Aquamacs sample code mac#

This time I decided to use the Mac interface to preferences (mouse-click on Emacs in the menubar or use shortcut & -, ) Instead I did it through the preferences. Unlike most other Mac applications, Emacs does not remember the window sized changes you make using the mouse. Now I want change the height and width of the screen. Now quit emacs and startup again and you’ll see the theme is now the default. '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (deeper-blue)))) If there is more than one, they won't work right. Your init file should contain only one such instance. If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.

custom-set-variables was added by Custom. You can modify this by hand but I am going to let Emacs do it via the preferences interface. Remember, at the start of this I had moved this file to a safe place.įor preferences, Emacs uses custom-set-variables and custom-set-faces sexprs. You can even create your own and add it to the custom-theme-load-path.Īs soon as I clicked on the Save Theme Settings Emacs created my & /.emacs file. I clicked on several of them and decided deeper-blue was the one I liked best. There are several predefined themes to choose from. Took me directly to the Theme preference page. Using Meta (Option) x command: M-x customize-themes To make the background dark I chose to look at the online documentation and found the link toĬustom Themes. Note: Once I opened Emacs for the first time it created a & /.emacs.d directory. One is to search and read the online documentation which I did for the theme and the other is to open the preferences window and puzzle your way through the options which I did for setting the window size. There are a couple of ways of ways of doing this. I really never liked the interface to preferences but forced myself to use it this time.

Aquamacs sample code code#

Now I had done this before by adding code to my & /.emacs file but this time I wanted to use the built in preferences.

The editing area should be light on dark and the size should be around 120 characters by 70 lines which almost fills my screen’s height and half its width. I wanted to change two things right away. This screen looks to be about 80 characters by 55 lines. This is a rather small window and if you resize it the new size is not saved so you get this size again the next time you launch. I then launched the Emacs application an got the initial screen. Also, I created a shell script for starting GNU Emacs from the command line instead of the built in Emacs. This was a dmg file and installs by dragging the Emacs app to the Applications folder. Installationįirst, to start clean I removed the Aquamacs application and moved the & /.emacs file and & /.emacs.d directory to a safe place. I decided to start fresh and document the process for newbies.

There were some compatibility issues with extensions I had been using with Aquamacs. But neither of this applications would work well on Mountain Lion so I converted to GNU Emacs. Up until Mountain Lion I had used Carbon Emacs and then Aquamacs. I will give some practical tips for new users on Mac. There are some good tutorials for learning and I am not going to try to replicate them. There are lots of options, modes, and keystrokes.

Aquamacs sample code mac osx#

Some of the default keybindings in Mac OSX for cursor movement have roots in Emacs.Įmacs can be overwhelming for newbies. But Emacs is fun to use and my fingers are still programmed for lots of control and meta (option) key combinations. Now I prefer IDEs on Mac for application coding. I moved to Lisp Machines, Unix, and Macs with some time out for Windows. I wrote a lot of code with Emacs and authored quite a few extensions.

Emacs became my favorite editor after years of line editors and punch cards on GCOS. Multics had become my favorite operating system and was a welcome change after 7 years on GCOS. It was Emacs and the presenter was none other than Bernie Greenberg. In early 1980 I heard about a new editor available on Multics at an internal Honeywell conference.