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EDITOR NOTES
This is a beta release. See Related Links below for the last stable release.
DESCRIPTION
Aquamacs... This is a preview version. Version 1.9 is our latest stable release and recommended for mission-critical use.
Aquamacs Emacs is a Mac-like distribution of the powerful Emacs text editor. It looks and behaves like a Mac program - even though it's still 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.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0 Preview5: - bug-fixes, among them one to the bug-reporting function, and one to a problem causing crashes when a laptop's Function key was pressed.
- Compared to the latest stable release 1.9, there are a myriad of improvements.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
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| Aquamacs User Reviews (24 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Oct 27 2009 |
DAVIDSWELT Note: This is a preview version. We regularly maintain and recommend version 1.9 for mission-critical use. The correct version name of this is "2.0preview3".
(Version 2.0pr3) | |
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 | Jul 9 2009 |
JOSE L BLAS I started coding three years ago and although I had heard of emacs I have never used it. I have tried to learn VI but I found it very hard to learn and not user-friendly at all. 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.
(Version 1.8c) | |
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 | Jul 10 2009 |
CA What about Emacs? Have you tried it?
(Version 1.8c) | |
| Aug 1 2009 |
MARK EVERITT Although I wouldn't recommend this particular editor, VI and Emacs are both incredibly fast when you learn the key strokes. Of course they aren't easy to learn or user friendly. You're a programmer! Get used to it! 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.
(Version 2.0pr1) | |
| Jun 30 2009 |
PENG BAI Good app! I use it for Latex and Python. However, poor at Python, so plug-in needed. I hope Python can be enhanced in this app:) | |
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| Jul 1 2009 |
DAVIDSWELT which plug-in do you use?
(Version 1.8a) | |
| Jul 2 2009 |
PENG BAI python-mode
(Version 1.8a) | |
| Jul 2 2009 |
DAVIDSWELT Actually, Aquamacs already comes with python-mode and all you need to do is We will enable this variant by default for python in future 2.0 series releases. Thanks for your input.
(Version 1.8a) | |
| Jul 5 2009 |
PENG BAI Fabulous!!! It works perfectly. Sorry for that comment. How can I know what you have bundled in this app?
(Version 1.8a) | |
| Jun 22 2009 |
DAVIDSWELT Want to check out our latest work? Download a nightly build of the new 2.0 branch, which is based on Cocoa and Emacs 23. It's far from perfect yet, but already quite usable: http://aquamacs.org/nightlies.shtml
(Version 1.8a) | |
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| Dec 29 2008 |
DAVIDSWELT If you're on a PPC Mac and you downloaded 1.6preview4 on Monday Dec 29, you may encounter a problem with the Finder refusing to run Aquamacs ("not for this architecture"). We've fixed this - just download again. If you're not on PPC, there is no need to download it again.
(Version 1.6pre4) | |
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| Aug 11 2008 |
HOTFREAKS "Kenny's so poor, he has to use Aquamacs instead of TextMate. I hate you, Kenny."
(Version 1.5rc2) | |
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| Dec 21 2008 |
GAVIN CUTSHALL Well, you got some frownies, but I think this is hilarious.
(Version 1.6pre2) | |
| Dec 29 2008 |
DAVIDSWELT I find it hilarious, too :)
(Version 1.6pre4) | |
| Jun 18 2009 |
ZEBA :) that's the spirit ppl
(Version 1.8) | |
 | Jul 29 2008 |
PIXIEMOTION Aquamacs has become a really mature Emacs for OS X; the balance between Mac usability and Emacs power is near-perfect. If you've never used any Emacs before, this is the best way to get to know it. If you have used Emacs before, this is the best Mac distribution.
(Version 1.5rc1) | |
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| Jun 19 2008 |
MRGANDO This is a great piece of software, the Apple Scientific and some of the developer communities will make great use of this software. | |
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| Jun 19 2008 |
MRGANDO This is a great piece of software, the Apple Scientific and some of the developer communities will make great use of this software. | |
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| Sep 27 2006 |
JOHN NOWAK First off: No, it is not a beautiful Cocoa editor. It isn't supposed to be. It is supposed to be a Mac version of emacs that doesn't require X11 and integrates a bit better with the system -- And it does that. Very solid documentation, good stability, lots of included packages, good concept, and a wonderful implementation.
(Version 0.9.9d) | |
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