emacs for the mac -- best distribution/version

emacs for the mac -- best distribution/version

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

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Hello fellows orgers,

After almost 5 years in a love-hate relationship with Linux and lately,
Ubuntu (which I acknowledge, is a marvelous OS, and that has been getting
greater with each release), I decided to go to the next level (read: Focus
on web development/graphics design and forget about tweaking my OS for some
time) and buy a Mac. There's no way I will ever use Windows again, except
for selected games or eventual entertainment software that I'm not able to
run on Mac or Linux, so, the logical decision was a Mac.

Philosophies aside, orgmode and emacs have become keys pieces of my life, I
have almost every aspect of my life recorded in text-files managed by
orgmode. This won't change whatever OS I use. So I politely ask, what is the
best emacs distribution for the Mac? I've heard carbon emacs is the logical
choice, but some say Aquamacs is better. What I want is an emacs that
up-to-date with current releases and that is as close as possible to the one
I use on my Ubuntu box right now (emacs-snapshot-gtk 23.1.50.1), so, any
suggestions/ideas are greatly appreciated :)

Thanks,

Marcelo.

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Re: emacs for the mac -- best distribution/version

[Eric Schulte]

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello fellows orgers,
>
> After almost 5 years in a love-hate relationship with Linux and lately, Ubuntu (which I acknowledge, is a
> marvelous OS, and that has been getting greater with each release), I decided to go to the next level
> (read: Focus on web development/graphics design and forget about tweaking my OS for some time) and buy a
> Mac. There's no way I will ever use Windows again, except for selected games or eventual entertainment
> software that I'm not able to run on Mac or Linux, so, the logical decision was a Mac.
>
> Philosophies aside, orgmode and emacs have become keys pieces of my life, I have almost every aspect of my
> life recorded in text-files managed by orgmode. This won't change whatever OS I use. So I politely ask,
> what is the best emacs distribution for the Mac? I've heard carbon emacs is the logical choice, but some
> say Aquamacs is better. What I want is an emacs that up-to-date with current releases and that is as close
> as possible to the one I use on my Ubuntu box right now (emacs-snapshot-gtk 23.1.50.1), so, any
> suggestions/ideas are greatly appreciated :)
>

Hi Marcelo,

I've been building emacs from source on my Mac for years; when running
configure pass the "--with-ns" option and then after running "make
install" you will find an Emacs.app Mac application in your nextstep
directory.

I think this to be the best approach as (like you) I was coming to Mac
from linux and wanted an Emacs that was as similar as possible to *true*
linux Emacs.

also you might find the following helpful.
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
;; on mac apple is meta
(setq mac-command-modifier 'meta)
(setq mac-option-modifier 'super)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Best -- Eric

>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo.
>
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Re: emacs for the mac -- best distribution/version

[Greg Newman]

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I too have been building but lately after the 23 betas I started grabbing
the builds from http://emacsformacosx.com


On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>wrote:

> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello fellows orgers,
> >
> > After almost 5 years in a love-hate relationship with Linux and lately,
> Ubuntu (which I acknowledge, is a
> > marvelous OS, and that has been getting greater with each release), I
> decided to go to the next level
> > (read: Focus on web development/graphics design and forget about tweaking
> my OS for some time) and buy a
> > Mac. There's no way I will ever use Windows again, except for selected
> games or eventual entertainment
> > software that I'm not able to run on Mac or Linux, so, the logical
> decision was a Mac.
> >
> > Philosophies aside, orgmode and emacs have become keys pieces of my life,
> I have almost every aspect of my
> > life recorded in text-files managed by orgmode. This won't change
> whatever OS I use. So I politely ask,
> > what is the best emacs distribution for the Mac? I've heard carbon emacs
> is the logical choice, but some
> > say Aquamacs is better. What I want is an emacs that up-to-date with
> current releases and that is as close
> > as possible to the one I use on my Ubuntu box right now
> (emacs-snapshot-gtk 23.1.50.1), so, any
> > suggestions/ideas are greatly appreciated :)
> >
>
> Hi Marcelo,
>
> I've been building emacs from source on my Mac for years; when running
> configure pass the "--with-ns" option and then after running "make
> install" you will find an Emacs.app Mac application in your nextstep
> directory.
>
> I think this to be the best approach as (like you) I was coming to Mac
> from linux and wanted an Emacs that was as similar as possible to *true*
> linux Emacs.
>
> also you might find the following helpful.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ;; on mac apple is meta
> (setq mac-command-modifier 'meta)
> (setq mac-option-modifier 'super)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Best -- Eric
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marcelo.
> >
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Re: emacs for the mac -- best distribution/version

[Pierre de Buyl]

Hello,

I am using the carbon version from http://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/ 
emacs-e.html with much happiness. The keyboard setup is the normal  
one, where the cmd (apple) key serves as meta, except a few exception  
(I need to do esc-< to go to the beginning of the buffer for  
instance). I has a full-screen mode which is very useful.

Pierre


Le 12 nov. 09 à 22:49, Greg Newman a écrit :

> I too have been building but lately after the 23 betas I started  
> grabbing the builds from http://emacsformacosx.com
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Eric Schulte  
> <schulte.eric@gmail.com> wrote:
> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hello fellows orgers,
> >
> > After almost 5 years in a love-hate relationship with Linux and  
> lately, Ubuntu (which I acknowledge, is a
> > marvelous OS, and that has been getting greater with each  
> release), I decided to go to the next level
> > (read: Focus on web development/graphics design and forget about  
> tweaking my OS for some time) and buy a
> > Mac. There's no way I will ever use Windows again, except for  
> selected games or eventual entertainment
> > software that I'm not able to run on Mac or Linux, so, the  
> logical decision was a Mac.
> >
> > Philosophies aside, orgmode and emacs have become keys pieces of  
> my life, I have almost every aspect of my
> > life recorded in text-files managed by orgmode. This won't change  
> whatever OS I use. So I politely ask,
> > what is the best emacs distribution for the Mac? I've heard  
> carbon emacs is the logical choice, but some
> > say Aquamacs is better. What I want is an emacs that up-to-date  
> with current releases and that is as close
> > as possible to the one I use on my Ubuntu box right now (emacs- 
> snapshot-gtk 23.1.50.1), so, any
> > suggestions/ideas are greatly appreciated :)
> >
>
> Hi Marcelo,
>
> I've been building emacs from source on my Mac for years; when running
> configure pass the "--with-ns" option and then after running "make
> install" you will find an Emacs.app Mac application in your nextstep
> directory.
>
> I think this to be the best approach as (like you) I was coming to Mac
> from linux and wanted an Emacs that was as similar as possible to  
> *true*
> linux Emacs.
>
> also you might find the following helpful.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> ;; on mac apple is meta
> (setq mac-command-modifier 'meta)
> (setq mac-option-modifier 'super)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Best -- Eric
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marcelo.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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