[OS X Emacs] New command line tool: emacs

[M. Erik Husby]

Emacs is distributed with OS X.

Which version of OS X do you have? Its been on every version of OS X since
the beginning.

Does your path include /usr/bin?




On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 1:55 PM Pete Siemsen <siemsen at ucar.edu> wrote:

> 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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