How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[n179911]

Hi,

I get the source of emacs 23.1 and compile successfully on Mac OSX.
I have installed it by DnD Emacs.app to /Application.

But how can I
* start emacs on shell command line ? with a file name so that it
starts with the file open?
* what should my EDITOR variable set to? I want to set it up so that
git can open emacs when i commit.

Thank you.

Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[Olivier Sirven]

Hi,

n179911 <n179911@gmail.com> writes:
> I get the source of emacs 23.1 and compile successfully on Mac OSX.
> I have installed it by DnD Emacs.app to /Application.
>
> But how can I
> * start emacs on shell command line ? with a file name so that it
> starts with the file open?
In your source directory, just run following commands:
$ make clean
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
$ make
$ sudo make install

You'll just have to make sure /usr/local/bin is in your PATH and
prior to /usr/bin. If it's ok emacs command will launch emacs 23.1

To open a file in console is as easy as:
$ emacs /path/to/my/file

or with emacsclient:
$ emacsclient -c /path/to/my/file


> * what should my EDITOR variable set to? I want to set it up so that
> git can open emacs when i commit
I use this one:
EDITOR="emacsclient -c -a ''".

If there is no emacs daemon running it will start one and connect to it.
This way the next time you invoke $EDITOR it will be way faster.

-- 
Olivier

Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[Leo]

On 2009-08-05 19:27 +0100, n179911 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I get the source of emacs 23.1 and compile successfully on Mac OSX.
> I have installed it by DnD Emacs.app to /Application.
>
> But how can I
> * start emacs on shell command line ? with a file name so that it
> starts with the file open?
> * what should my EDITOR variable set to? I want to set it up so that
> git can open emacs when i commit.
>
> Thank you.

You need to use absolute path like this to start Emacs from terminal:

  /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs

-- 
Leo's Emacs uptime: 1 day, 21 hours, 24 minutes, 3 seconds

Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[Olivier Sirven]

Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:

> On 2009-08-05 19:27 +0100, n179911 wrote:
> You need to use absolute path like this to start Emacs from terminal:
>
>   /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
I noticed some issues when using the nextstep version in console mode.
That's why I recommand installing it into /usr/local for console use.

-- 
Olivier

Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[Nurullah Akkaya]

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On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:27 PM, n179911 <n179911@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I get the source of emacs 23.1 and compile successfully on Mac OSX.
> I have installed it by DnD Emacs.app to /Application.
>
> But how can I
> * start emacs on shell command line ? with a file name so that it
> starts with the file open?
> * what should my EDITOR variable set to? I want to set it up so that
> git can open emacs when i commit.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
in your .profile

EDITOR=/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/emacsclient
export EDITOR

-- 
Nurullah Akkaya
http://nakkaya.com

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Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[Edward O'Connor]

> I noticed some issues when using the nextstep version in console mode.

What sort of issues?

Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[Leo]

On 2009-08-05 22:47 +0100, Olivier Sirven wrote:
> Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 2009-08-05 19:27 +0100, n179911 wrote:
>> You need to use absolute path like this to start Emacs from terminal:
>>
>>   /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
> I noticed some issues when using the nextstep version in console mode.
> That's why I recommand installing it into /usr/local for console use.

The ns port is still buggy. If you notice some bugs please report them
by M-x report-emacs-bug.

-- 
Leo's Emacs uptime: 1 day, 23 hours, 18 minutes, 15 seconds

Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[Nurullah Akkaya]

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On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Olivier Sirven <the.slaa@gmail.com> wrote:

> Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On 2009-08-05 19:27 +0100, n179911 wrote:
> > You need to use absolute path like this to start Emacs from terminal:
> >
> >   /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
> I noticed some issues when using the nextstep version in console mode.
> That's why I recommand installing it into /usr/local for console use.
>
> --
> Olivier
>


don't use /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs

use emacsclient
-- 
Nurullah Akkaya
http://nakkaya.com

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Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[n179911]

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Olivier Sirven<the.slaa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> n179911 <n179911@gmail.com> writes:
>> I get the source of emacs 23.1 and compile successfully on Mac OSX.
>> I have installed it by DnD Emacs.app to /Application.
>>
>> But how can I
>> * start emacs on shell command line ? with a file name so that it
>> starts with the file open?
> In your source directory, just run following commands:
> $ make clean
> $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
> $ make
> $ sudo make install
>
> You'll just have to make sure /usr/local/bin is in your PATH and
> prior to /usr/bin. If it's ok emacs command will launch emacs 23.1
>
> To open a file in console is as easy as:
> $ emacs /path/to/my/file
>
> or with emacsclient:
> $ emacsclient -c /path/to/my/file
>
>
>> * what should my EDITOR variable set to? I want to set it up so that
>> git can open emacs when i commit
> I use this one:
> EDITOR="emacsclient -c -a ''".
>
> If there is no emacs daemon running it will start one and connect to it.
> This way the next time you invoke $EDITOR it will be way faster.
>
Thanks. I try to use emacs daemon on MacOSX. But when I use
emacsclient with an emacs daemon, Scroll wheel does not work.  But
when I just start emacs at command line, scroll wheel works.


> --
> Olivier
>

Re: How to setup emacs 23.1 on macosx

[Olivier Sirven]

"Edward O'Connor" <hober0@gmail.com> writes:

>> I noticed some issues when using the nextstep version in console mode.
>
> What sort of issues?
For example the daemon mode was very unstable: some times server crashed
and some times client just couldn't connect

-- 
Olivier