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Aquamacs is the Emacs editor that Mac users love. Aquamacs lets you write text from LaTeX manuscripts to to-do lists, from C to Cobol, Java, Python, Shell-script, Lisp, everything! Aquamacs looks and behaves like other Mac programs - even though it's still the powerful GNU Emacs with all the extensibility that millions have come to appreciate.
Emacs is a text editor of legendary power and configurability, but it also has an enormously complex interface. Aquamacs tames the Emacs tiger: you get Apple shortcuts (in addition to the Emacs ones), nice fonts, one file per window (if
Emacs is a text editor of legendary power and configurability, but it also has an enormously complex interface. Aquamacs tames the Emacs tiger: you get Apple shortcuts (in addition to the Emacs ones), nice fonts, one file per window (if
What's New
Version 2.4:
- Imrpoved support for Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion".
- Several bug fixes
- New and updated modes (e.g., MATLAB)
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
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| Downloads:43,513 |
| Version Downloads:1,579 |
| Type:Development : Editors |
| License:Free |
| Date:27 Oct 2011 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Aquamacs is the Emacs editor that Mac users love. Aquamacs lets you write text from LaTeX manuscripts to to-do lists, from C to Cobol, Java, Python, Shell-script, Lisp, everything! Aquamacs looks and behaves like other Mac programs - even though it's still the powerful GNU Emacs with all the extensibility that millions have come to appreciate.
Emacs is a text editor of legendary power and configurability, but it also has an enormously complex interface. Aquamacs tames the Emacs tiger: you get Apple shortcuts (in addition to the Emacs ones), nice fonts, one file per window (if wanted), international input methods, Apple Help manuals and more. Aquamacs comes with a range of modes for various markup and programming languages: HTML, C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, AppleScript, Tcl, XML, R (S)... These modes have extra functions for the languages, including excellent syntax highlighting. You can even use Aquamacs to read news and e-mail, just like any Emacs.
Emacs is a text editor of legendary power and configurability, but it also has an enormously complex interface. Aquamacs tames the Emacs tiger: you get Apple shortcuts (in addition to the Emacs ones), nice fonts, one file per window (if wanted), international input methods, Apple Help manuals and more. Aquamacs comes with a range of modes for various markup and programming languages: HTML, C/C++, Java, Python, Perl, AppleScript, Tcl, XML, R (S)... These modes have extra functions for the languages, including excellent syntax highlighting. You can even use Aquamacs to read news and e-mail, just like any Emacs.
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Brian Kendig reviewed on 27 Oct 2011
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> it also has an enormously complex interface
LOL, oh man.. that gave me a chuckle. I know what they are trying to say.. but... Sigh... when programmers handle copy, it's funny.
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http://aquamacs.org/download-release-ub.shtml
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Fenrisulf reviewed on 17 Jan 2011
You either love it or hate it, but emacs is a powerful editor/environment.
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Sxreader reviewed on 11 May 2010
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Aquamacs is not designed to be restarted again and again, even though the startup time on my machine is less than 3 seconds (when cached).
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(We also have versions based on Emacs 22 (Aquamacs 1.x) and a very experimental version based on Emacs 24 (development snapshot) available on our website (nightly builds).
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The correct version name of this is "2.0preview3".
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When I first started coding on my Mac I was advised to try BBedit, it's not free but it's the best editor I have ever tried. They have a free tuned-down version called TextWrangler and it works very well. I would recommended it to anyone interested in a free text editor for OS X.
I paid £25 for a licence of BBEdit and it's probably the best spent of all my software purchases. It's not the best looking software for the mac but it's very stable, fast and has all the features I need as web, software and game developer.
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You will not find anything faster, but you have to put the effort in. Laziness gets you nowhere.
Why are you posting this on the Emacs thread anyway? At least try it first. People generally like Emacs or VI. If you don't like VI then this is probably for you.