[OS X Emacs] Where do I put a file of my customizations (newbie) (Arjay)-reply
Nathaniel Cunningham
nathaniel.cunningham at gmail.com
Wed Aug 8 17:05:46 EDT 2018
Hi Arjay,
It seems that tilde (~) characters are lost/missing in the Apple Help
version of the manual. In the PDF manual (in the .dmg disk image you
downloaded containing Aquamacs.app), you will see that some of the
load-path directories begin with
~/Library (where ~ indicates your home directory, i.e.
/Users/arjay/Library) instead of just
/Library
Once you have launched Aquamacs.app, I think
~/Library/Application Support/Aquamacs Emacs/
~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/
will be automatically created for you. Place your .el files and/or
site-start.el in one of those. You can safely create these (or other
Aquamacs Load Path folders) yourself if they don't already exist.
Aquamacs's equivalent of a .emacs file (personal configuration) is
~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/Preferences.el
so if you like you can put your configuration settings in there instead of
in a separate myconfig.el
*Don't* put any config settings inside the Aquamacs.app bundle, or they
will be wiped out when you upgrade to a new version of Aquamacs down the
road.
Nathaniel
On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 3:29 PM, Arjay <rjlilko at randing.ca> wrote:
> The answer I expected-read the manual. OK.
>
> Manual states the following paths are the load paths and placing
> site-start.el in them will provide automatic loading (I could call a custom
> myconfig.el file from site-start.el ).
>
> /Library/Application Support/Aquamacs Emacs/
> /Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/
>
> I installed Aquamacs in the normal Mac fashion. I see it in my Launchpad
> and taskbar.
>
> The directories listed above do not include a "Aquamacs Emacs". Hmm.
>
> I find Aquamacs in Applications as Aquamacs.app. Googling how to look
> inside a .app, I find site-start.el at this path:
>
> /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/aquamacs/site-start.el
>
> So is this the directory I should place my custom config file in?
>
> Why do I not have the same load paths as the manual? Did I not load it
> correctly?
> Do I have to create them?
>
> Thanks, arjay
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 08:44:26 -0400
> From: Arjay <rjlilko at randing.ca>
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> Subject: [OS X Emacs] Where do I put a file of my customizations
> (newbie)
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> High Sierra/Mac Air:
>
> I am just switching over from PC to Mac emacs and I am trying to add a
> customization file ?myconfig.el? to be called by Aquamacs. However I am a
> bit lost in the Mac file system and don?t know where I can put this or in
> which file I can put the ?(load-file..? call. I have searched for
> site-start.el but it does not come up (this is a new installation). Can
> someone give me a tip as to what directories I should look in and whether I
> am supposes to create site-start.el and where it should go? I checked the
> fax and wiki but did not find my answer. Too simple I think. Thanks
>
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> From: Erik Husby <mhusby at broadinstitute.org>
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> Aquamacs has a manual accessed from the menu Help > Aquamacs Manual.
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> It will tell you how to customize it.
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> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 8:46 AM Arjay <rjlilko at randing.ca> wrote:
>
> > High Sierra/Mac Air:
> >
> > I am just switching over from PC to Mac emacs and I am trying to add
> a
> > customization file ?myconfig.el? to be called by Aquamacs. However I
> am a
> > bit lost in the Mac file system and don?t know where I can put this
> or in
> > which file I can put the ?(load-file..? call. I have searched for
> > site-start.el but it does not come up (this is a new installation).
> Can
> > someone give me a tip as to what directories I should look in and
> whether I
> > am supposes to create site-start.el and where it should go? I
> checked the
> > fax and wiki but did not find my answer. Too simple I think. Thanks
> >
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