[OS X Emacs] New command line tool: emacs

Tue Jun 21 14:49:43 EDT 2016

Well I guess you need to install a new version of Emacs -- try googling
"emacs for mac" -- I got this
https://emacsformacosx.com/

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 2:47 PM Pete Siemsen <siemsen at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Mac OS 10.11.5. My path includes/usr/bin. I can easily run /usr/bin/emacs
> and get Emacs version 22 in a Terminal window. The beginning of this thread
> described the issue: having a way to get a more recent version of Emacs
> than 22, in a Terminal window.
>
>
> -- Pete
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:02 PM, M. Erik Husby <mhusby at broadinstitute.org
> > wrote:
>
>> 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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