Re: Installing Emacs from source: the command `C-h v` for accessing variables doesn't work

[Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com>]

> On Jul 18, 2017, at 16:40, Itai Berli <itai.berli@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> More importantly, when I try to inspect variables by executing `C-h v`, the following error message appears in the echo buffer: 'Cannot open load file: No such file or directory, help-fns'.

You may want to check if you have the same issue when you start it from the command line (emacs/nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs).

If the issue is fixed when starting from CL it is similar to an issue I had recently when launching Emacs.app directly vs launching if from the command line:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2017-07/msg00143.html

When launching from the command line you get the shell's environment variables (including the PATH to your various commands), *NOT* when you launch Emacs.app directly.

Basically, when I run Emacs.app, I either create an alias to emacs/nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs and launch it directly from the command line, or I use an Applescript "launcher" (that calls that same Emacs) that I call from Spotlight.

I can send you the applescript if you want.

Jean-Christophe