Questions tagged [mac]
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Display emacs from linux (ubuntu) on Mac
I'm SSHing from my macbook into an ubuntu server. I have emacs installed in both places.
So far I've found 3 ways to deal with this, and none of them are optimal:
run emacs on the ubuntu in the ...
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shell-command-on-region doesn't execute an executable script named in exec-path
I am on MacOS (12.6.1, Monterey) running Emacs 29.1 (installed from https://emacsformacosx.com). I have a set of shell scripts that I have often use with shell-command-on-region (M-|); the scripts are ...
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Mapping Command key to Control key not working for mac
I am trying to map Command key to Control key, and Option key to Meta key in Emacs for mac. I installed using macports.
I located the init file using describe-variable and user-init-file. I copied ...
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"Eager macro-expansion failure" message when starting Emacs 28.2 from the mac terminal
I have upgraded my emacs using brew install emacs-plus. Now when I run emacs & from the terminal, the following message appears.
Eager macro-expansion failure: (wrong-number-of-arguments (3 . 4) ...
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Emacs on MacOS 12.5+: Commands failed with 127
I recently started working at a company that mandates we all use MacOS. I have installed emacs and would like to use my config, which leverages visual-regexp-steroids.el, but I am receiving an OS ...
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mac osx how to use emacs with .rst file
use emacs 28.1 on my mac osx 14.5. I would compile restructured text file but I obtain error. CAn someone tell me the exact command I've to type to obtain it?
I mean: what do I need to compile rst ...
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Emacs' titlebar and dialogs theme is not matching Mac OS general settings
Before starting, I'm on Mac OS Monterey (12.2.1) with M1 chip. My Emacs' version is 27.2.
I made a change to let Emacs accessing my entire disk because it can't by default.
I followed this article ...
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Does "brew install --cask emacs" install a GUI version of Emacs for M1?
Just wondering if "brew install --cask emacs" installs Emacs for the M1 with the GUI.
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some emacs bindings undefined on macOS
For instance, for s-! (M-! on my linux machine, running a single shell command) it says it is undefined,
although s-x (M-x) works just fine
(It seems like on mac it calls it s and not M?)
Help am new ...
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How to access symbols in emacs, which are accessed normally by alt key
I tried my best to find a solution to my problem in internet. I gave up looking.
I am trying learning emacs on a mac. There are symbols I normally type by using the alt key. However in emacs I do not ...
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How do I set path for ag for helm-do-grep-ag
I am on MacOS (darwin) and when I attempt helm-do-grep-ag I get a zsh error zsh:1: command not found: ag. What is the proper way to address this?
My ag is homebrewed and so is in /usr/local/bin
I ...
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Mac OS and possibly other GUIs: Why is default "s-g" behaving differently from "C-s" in isearch-mode
I don't really want s-g to exit the Isearch minor mode but it does. The reason this is happening to me is unclear, because investigation of the binding of s-g reveals it is supposed to be a standard ...
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EmacsForMacOSX build 27.2-2 cannot be opened on mac M1
This question is about Emacs 27.2-2 from https://emacsformacosx.com/ on Mac M1. From the release notes1 M1 support should be added since 27.2-1. However, on latest stable version I was getting an ...
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Tried to update Emacs on my mac using Homebrew, and now it doesn't run at all
Up until an hour ago I had a working installation of Emacs version 26.2 on my Late 2013 iMac running macOS Catalina version 10.15.7 (this is the latest version available for my computer). I would run ...
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Emacs M-x binding on Mac M1
In emacs M-x command-name can be used to invoke a command.
However in Mac M1, for some reason, this is not working.
Basically, I am trying option + x or M-x.
Any idea about this?
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Tramp/Emacs 27 freeze on Mac
I'm facing a major issue with Tramp and Emacs 27.1 on a Mac (10.15.7), which makes it almost impossible to work on remote files ...
As soon as I start to type a SSH or SCP based URL in the mini buffer ...
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Emacs on new Mac M1?
Is anyone successfully running a windowed emacs, (not terminal emacs), on one of the new Mac M1s?
Does this port work? https://emacsformacosx.com
Is there another?
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How can I access Mac menu bar help via keyboard?
I'd like to be able to search Emacs's Mac menu bar entries using the keyboard, as you normally do in most other Mac applications using s-? (this answer suggest that it should be possible?).
I've ...
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