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Carbon Emacs is a Carbon/OS X distribution of GNU Emacs, based on the CVS source code. In order to install, drag the Emacs icon into the Applications folder or anywhere else you would like. This distribution has been developed since 2003, with help from MacEmacs JP project. Feedback will be sent to our mailing list.
What's New
Version 22.3 (20090115):
- The last release based on Emacs 22.
- Elisp libraries:
- Updated ess, haskell-mode, htmlize, mew, nxhtml, psvn, and riece.
- Fixed a broken link to the nxml-mode documentation. (Courtesy of T. Gerdin)
- Fixed a broken link to the emacs-muse documentation. (Courtesy of P. Minsenti)
- Added js.el (Emacs 23; a.k.a. espresso-mode).
- Fixed nxhtml's initialization problem. (Courtesy of zin)
- Thank you for donation! (from 1 user)
Version 22.3 (20090115):
- The last release based on Emacs 22.
- Elisp libraries:
- Updated ess, haskell-mode, htmlize, mew, nxhtml, psvn, and riece.
- Fixed a broken link to the nxml-mode documentation. (Courtesy of T. Gerdin)
- Fixed a broken link to the emacs-muse documentation. (Courtesy of P. Minsenti)
- Added js.el (Emacs 23; a.k.a. more...
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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| Date:20 Feb 2010 |
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Carbon Emacs is a Carbon/OS X distribution of GNU Emacs, based on the CVS source code. In order to install, drag the Emacs icon into the Applications folder or anywhere else you would like. This distribution has been developed since 2003, with help from MacEmacs JP project. Feedback will be sent to our mailing list.
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albion reviewed on 09 Jan 2009
It is actually not a "port" at this point. Emacs built from source is almost exactly the same thing as Carbon Emacs. I think Carbon Emacs still bundles some elisp that isn't part of the standard distribution. Otherwise, the differences are mostly cosmetic. I wouldn't swear to his, but I seem to remember reading that the current Mac codebase, called nextstep in the cvs tree, actually uses Cocoa interfaces, not Carbon. No doubt someone else here can shed some light on that subject.
Anyway, this is the OS X Emacs of choice.
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ZZamboni reviewed on 05 Apr 2008
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NadeemF reviewed on 29 Aug 2006
Shame that the lisp load-path doesn't include anywhere not contained within the application package (so that you can store your extra lisp libraries in a safe place which isn't replaced when you upgrade the application). Also strange that '/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/share/emacs/site-lisp' isn't in the path.
Anonymous reviewed on 01 Nov 2005
Emacs seems to start up Finder each and every time I start it, even if I run it with "-q" (the "do not load an init file" option).
I do not use Finder: I use PathFinder instead.
So if I try to use Emacs, I get two "finder"s running! This might be enough to drive me to VIM (argh!).
Otherwise, what can you say about emacs. At least this version uses the Apple key as a Meta key -- I hate Emaxen that require using the Escape key.
That is because Carbon Emacs refers to Finder's file information (via AppleScript) when it starts up. Maybe you have better write this issue to the mailing list.
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Anonymous reviewed on 27 Sep 2005
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NadeemF reviewed on 06 Sep 2005
Many distributions of emacs for OSX have fallen by the wayside and haven't been updated to work with system upgrades, but this is being actively developed.
Unlike Aquamacs it holds all files/buffers in a single window, a 'limitation' that I actually require.