Re: Carbon port emacs-unicode-2 build problem under MacOSX

[Kenichi Handa <handa@ni.aist.go.jp>]

In article <m21wb3vayb.fsf@news.cyberhut.org>, CHENG Gao <chenggao@gmail.com> writes:

> If Carbon port is treated as dead, and emacs-app (Cocoa port,
> http://emacs-app.sf.net) works well, is it possible that emacs-app be
> merged (as a branch in cvs or git repo) thus we MacOSX users can have an
> evolving Emacs?

To my understanding, Carbon port should be treated as dead,
and the merging of Cocoa port into the trunk (or to
emacs-unicode-2 branch) isn't that far.

"Adrian Robert" <adrian.b.robert@gmail.com> wrote:

> I updated Emacs.app (Mac Cocoa port) to run under the multi-tty
> changes as merged into the unicode-2 branch, however before releasing
> I need to solve one remaining problem: when run as -nw, the default
> face is set to green foreground, yellow background.  (If I go to
> customize-face it actually says "green" and "yellow".)  This occurs
> with emacs -Q -nw and is new -- unicode-2 CVS before the merge
> produces a black-on-white default face.

> Someone suggested something in my terminal settings caused the
> problem, though I don't have any customization (moved aside .cshrc).
> However the Apple terminal itself may be the cause?  If I run under an
> xterm the problem goes away, but I'm in black-and-white mode.  Setting
> the TERM variable under Apple terminal to various values likewise
> either gives green/yellow or full b-&-w mode.

> Anyway if anyone has any suggestions as to where to start hunting, I
> would be grateful.

> Another question -- is there any way to ask the new emacsclient to
> open a frame in the default windowing terminal?  There is the
> --display argument but that seems to force X.  What about adding
> --terminal=zz, with zz='default' meaning $DISPLAY env variable (X), or
> normal GUI display on Mac or Windows?  Or simply "-gui" as a synonym
> for --terminal=default?

> Finally, is basic use of multi-tty from inside emacs documented
> anywhere?  I read about some functions in the NEWS but could not find
> out how to get a list of the available terminal names to use for 'tty'
> arguments, or how to specify displays in non-X environments.  E.g.,
> I'd like to throw up a GUI window from inside a -nw session.

> thanks,
> Adrian

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Kenichi Handa
handa@ni.aist.go.jp