Emacs for PowerPC

[Christian Calderon]

The newest version I’ve successfully built for PowerPC is 24.5 I think. I think it had to be on 10.5.8 though. It’s been a long time. You might be able to download a binary from emacsformacosx.com.


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> On Apr 30, 2025, at 2:27 AM, michele.bert at posteo.net wrote:
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>> On 30.04.2025 10:11, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
>> Hi,
>> michele.bert at posteo.net wrote:
>>> Anyone here using an Emacs instance on a PPC-Mac?
>>> I would like to install it on my iBook G4 running Tiger, and since it
>>> will take quite a long time to compile it, I appreciate if anyone can
>>> point me directly to a working version, instead of trying several by
>>> myself.
>> I suppose you ask about "Aqua Emacs", Quartz, not X11.
> Both are possibilities I am considering. I used to be an AquaEmacs
> user on the macbook-pro running ElCapitan, until I dismissed it a
> couple of years ago, but it was an intel already.
> 
> What I really need is support for org-mode.
> 
> I also have a version of Emacs running under classic (basically
> like a terminal emulator in a mac window), I haven't tried yet
> whether it runs org-mode, but I guess doesn't!
> 
> --
> Mick