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the real me
 
2010-03-02

What version of emacs is best to run under osx? Is Aqua Emacs any good? Standard emacs under X11? In a term? Something I don't know about?

The_Spectre
 
2010-03-02

4

AgentX
 
2010-03-02

cheeseburgers

Stinky
 
2010-03-02

Aquamacs is ok but it's very slow compared to the standard Emacs distro:http://emacsformacosx.com/

That shit is fast and tight. Let me know if you need any help setting it up or configuring anything.

the real me
 
2010-03-02

Sweet, thanks! I'm a long time vim user but I figure I should at least get familiar with emacs and give it a chance. Plus it's helpful knowing the key bindings since so many other things use them.

the real me
 
2010-03-02

Damn, I'm on an old powerpc with 10.4. The universal binary for 23.1 doesn't want to run for me. Am I missing out on big things having to run 22.1?

Stinky
 
2010-03-02

There are a few things like the font support being much better but all in all it should run fine.

the real me
 
2010-03-02

cool thanks, no biggie for me then.

AgentX
 
2010-03-02

Originally posted by: the real me no biggie for me then. That's what SHE said.

the real me
 
2010-03-02

she told you??? :(

AgentX
 
2010-03-02

She's a talker.

Storm
 
2010-03-02

Is there pudding in this thread?

AgentX
 
2010-03-02

NO.

FUCK OFF.

Storm
 
2010-03-02

FUCK ON. You get better results.

  • runs off to 6th grade gym class *
AgentX
 
2010-03-02

steals the pudding out of storm's lunchbox

arigato
 
2010-03-02

That sounds like an alternate euphemism for felching.

Storm
 
2010-03-02

I just euphemismed in my pants.

AgentX
 
2010-03-03

Originally posted by: arigato That sounds like an alternate euphemism for felching.

GUILTY AS CHARGED.

checks lunchbox for more

the real me
 
2010-03-03

I can't take this white background anymore! heh, seriously, it's burning my eyes. How do you change the color scheme?

Stinky
 
2010-03-03

In emacs 23 it's super easy:

(set-background-color "#FFFFEF")

It's more of a pain in the arse in other versions but of you do an M-x customize you'll get a list of customization options, among which will be background color.

Also relevant ishttp://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ColorTheme

the real me
 
2010-03-03

Ah lovely, thanks. I did finally get 23 installed. I'm not super picky about color schemes, the default one is pretty decent, just not a fan of white backgrounds.

Now I just have to get my pinky into shape.

Stinky
 
2010-03-03

System Preferences -> Keyboard and Mouse -> Keyboard

Switch caps lock with control and you're golden.

the real me
 
2010-03-03

I love you

the real me
 
2010-03-05

Quick question, sometimes (when in html mode it seems) it won't let me indent beyond a certain point or sometimes at all? I'm guessing it is trying to keep the indentation correct but it's not always right. I've tried using TAB and C-i. Anyway I can override that?

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Mac emacs aka Hey Strinky