Re: Emacs for Mac OS X - questions

[Nurullah Akkaya <nurullah@nakkaya.com>]

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On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Marc Tfardy <bum@cyk.cyk> wrote:

> queries0 schrieb:
> > On Jun 25, 2:27 pm, Marc Tfardy <b...@cyk.cyk> wrote:
> >> I plan to switch from windows to intel mac and Aquamacs and I don't want
> >> use windows under mac - neither in virtual machine nor as dual boot.
> >
> > I have been using emacs on OS X (10.4 ppc) for a few years, and emacs
> > is one of my main applications also. Aquamacs is an excellent
> > application, and I believe the answer is "yes, you can do things as
> > you would like" to all your questions.
> >
> > I switched from using Aquamacs to using carbon emacs about six months
> > ago. Carbon emacs does feel more like using emacs on other unix
> > computers, and customization or adding emacs packages is done in a
> > more "conventional" way. This is just my opinion.
>
> Thanks for Carbon Emacs hint, but the question is how long Carbon Emacs
> will be available? Apple say no carbon support in Snow Leopard :(
>
> > Also, if you open a terminal or Xterm, OS X has GNU Emacs "built in",
> > i.e. you don't need Aquamacs or Carbon Emacs, emacs is part of OS X
>
> Yes, this is still a alternative.
>
> regards
> Marc
>
>
AFAIK carbon stuff is removed from emacs if you build it now it uses cocoa.


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