* getting emacs to use GUI mode
@ 2008-07-21 22:30 Thr4wn
2008-07-21 22:40 ` Joost Diepenmaat
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thr4wn @ 2008-07-21 22:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Is there a way to force emacs to use the X display? I read that
setting DISPLAY env var will do that, but that does not seem to work
-- its value is already set to ":0.0", but emacs still runs in CLI
mode. There also isn't any kind of error or warning, it just simply
loads in CLI mode.
Would a greater understanding of X11 server/client system be required
to solve this problem, or am I still missing something else?
I am using...
Debian Etch
gnome-terminal
emacs 22.1.1
thanks,
-Thr4wn
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* Re: getting emacs to use GUI mode
2008-07-21 22:30 getting emacs to use GUI mode Thr4wn
@ 2008-07-21 22:40 ` Joost Diepenmaat
2008-07-23 19:33 ` Thr4wn
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Joost Diepenmaat @ 2008-07-21 22:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Thr4wn <Seth.A.Bird@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there a way to force emacs to use the X display? I read that
> setting DISPLAY env var will do that, but that does not seem to work
> -- its value is already set to ":0.0", but emacs still runs in CLI
> mode. There also isn't any kind of error or warning, it just simply
> loads in CLI mode.
>
> Would a greater understanding of X11 server/client system be required
> to solve this problem, or am I still missing something else?
>
> I am using...
>
> Debian Etch
> gnome-terminal
> emacs 22.1.1
Can you start other X programs using the same terminal? If so, you may
have installed the emacs22-nox package instead of the emacs22-gtk
package. emacs22-nox is the version without X support.
--
Joost Diepenmaat | blog: http://joost.zeekat.nl/ | work: http://zeekat.nl/
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* Re: getting emacs to use GUI mode
2008-07-21 22:40 ` Joost Diepenmaat
@ 2008-07-23 19:33 ` Thr4wn
2008-07-25 4:45 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-07-25 7:54 ` Joost Diepenmaat
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thr4wn @ 2008-07-23 19:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Jul 21, 6:40 pm, Joost Diepenmaat <jo...@zeekat.nl> wrote:
> Thr4wn <Seth.A.B...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Is there a way to force emacs to use the X display? I read that
> > setting DISPLAY env var will do that, but that does not seem to work
> > -- its value is already set to ":0.0", but emacs still runs in CLI
> > mode. There also isn't any kind of error or warning, it just simply
> > loads in CLI mode.
>
> > Would a greater understanding of X11 server/client system be required
> > to solve this problem, or am I still missing something else?
>
> > I am using...
>
> > Debian Etch
> > gnome-terminal
> > emacs 22.1.1
>
> Can you start other X programs using the same terminal? If so, you may
> have installed the emacs22-nox package instead of the emacs22-gtk
> package. emacs22-nox is the version without X support.
>
> --
> Joost Diepenmaat | blog:http://joost.zeekat.nl/| work:http://zeekat.nl/
I am able to start any x program (like iceweasel) from that psuedo-
terminal. Is there some way to determine if I have the nox version?
-Thr4wn
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* Re: getting emacs to use GUI mode
2008-07-23 19:33 ` Thr4wn
@ 2008-07-25 4:45 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-07-25 7:54 ` Joost Diepenmaat
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2008-07-25 4:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Thr4wn wrote:
> On Jul 21, 6:40 pm, Joost Diepenmaat <jo...@zeekat.nl> wrote:
> I am able to start any x program (like iceweasel) from that psuedo-
> terminal. Is there some way to determine if I have the nox version?
Check whether the emacs executable is linked with the X libraries
(sorry, I don't know how to do that on your platform).
