check > that there are no issues with using org-mode in OS X. > > I would like to know what version of Emacs people use (e.g. Aquamacs) > and also if there are any issues using org-mode on a Mac. For example, > I export to PDF frequently so would like to know if I need any other > software for this. > > Many thanks, > > Chris I have used the Homebrew version of Emacs and more recently have compiled Emacs from source. In general the Max OS X version works of Emacs great. I had tried Aquamacs in the past, but the configuration is different and it wasn't worth the hassle. I did find that graphical dialog boxes from Emacs would crash the program (not sure if this has been fixed). I put this in my init file to fix that: (setq use-dialog-box nil)) Finally, org-mode works great (I use the latest version from the git repository) on the Mac. There are a couple of conflicts with some Mac keybindings (I think the control-arrow keys were a problem), but it is easy to reassign these keys in the Mac system settings or use alternatives in Emacs. I had to install an additional program to get PDF generation, but unfortunately I have forgotten the details. It was easy though... David