Emacs not launching independent Xwindow (emacs shell)

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Thanks Dan!  I didn't understand what this meant at first, but for those who
need this in the future, it means you need to install emacs as usual and
then add the "variant" (xll, gtk, etc) which you can search for in the
install.

To get the emacs to look like a fresh Linux GNU emacs without using xemacs
just do:

port install emacs +x11



On 1/18/11 3:34 PM, "Dan Ports" <dports at macports.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 03:22:58PM -0800, gmail wrote:
>> I have installed macports and use many of the other applications without
>> problems.  I have had a problem in getting any of the emacs versions to
>> provide a x-window in the command  ?emacs test &? which should launch GNU
>> emacs into its own window as in a Linux environment.
> 
> Did you install emacs with the +x11 or +gtk (for a prettier interface)
> variant set? Otherwise, you'll just get console-mode emacs.
> 
> Dan