Working with OS X and Emacs by Ryan McGeary

Ryan McGeary demonstrates how he works with Mac OS X and his editor of choice, Emacs. Ryan runs his own software consultancy called McGeary Consulting Group. He specializes in web application development and offers a wide range of services including development, mentoring, and business advice.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• emacs
• osx
• howiwork
• how-i-work
• rails
• ruby
• git
• keyboard
• macros
• snippets
• configuration
• gtd
• conventions
• screencast
• instructional video

[onebluebear]

Ah, I'm a noob. i was using command line and not cocoa. I installed with ns and built the .app. Your settings work much better with the window version. My bads.

[rmm5t]

@onebluebear Phew, I thought I was losing it there for a second. Btw, if you use homebrew, `brew install emacs --HEAD --use-git-head --srgb --cocoa` is my recommended approach.

[onebluebear]

Something in your config also breaks my cursor keys! Ugh. I guess I'll start from scratch.

[rmm5t]

@onebluebear Yeah, I see that too, but only when running in no-window mode. Strange. Why are you using cursor keys? ;-)

[onebluebear]

@rmm5t Yea there was another error with the max-frame stuff, I had to comment it out. Your configuration really isn't useable for me, I'm just going to start from scratch and add stuff on that I need. Thanks.

[rmm5t]

@onebluebear Roger that. It actually sounds like there might be something wrong with your environment too, but if you're starting from scratch, never mind.

[onebluebear]

I know emacsclient can open in an existing process, I don't plan to leave emacs running all week long. I just want to setup a nice erlang emacs environment on the mac.

[rmm5t]

@onebluebear Why? I relaunch emacs maybe once a week or so. Consider making yourself familiar with emacsclient.

[onebluebear]

This is sure a lot of overhead for a text editor, like if you want to edit a file real quick.  This launches for me in like 2-3 seconds. Would you say you use all of these features everytime you use emacs? Might be cool if there was a more barebones version that you could load more quickly with parameter.

[rmm5t]

Yeah, I'm now running a newer build than 24 pretest. Though, I'm surprised you're getting those other errors. I'll have to try different versions to see where I might need to add some conditionals.