No, `open` works fine for this. Look again at the man page. It doesn't expect a binary like you were passing it (Contents/MacOS/Emacs). Instead you just pass it the name of an app bundle. The command I sent to you in the last email works perfectly. -Steven On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Andrew Pennebaker < andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you. > > I did use the man page, and I did try --args, but open complained. Could > you suggest a better shell script? > On Apr 5, 2013 9:07 PM, "Steven Degutis" wrote: > >> First of all I highly recommend installing Cocoa Emacs from homebrew. >> Look here for how to install it properly: >> https://github.com/sdegutis/using-emacs#installing-emacs-properly >> >> Secondly, you pass args to open via --args (look at `man open`). So it >> would be `open -a emacs --args -Q` if you want to launch Cocoa Emacs with -Q >> >> -Steven >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Andrew Pennebaker < >> andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Good idea! >>> >>> Unfortunately I haven't been able to emacs -Q in Mac due to my poor >>> setup. I can't even pass the option! >>> >>> Could someone suggest a better way to do this? >>> >>> $ which emacs >>> /usr/bin/emacs >>> >>> $ cat `which emacs` >>> #!/bin/sh >>> open -a /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs "$@" >>> >>> My goal is to be able to launch "emacs " from Terminal.app, >>> such that Emacs doesn't steal control over the terminal while it runs. >>> Ordinarly, one would use "emacs &", but I like to close the >>> terminal, and I don't want Emacs to die with it. So I use "open -a..." >>> >>> The problem with this arrangement is that this doesn't allow command >>> line options to be sent to Emacs. "open" provides --args, but I haven't >>> been able to use it properly. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: >>> >>>> Andrew Pennebaker wrote: >>>> > Ruby uses the syntax "... #{expression}..." for string interpolation. >>>> But >>>> > when I press left curly brace, Emacs says "Symbol's value as variable >>>> is >>>> > void: last-command-char". >>>> >>>> This works fine for me in emacs 24.2.1. And with 23.4.1 too. What >>>> version are you using? >>>> >>>> > I C-h k {, and saw that { and } are bound to ruby-electric-brace. >>>> >>>> Same here. >>>> >>>> > This function appears to be malfunctioning. >>>> >>>> You didn't say so the obligatory response is, "Have you tried it with >>>> -Q?" >>>> >>>> emacs -Q >>>> >>>> Works for me. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Andrew Pennebaker >>> www.yellosoft.us >>> >> >>