[ESS] Emacs on macOS 15.2 (Sequoia) installation issue

[clark richards]

It is possible to open the Emacs.app (and emacsclient) from terminal. What
I have done in the past is to put:

alias e='open -a Emacs'
alias ec='/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/emacsclient -c -n'

in my `.profile`. I also typically create an Emacs-daemon so that Emacs
will fire up on system start, which means I can just use the `ec` or
`emacsclient` to open files/buffers. Pretty sure I followed something like
these instructions (to create the Applescript application):

https://gist.github.com/redinger/1394910/c0dc6877c158a13760212dbe10b4abb32ae3c4f8

Hope that helps!
Clark

On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM Sparapani, Rodney via ESS-help <
ess-help using r-project.org> wrote:

> Hi Steve:
>
> Not really an ESS question, but I will bite…
>
> In this case (as in many others), macOS is not comparable
> to Linux or Windows.  The Emacs.app runs in the Quartz
> environment.  Nevertheless, what you are trying to do with
> the terminal is endorsed and supported.  See the file…
> /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/emacs-nw
> And the advice within that file…
> “Use this file as a symlink target to easily create a terminal-only emacs”
> ln -s /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/emacs-nw /usr/local/bin/emacs
>
> But, having said that, I think you will get more mileage
> and enjoyment out of Emacs.app.  I rarely use the
> terminal app unless I am logging into my machine
> remotely.
> --
> Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics
> President, Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association
> Division of Biostatistics, Data Science Institute
> Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
>
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