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On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Vikas Rawal < vikasli...@agrarianresearch.org> wrote: > > This thread is rather off-topic for this list. Isn’t it? > > But since we have a hugely tolerant community, it is perhaps okay. > > I have a homebrew install, with a symbolic link to > /Applications/Emacs.app. Works just fine. > > Vikas > > On 15-May-2014, at 8:51 pm, Thomas S. Dye <t...@tsdye.com> wrote: > > > Aloha all, > > > > Macports has an emacs-app that bundles all the files in > > /Applications/MacPorts/Emacs.app/ > > > > We use this at work and find it convenient. > > > > All the best, > > Tom > > > > Rick Frankel <r...@rickster.com> writes: > > > >> On 2014-05-15 10:31, Vikas Rawal wrote: > >>> Probably not the answer you want, but as a long-time mac and emacs > >>> user, my suggestion would be to use the vanilla os x version of emacs. > >>> > >>> The "nextstep" build of emacs runs as a native app, > >>> > >>> You are suggesting to a Mac user to build his own Emacs? > >>> Do you know what that takes? > >>> About 10 minutes :-) > >>> > >>> I just realized that it is even possible to download it prebuilt. > >>> > >>> I recommend a homebrew-based install of emacs. > >>> > >>> I like the version available from railwaycat/emacsmacport tap > >>> (https://github.com/railwaycat/emacs-mac-port [1]). > >> > >> Not familiar w/ emacsports, will take a look at it this weekend. My > >> problem w/ the homebrew install (and i'm a homebrew fan) is that > >> i prefer the "all-in-one" (--with-ns) package and not having the app > >> spread around /usr/local in unix fashion the way the homebrew install > >> works. > >> > >> Personally, i used homebrew to install the build dependencies > >> (autoconf, automake, imagemagick, etc) and the git mirror of the emacs > >> trunk (http://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git) YMMV. > >> > >> rick > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Thomas S. Dye > > http://www.tsdye.com > > > > >
