[Mac-emacs-users] Am I missing something here?

[Tom W. <tom...@in...>]

Hello there.

I have just used the emacs-21.1-2-mac.patch to compile the source 
distribution of emacs-21.1 for mac-os-x-1. I have read throughly the 
readme, and followed the instructions carefully; my machine has 640 MB, 
and has XDarwin installed.

However, attempting to launch the Emacs.app from the Finder, through 
doubble-clicking on the icon, results in a stalled launch of emacs, 
which does nothing and can only be dealt with through explicitly forcing 
it to quit.

I can launch emacs-21 through emacs -nw from the command line, and with 
the suggested lines to ~/.termcap I see a functioning editor with 
font-lock colours displayed, ispell , tex modes, and shell modes 
working. However, this method of  running emacs does not launch new 
frames. Moreover, the function keys f1 through f4 are seen as kp-f1 
through kp-f4, and the functions f5 and above are not seen at all. Since 
f5 through f9 are the emacs recomended function keys reserved for local 
use, this is a most unfortunate situation.

So, the question is simply: Am I missing something here?

For example, does this patch actually work with os-x-1; is there some 
keyboard parameters I need to set correctly; and so on.

On the whole, good work andrew choi and others. Emacs working in an Aqua 
interface is a much nicer result than maintaining an old technology X11 
interface. The fonts are much more readable!

Thanks in advance

Tom Winchester