Belatedly answering... On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 12:03:28PM -0500, John Wiggins via macports-users wrote: > From a standard XQuartz xterm neither emacs command opens a new window.
By default, the emacs and emacs-devel ports install the text-only console variant. If you'd like a X11 version, you can install the port with the +gtk (more modern) or +x11 (older, lighterweight) variant. Dan -- Dan R. K. Ports https://drkp.net/