From f871a27b8f01ddf00c1e00c9a017ce1d2fade73b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Choi Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:20:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2002-08-27 Andrew Choi * INSTALL: Add information on starting Emacs as a GUI application from the terminal. --- mac/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ mac/INSTALL | 11 ++++++++--- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mac/ChangeLog b/mac/ChangeLog index 6b6d1f8cec8..aeac7d8f7bf 100644 --- a/mac/ChangeLog +++ b/mac/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-08-27 Andrew Choi + + * INSTALL: Add information on starting Emacs as a GUI application + from the terminal. + 2002-08-15 Andrew Choi * INSTALL: Add instructions for building Carbon version on Macs diff --git a/mac/INSTALL b/mac/INSTALL index c4371281802..57343cc97e0 100644 --- a/mac/INSTALL +++ b/mac/INSTALL @@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ messages and use the existing info files. After Emacs is installed, you can run it by typing `emacs -nw' from a terminal (make sure your path contains /usr/local/bin) or by -double-clicking on mac/Emacs.app in the Finder. At present, -command-line options cannot be passed to Emacs running under the Aqua -GUI. This should soon be fixed. +double-clicking on mac/Emacs.app in the Finder. To start Emacs as a +GUI application from the terminal, the pathname to the executable in +the bundle, i.e., + + .../emacs/mac/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs + +must be typed to the shell to enable Emacs to locate its resources +correctly. If you are building Emacs to run on Mac OS X and X Window, you need to create a directory containing statically-linked X libraries. -- 2.39.5