[OS X Emacs] New command line tool: emacs

[Pete Siemsen]

I could easily do that, but then "emacs" would fire up Aquamacs in window
mode. The intent is that the "emacs" command be different than the
"aquamacs" command.


-- Pete


On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 11:40 AM, M. Erik Husby <mhusby at broadinstitute.org>
wrote:

> As I said define emacs as an alias to aquamacs. How you do that will
> depend on the shell you are using.
>
> For example, if using the BASH shell, add this in your ~/.bashrc
>
> alias emacs='aquamacs'
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 1:35 PM Pete Siemsen <siemsen at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> I have the command "aquamacs", and it starts up Aquamacs with a window
>> interface. I'm fine with that.
>>
>> I want the command "emacs", which according to this thread is supposed to
>> start Aquamacs in non-window mode. I don't have "emacs".
>>
>> -- Pete
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 11:09 AM, M. Erik Husby <
>> mhusby at broadinstitute.org> wrote:
>>
>>> When you install the Aquamacs command line tool, you get the command
>>> "aquamacs" not "emacs". Then if you wish you can define emacs as an alias.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:57 PM Pete Siemsen <siemsen at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I did this with no luck. It didn't install a /usr/local/bin/emacs. When
>>>> I do "emacs" it runs the old /usr/bin/emacs.
>>>>
>>>> I think I have the newest Aquamacs, but I can't tell. I downloaded the
>>>> nightly, and it made me do the "unknown developer" dance, but
>>>> aquamacs-version remained "3.3" before and after, and aquamacs-version-id
>>>> remained "308" before and after.
>>>>
>>>> I did "Install Command Line Tools" from the Tools menu. I did that
>>>> when su'd, so it should've been able to write to /usr/local/bin.
>>>>
>>>> Shouldn't I see a /usr/local/bin/emacs?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- Pete
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:01 PM, David Reitter <david.reitter at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 21, 2016, at 12:59 AM, Arthur Ogus <ogus at math.berkeley.edu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Won’t this conflict with the usual “emacs” command which already
>>>>> works in the terminal?
>>>>>
>>>>> It replaces it by shadowing the /usr/bin command from /usr/local/bin.
>>>>>
>>>>> Apple hasn’t updated this emacs in years - it’s still Emacs 22 that
>>>>> they ship.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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