On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>wrote:

> Cynthia Lee Page wrote:
>
>> Dear Users,
>>
>> First off I am a newbie. I installed emacs (in the user folder of my mac
>> os10.5.8) and am able to run it from my terminal but I have no gui
>> interface. This is the command I used to build
>>
>> $ ./configure --with-jpeg=no --with-png=no --with-gif=no --with-tiff=no
>>
>> I did this because I was told to by the error messages when I initially
>> attempted to install with just ./configure.
>>
>
> Why not `./configure --with-ns` as suggested in ./nextstep/INSTALL, which
> is
> referenced by both ./INSTALL and ./nextstep/README?
>
>  So I have two questions is this why I don't get a gui interface?
>>
>> More importantly can I open with a gui interface with this installation?
>>
>
> Are you running the ./nextstep/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs executable
> from the terminal?
>
> Or did you run `make install` after `make`, and are running the
> /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs executable from the terminal?
>
> Does it help to run the executable with the -Q option?
>
> Can you re-run ./configure and post the output?
>
>  I have downloaded and installed a second version of emacs, the carbon
>> version which does open with the gui, I have this file in my applications
>> folder. Is there any way I can invoke this version of emacs while in the
>> terminal and having ssh'd to a remote host?
>>
>> Please ask for clarification if this is unclear and thanks in advance for
>> any help,
>>
>
> I suggest:
>
>        make distclean
>        ./configure --with-ns
>        make
>        sudo make install
>
> I always log the output for future reference e.g.
>
>        ./configure --with-ns 2>&1 | tee configure.log
>
> --
> Kevin Rodgers
> Denver, Colorado, USA
>
>
> Kevin's instructions almost got it.  To run as a Mac app you have to do the
following:

make distclean
./configure --with-ns
make
cd nextstep
make install

After the last step simply move Emacs.app in the nextstep folder to your
/Applications folder.  There is no need to run 'sudo make install'.

Regards, Mel