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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* Re: getting emacs to use GUI mode
2008-07-23 19:33 ` Thr4wn
2008-07-25 4:45 ` Kevin Rodgers
@ 2008-07-25 7:54 ` Joost Diepenmaat
2008-07-25 9:13 ` Richard G Riley
2008-07-25 19:08 ` Thr4wn
1 sibling, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Joost Diepenmaat @ 2008-07-25 7:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Thr4wn <Seth.A.Bird@gmail.com> writes:
> On Jul 21, 6:40 pm, Joost Diepenmaat <jo...@zeekat.nl> wrote:
>> Can you start other X programs using the same terminal? If so, you may
>> have installed the emacs22-nox package instead of the emacs22-gtk
>> package. emacs22-nox is the version without X support.
>
> I am able to start any x program (like iceweasel) from that psuedo-
> terminal. Is there some way to determine if I have the nox version?
Since you're on debian, try:
dpkg-query -s emacs22-nox
and
dpkg-query -s emacs22-gtk
The Status: output line of those commands should contain "installed"
for the package that's currently installed (only one of them may be
installed at the same time).
Alternatively, you can try to install emacs22-gtk, which will replace
the emacs22-nox package if that's currently installed:
apt-get update
apt-get install emacs22-gtk
J.
--
Joost Diepenmaat | blog: http://joost.zeekat.nl/ | work: http://zeekat.nl/
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* Re: getting emacs to use GUI mode
2008-07-25 7:54 ` Joost Diepenmaat
@ 2008-07-25 9:13 ` Richard G Riley
2008-07-25 19:08 ` Thr4wn
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Richard G Riley @ 2008-07-25 9:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Joost Diepenmaat <joost@zeekat.nl> writes:
> Thr4wn <Seth.A.Bird@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Jul 21, 6:40 pm, Joost Diepenmaat <jo...@zeekat.nl> wrote:
>>> Can you start other X programs using the same terminal? If so, you may
>>> have installed the emacs22-nox package instead of the emacs22-gtk
>>> package. emacs22-nox is the version without X support.
>>
>> I am able to start any x program (like iceweasel) from that psuedo-
>> terminal. Is there some way to determine if I have the nox version?
>
> Since you're on debian, try:
>
> dpkg-query -s emacs22-nox
>
> and
>
> dpkg-query -s emacs22-gtk
>
> The Status: output line of those commands should contain "installed"
> for the package that's currently installed (only one of them may be
> installed at the same time).
>
> Alternatively, you can try to install emacs22-gtk, which will replace
> the emacs22-nox package if that's currently installed:
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get install emacs22-gtk
>
> J.
Another thing to consider is the alternatives facility in Debian.
Try
ls -l /etc/alternatives/emacs
And then look up update-alternatives. e.g. You might do this:
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display emacs
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* Re: getting emacs to use GUI mode
2008-07-25 7:54 ` Joost Diepenmaat
2008-07-25 9:13 ` Richard G Riley
@ 2008-07-25 19:08 ` Thr4wn
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thr4wn @ 2008-07-25 19:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Jul 25, 3:54 am, Joost Diepenmaat <jo...@zeekat.nl> wrote:
> Thr4wn <Seth.A.B...@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Jul 21, 6:40 pm, Joost Diepenmaat <jo...@zeekat.nl> wrote:
> >> Can you start other X programs using the same terminal? If so, you may
> >> have installed the emacs22-nox package instead of the emacs22-gtk
> >> package. emacs22-nox is the version without X support.
>
> > I am able to start any x program (like iceweasel) from that psuedo-
> > terminal. Is there some way to determine if I have the nox version?
>
> Since you're on debian, try:
>
> dpkg-query -s emacs22-nox
>
> and
>
> dpkg-query -s emacs22-gtk
>
> The Status: output line of those commands should contain "installed"
> for the package that's currently installed (only one of them may be
> installed at the same time).
>
> Alternatively, you can try to install emacs22-gtk, which will replace
> the emacs22-nox package if that's currently installed:
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get install emacs22-gtk
>
> J.
>
> --
> Joost Diepenmaat | blog:http://joost.zeekat.nl/| work:http://zeekat.nl/
Thank you, that was the problem :)
-Thr4wn
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