Hi -
I upgraded to Emacs 23 a while back and when I did the File, Edit, Options, and other menu options are not available on OS X Snow Leopard. Any ideas how to get them back?
Thanks!
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The fact that you used "carbon-emacs" as a tag leads me to believe you probably do not have the Cocoa version, which is highly recommended to the point of being the standard GNU Emacs for the Mac going forward. Check here for a .dmg package.
pajato0
2010-01-28 22:23:42
pajato0, that is actually where I got my emacs from, but thank you! It looks exactly like carbon emacs, so I thought it was.
m7d
2010-01-30 05:10:46
Ok, now you are on to something. I can get the textual menu which is actually very cool. Thanks a lot for that tip. I still want them back in the native OS X menu location, but this will work until I find the issue. Thanks a lot.
m7d
2010-01-30 05:16:10
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Try executing M-x menu-bar-mode. If that works, make sure that you don't disable the menu bar in your .emacs.
liwp
2010-01-29 14:55:39
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I hit this problem and found the following root cause. I don't have a fix yet but thought I'd post to see if this matches the original poster's issue.
I am using Synergy to share a keyboard and mouse across multiple side-by-side machines. My Macbook is running OS X 10.6.3, and is a Synergy "client". Using the shared mouse, the Emacs 23.3 menus do not work; however, using the touchpad on the Macbook, the menus do work. I'm using Synergy v1.3.1 on the Mac.
The only work-around I've found is to use either the Macbook touchpad or a mouse connected directly to the Macbook.
Tad Coburn
2010-08-24 14:54:21
Thanks for your input Tad. This wasn't my situation. I ended up switching back to Carbon Emacs for a variety of reasons.
m7d
2010-09-17 20:34:45