On OS X C-c locks system: workaround?

On OS X C-c locks system: workaround?

[Alan E. Davis]

I am a long time GNU/Linux user, and was using GNU Emacs (then Demacs) even
before, on WIndows 3.0, along with the amazing GNU Unix tool work-betters
compiled for Windows.  After trying GNU/Linux, I never turned back, and I
never even considered an Apple, for many reasons.

For the sake of  my new teaching job, at a school where much of the work
involves using Mac OS X computers, I have turned to the dark side.  I am
just not good enough to juggle operating systems when faced with this work
load.   I need to use Emacs,  though, especially for Org-mode and editing
LaTeX, and a plethora of other work streams.  However, on both the laptop I
have been given by the school, and my own new iMac, I have found myself
face with a serious quandry:  \C-c locks emacs up.  Or is it \C-cc?  I have
found little or no information about this awful deficit, except rather
amazing statement that emacs keybindings are available throughout the OS X
system, except they are not used to Emacs!  Wow!

Can someone point the way to any useful information about this issue?

I am heartsick about leaving GNU/Linux mostly behind, even while I am
stoked that I have a job.  On the other hand, OS X is an amazing operating
system.  I am a bit confused about how to install Emacs, all the same.

Isn't it strange that OS X has emacs installed natively, while no GNU/Linux
distro of dozens I have tried do.  Another life lesson.

Thank you for any pointers,

Alan Davis



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Re: On OS X C-c locks system: workaround?

[Joost Kremers]

Alan E. Davis wrote:
> Isn't it strange that OS X has emacs installed natively, while no GNU/Linux
> distro of dozens I have tried do.  Another life lesson.

Yes, but don't use the Emacs that comes with OS X. It's decades old.
Well, that's an exaggeration, but only a small one.

There are several Emacs apps for OS X, in my time as an OS X user (gone
now ;-) I came to prefer the one offered here:

http://emacsformacosx.com/

Others swear by the version that can be installed through Homebrew (if
you haven't installed Homebrew yet, you should seriously consider it.)

As to your problem with C-c, I've never experienced it or read about it
before. If you really were using the preinstalled Emacs, perhaps your
problem is related to it?



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Re: On OS X C-c locks system: workaround?

[Grant Rettke]

https://github.com/grettke/osx-provision/blob/master/C02M/emacs-run.sh
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Joost Kremers
<joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alan E. Davis wrote:
>> Isn't it strange that OS X has emacs installed natively, while no GNU/Linux
>> distro of dozens I have tried do.  Another life lesson.
>
> Yes, but don't use the Emacs that comes with OS X. It's decades old.
> Well, that's an exaggeration, but only a small one.
>
> There are several Emacs apps for OS X, in my time as an OS X user (gone
> now ;-) I came to prefer the one offered here:
>
> http://emacsformacosx.com/
>
> Others swear by the version that can be installed through Homebrew (if
> you haven't installed Homebrew yet, you should seriously consider it.)
>
> As to your problem with C-c, I've never experienced it or read about it
> before. If you really were using the preinstalled Emacs, perhaps your
> problem is related to it?
>
>
>
> --
> Joost Kremers                                   joostkremers@fastmail.fm
> Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
> EN:SiS(9)

Re: On OS X C-c locks system: workaround?

[tomas]

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On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 08:03:56PM +0000, Joost Kremers wrote:
> Alan E. Davis wrote:
> > Isn't it strange that OS X has emacs installed natively, while no GNU/Linux
> > distro of dozens I have tried do.  Another life lesson.
> 
> Yes, but don't use the Emacs that comes with OS X. It's decades old.
> Well, that's an exaggeration, but only a small one.

And -- I think it's important to point out why: Apple hates the GPLV3.
It must be Steve Jobs' ghost or what (who perhaps never forgot the
Objective-C thingy at Next), but it bears serious consequences for
Mac users: all utilities following the change GPLV2 --> GPLV3 are
stuck at an old version there (bash, to name a very popular one).

So -- Mac users: install yourselves!
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Re: On OS X C-c locks system: workaround?

[Alan Schmitt]

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On 2015-09-14 22:03, Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> writes:

> Alan E. Davis wrote:
>> Isn't it strange that OS X has emacs installed natively, while no GNU/Linux
>> distro of dozens I have tried do.  Another life lesson.
>
> Others swear by the version that can be installed through Homebrew (if
> you haven't installed Homebrew yet, you should seriously consider it.)

I highly recommend this version
https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport
as it integrates many features of the Mac (including retina display
support).

Alan

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