>>> "DM" == Daniel Martín writes: > Uwe Brauer writes: >> >> Not sure, if you compile from master then this problem does not occur it >> seems to be more of a emacsformacosx thing Hi I realised that I did not answer your meail > Because of the way this protection feature works and the different ways > you can build and run an Emacs binary for macOS, the casuistic is a bit > complex. I'll try to summarize it: > If you compile Emacs from the GNU repository on a macOS system, you have > two ways to run the program: > a) You can run "make" and then execute "src/emacs". In this case, Emacs > will inherit the privacy permissions of your terminal. If your terminal > does not already have permission to access personal folders, the first > time you visit something in a personal folder from Emacs you will see a > prompt " would like to access files in your folder". Ok, I do this only for test purposes > b) Alternatively, you can run "make install" and then double click on > the "nextstep/Emacs.app" bundle, or move it to a more permanent > directory, like /Applications. This is already the recommended way for > developers to run the NS native port of Emacs, and the procedure is > described in detail in "nextstep/INSTALL" from the Emacs repository. > The first time Emacs needs to visit something in a personal folder it > will prompt you in a similar way as a), but in the prompt it will show > as "Emacs" making the request and not your terminal program, provided > that you executed Emacs from the graphical user interface (for example, > from Launchpad). Hm, I see, but why can't I have the good old unix-like way and install it say in /usr/local or as I prefer now /opt/emacs28 this way I could test say a stable version like emacs27 and the current master emacs28 I think I will rise this question in the dev emacs list. Regards Uwe