Emacs for Mac
GNU Emacs editor for OS X.
Free
In English
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Emacs overview
Emacs is back with a vengeance. I recently got a new MacBook and have developed the need for some native Emacs goodness.
I looked around (though not too hard) and didn't see any other Emacs binaries except for Aquamacs, but it is too divergent from normal Emacs behavior for me. You may like it if the idea of multiple files open in a single window scares you or you are one of those who've actually used the menus in Emacs. Or maybe you want Command-O to open a file instead of using C-x C-f. I sure don't. I want my emacs to work like emacs and not like a Mac. :-) No offense to the Aquamacs guys, their goals are just different than mine.
At any rate, I set up a script to build emacs from CVS every week. It will build on whatever version of OS X I happen to be using at the time and so these may or may not work for you. Also keep in mind these are pre-release snapshots from the Emacs cvs server and so again, they may not work for you.
What's new in version 31.1
Emacs 31.1 has a wide variety of new features, including:
- Using the mouse to control Emacs in a terminal enabled by default
- New user-lisp/ subdirectory of your Emacs configuration directory
- Child frames supported on text frames
- Various improvements to the *Completions* buffer
- Commands to split windows make better choices about the split direction
- The *grep* and *xref* buffers now support editable modes
- New feature to review changes to packages before installing or upgrading them
- New theme designed to make Emacs more approachable for new users
Emacs for Mac
Free
In English
Version 31.1
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Apr 27, 2022
Version: 26.3
The version listed here, 26.3, is nearly two years out of date. The latest version on the developer's site is 28.1-3.
I often find it useful to go to the developer's site rather than downloading Macupdate's copy. This illustrates why.
Jun 21, 2020
Version: 26.3
Not an editor, much further and beyond...
Play with Org-mode, dired...
Jan 29, 2020
Version: 26.1
An operating system that believes itself to be a text editor.
Jun 8, 2016
Version: 24.3
Current version is 24.5, and at least version 24.4 is required for the nice prelude https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude
Would be nice if MacUpdate would install a more recent update.
Is there anything I could do to help?
Jun 2, 2011
Version: 22.1
FYI, the current version is 23.3.
The developer web site has changed to:
http://emacsformacosx.com
Builds are archived here:
http://emacsformacosx.com/builds
