You can also install "xemacs" and alias emacs to "xemacs". There is no "trick" to getting around the built-in emacs -- any emacs in /opt/local/bin should be launched before the system emacs due to the way MacPorts sets up the PATH variable.
Good luck! Jason On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:22 PM, gmail <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have installed macports and use many of the other applications without > problems. I have had a problem in getting any of the emacs versions to > provide a x-window in the command “emacs test &” which should launch GNU > emacs into its own window as in a Linux environment. > > I have X11 working properly on my Mac as I get xclock and other X11 > dependent objects/programs to work fine so it isn’t the display variable or > anything like this that I am aware of as I have tested many things. > > Is there a trick to get around the emacs that is already installed on the > Macbook Pro and Air? I have tried both of these laptops and they both have > the same problem with emacs from macports even though it is supposed to be > the GNU emacs which supports the emacs program shell. > > Your help would be greatly appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users > > -- Jason M. Swails Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida Ph.D. Graduate Student 352-392-4032
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