#Aquamacs app install#
#Aquamacs app full#
#Aquamacs app software#
#Aquamacs app code#
#Aquamacs app series#

It's not practical to give Mac ports/builds of GNU programs a gnu icon (even with a fresh design for each distinct program).īut it has become apparent as we've crafted other options, and collected input on them, that the distinctiveness of the icon is more important than the connection it makes to the app's function or name.

#Aquamacs app software#

The list of 'GNU Projects' at lists 340 software packages, of which 40+ have names beginning with GNU (and Emacs isn't one of that subset). Not only that, but GNU is nothing particular to Emacs. To the new user who isn't familar with GNU Emacs, the GNU connection is not apparent or important. Our app is Aquamacs Emacs, but the icon is a gnu. Textwrangler has a W in rope, so that connects to 'wrangler'. A few of the less direct icon metaphors that have come up: Transmit - a truck delivers physical items, like FTP delivers data files Cyberduck - who knows what the program has to do with a duck, but the icon certainly connects to the name. Almost all app icons display something related to the application's function, or at least its name. A subtle refreshing of it might make sense,Įspecially to make it render nicely at 512 pixels, but scrapping it Think the clipboard is the strongest one, but I prefer the original iconĪbove all of them. It would make no sense to change them just because Apple's HIG'sĪmong the various options that were put forward for the new icon, I All of these icons have strong brand recognition among users, and Or Cyberduck-its icon is a rubber duck! Or Look at Panic's applications-a truckįor the FTP client, a leaf for their web development tool, and a magnetįor their nntp reader. Adium is not the only app out there that uses a I understand that these are Apple's HIG's, but they are just

#Aquamacs app code#

> or even 'general-purpose text, code and planning tool'. > that it does not represent a metaphor for 'editor', 'text', 'writing', > Well, the reason is that the icon is not a Mac-like icon in the sense Could we help you? Return the favor and Also, now (2.0) would be a good time to re. On the other hand, I know of only one popular app (Adium) that getsĪway with such a non-metaphoric figure, and the icons on OS X are So, what do we do? One option is to revise the current logo, perhapsīy making it a little more 'Aqua' and a little more glowing. Despite all the work that Jessie (whoĬontributed #2-#5) and I have done, it seems that we haven't found Re-branding is always tricky, and I'd only like to do it if the new And obviously there is some brand recognition at leastĪmong our current users.

Hand, their reasoning makes sense: Emacs and Aquamacs are platformsįor doing more than working with the kinds of text you'd expect to see Time and associate this icon with the application. I asked are fans of the program, they have been using it for a long Of course we have to take this result with a grain of salt: the people The people have spoken: they want to keep the current gnu head icon. I suggest you sit down and read some of the docs for ECB and CEDET.You will have seen my previous message summarizing the results of the

Restart aquamacs and you should have ECB available, including docs.

Symlink the info-help directory to info and create a dir file.

Disadvantage: ECB- and semantic-options first available after starting ECB): WARNING: This doesn't work with the CVS version of ECB unless edit Makefile and run make. Disadvantage: Increasing loadtime2): ( require 'ecb ) If you want to load the ECB first after starting it by ecb-activate (Advantage: Fast loading3. If you want to load the complete ECB at (X)Emacs-loadtime (Advantage: All ECB-options available after loading ECB. ( add-to-list 'load-path '/Users/YOUR USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Aquamacs Emacs/ecb-2.40' ) Choose one of the following. Untar the file in ~/Library/Application Support/Aquamacs Emacs:

#Aquamacs app install#

That (yet?!) so you need to install it yourself.

#Aquamacs app full#

Semantic isĪ full install of CEDET is required for ECB and Aquamacs doesn’t come with

I don’t fully grok them all, but some are nice. Installed Aquamacs.app into /Applications/ CEDETĬEDET is a collection of emacs tools to make Note before continuing: I’m using the version numbers I got installing

#Aquamacs app series#

The new 2.x series no longer requires theĭvorak hack I posted about earlier (yay!)Ģ.1 has a nice new mechanism for plugins, so here are instructions for making

When you get ECB, you need a version newer thanĢ.40, which at this time means getting the CVS version. I still recommend creating the site-start.elįile for CEDET but beware the differences between CEDET shipped with EmacsĪnd the stand-alone version. Aquamacs 2.3a (the latest at this time) has CEDET already in it skip the