From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric Schulte" Subject: Re: emacs for the mac -- best distribution/version Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:33:13 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1e5bcefd0911121044i5e5a7357m5b8fbd3e6bc163c9@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8hIB-0005vC-Ot for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:23 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N8hI7-0005sg-S9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:23 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34487 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N8hI7-0005sU-JT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:19 -0500 Received: from mail-px0-f198.google.com ([209.85.216.198]:51976) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N8hI6-0005PD-Ic for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:19 -0500 Received: by pxi36 with SMTP id 36so279710pxi.26 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:33:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1e5bcefd0911121044i5e5a7357m5b8fbd3e6bc163c9@mail.gmail.com> (Marcelo de Moraes Serpa's message of "Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:44:47 -0600") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Cc: Org Mode Marcelo de Moraes Serpa 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode