Emacs Script Pitfalls (2014)

http://www.lunaryorn.com/2014/08/12/emacs-script-pitfalls.html

by brudgers • 11 years ago

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peatfreak• 11 years ago

I stopped reading at '"real" Emacs is typically installed via Homebrew at /usr/local/bin/emacs'.

ibrahima• 11 years ago

Err, to be fair the context was that OS X usually has a very outdated version of Emacs. (Don't have a Mac so dunno for sure if that's still the case or if the article is out of date.)

cenazoic• 11 years ago

On Yosemite 10.10.3, the emacs version is 22.1.1.

e40• 11 years ago

Yes the version @ http://emacsformacosx.com/ is much better.

rafadc2• 11 years ago

Why?

What is the difference between that and brew install emacs --cocoa?

samatman• 11 years ago

Gotta throw in a pitch for the Japanese Cocoa-native Emacs port: https://github.com/railwaycat/emacs-mac-port

Running this with Spacemacs is... well, surprisingly pleasant. Unicode, pixel level scrolling, image support that isn't totally broken, it's...nice.

chriswarbo• 11 years ago

I've come across this before and it's pretty much correct: using Emacs Lisp as a scripting language can give a huge 'bang for the buck' when automating some existing Emacs feature/application.

For any other task? Definitely avoid ELisp and go for a more 'mainstream' language.

(In fact, I'm currently writing some ELisp scripts to automate ProofGeneral; reading HN while the test suite runs ;) )

Emacs Script Pitfalls (2014)

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