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2002-08-27 Andrew Choi <akochoi@shaw.ca> * INSTALL: Add information on starting Emacs as a GUI application from the terminal.
author Andrew Choi <akochoi@shaw.ca>
date Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:20:22 +0000
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38 you can type `make -k' instead of `make' and safely ignore the error 38 you can type `make -k' instead of `make' and safely ignore the error
39 messages and use the existing info files. 39 messages and use the existing info files.
40 40
41 After Emacs is installed, you can run it by typing `emacs -nw' from a 41 After Emacs is installed, you can run it by typing `emacs -nw' from a
42 terminal (make sure your path contains /usr/local/bin) or by 42 terminal (make sure your path contains /usr/local/bin) or by
43 double-clicking on mac/Emacs.app in the Finder. At present, 43 double-clicking on mac/Emacs.app in the Finder. To start Emacs as a
44 command-line options cannot be passed to Emacs running under the Aqua 44 GUI application from the terminal, the pathname to the executable in
45 GUI. This should soon be fixed. 45 the bundle, i.e.,
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47 .../emacs/mac/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
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49 must be typed to the shell to enable Emacs to locate its resources
50 correctly.
46 51
47 If you are building Emacs to run on Mac OS X and X Window, you need to 52 If you are building Emacs to run on Mac OS X and X Window, you need to
48 create a directory containing statically-linked X libraries. 53 create a directory containing statically-linked X libraries.
49 54
50 sudo mkdir /usr/X11R6/libstatic 55 sudo mkdir /usr/X11R6/libstatic