From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nurullah Akkaya Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs for Mac OS X - questions Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:57:50 +0300 Message-ID: <32bebcba0906261157h5ef6134dq1871b5e672bdffbd@mail.gmail.com> References: <41e20273-546b-4df4-9079-a4d68f225ec0@r25g2000vbn.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f5b0deec00a1046d44eb86 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1246053603 15376 80.91.229.12 (26 Jun 2009 22:00:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 26 23:59:56 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MKJSc-0003CT-PD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:59:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53604 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MKJSc-0000Ju-BM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:59:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MKGcp-0008WI-6A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MKGco-0008Vb-GB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48944 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MKGco-0008VY-Ai for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:5026) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MKGcn-0008QP-Om for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:14 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.153]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MKGcm-0006i8-EF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:12 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so687873fgb.7 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:58:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.239.144.139 with SMTP id o11mr335418hba.60.1246042690158; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:58:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:52:04 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:65570 Archived-At: --001485f5b0deec00a1046d44eb86 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Marc Tfardy wrote: > queries0 schrieb: > > On Jun 25, 2:27 pm, Marc Tfardy 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. -- Nurullah Akkaya http://nakkaya.com --001485f5b0deec00a1046d44eb86 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Marc Tf= ardy <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&= #39;t want
>> use windows under mac - neither in virtual machine nor as dual boo= t.
>
> I have been using emacs on OS X (10.4 ppc) for a few years, and emacs<= br> > 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<= br> > 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 y= ou build it now it uses cocoa.


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