Re: [Mac-emacs-users] mac-emacs, Emacs.app from cmdline

[Enrico F. <fra...@cs...>]

On May 26, Andrew Choi writes:
> > I have installed Enrico's mac-emacs and I wonder, if/how this
> > emacs can be called from the command line. I use the absolute path
> > name /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs somefile &. The
> > startup looks ok (emacs appears with the file) but switching to
> > the emacs is almost impossible. When I press cmd-tab, the
> > mousecursor turns into a wheel. I type a (or some) letter(s) and
> > nothing happens. Then I switch back to the terminal app and press
> > return/enter and then suddenly the pressed letters appear in
> > emacs.
> > 
> > The mac-emacs does not accept any arguments from the command-line,
> > does it?
> 
> Currently there isn't a way to passed command-line options to Emacs
> when it is run in GUI mode.  Had you installed from CVS, this
> information is in the mac/README file.

Well, this is not completely true... 
My applescripts call emacs from a shell command.
As an example, the following works perfectly:
tcsh -c '/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -rv -bg red myfile.tex &'
The general idea is:
tcsh -c '/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs OPTIONS &'
where the ampersand should be before the quote.

cheers
-- e.

Enrico Franconi                     - fra...@cs...
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