Thanks Dan! I didn't understand what this meant at first, but for those who need this in the future, it means you need to install emacs as usual and then add the "variant" (xll, gtk, etc) which you can search for in the install.
To get the emacs to look like a fresh Linux GNU emacs without using xemacs just do: port install emacs +x11 On 1/18/11 3:34 PM, "Dan Ports" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 03:22:58PM -0800, gmail 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. > > Did you install emacs with the +x11 or +gtk (for a prettier interface) > variant set? Otherwise, you'll just get console-mode emacs. > > Dan _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
