Hi John,

To load the emacs mode of recent versions of Ciao you have to include the following lines in your .emacs

(if (file-exists-p "/usr/local/lib/ciao/ciao-mode-init.el")
 (load-file "/usr/local/lib/ciao/ciao-mode-init.el")
)

This should work with aquamacs, /usr/bin/emacs or Carbon emacs (http://emacsformacosx.com/)

Otherwise to use the Alt (Option) key as Meta Key under Terminal.app, do the following:
Go to Preferences > Settings > Keyboard > Use option as meta key.

In general you can find other useful tips about Emacs and MacOS on emacswiki.org
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsForMacOS

I hope it will help.

Best,

Remy

8/14/14 7:07 AM, John O'Gorman:

Hi

Further problems.

I decided to try /usr/bin/emacs in place of Aquamacs.
Problems
The Alt (Option) key is not treated by emacs as the Meta key. (It was by Aquamacs).
But ESC followed by say x did work as expected.
But nothing else did. The DOTemacs.el file does not execute properly.
I haven't yet figured out how to debug where emacs lisp is going wrong.
Emacs version is 22.1.1 on OS X 10.9.4

Can anyone suggest how to get the Alt (Option) key to be mapped to Meta for emacs?
And how can I get the load-file instructions to produce debugging messages?

Regards
John O'Gorman

On 14/08/14 09:51, John O'Gorman wrote:

Hi

I started out on the journey of compiling CiaoDE source on the Mac.
I immediately ran into the problem you mentioned about Clang instead of GNU gcc  being supplied with Xcode.

Rather than reinstalling the gcc stuff, I will wait for your next distribution for Mac OS X 10.9.4.

Incidentally, when I tried /usr/bin/emacs it did not complain about ciao-mode but nevertheless it did not change into ciao-mode.
When I tried to M-x ciao-mode it did not jump into the minibuffer.
So I will continue to investigate that.

Regards
John O'Gorman

On 13/08/14 11:33, ciao@clip.dia.fi.upm.es wrote:

This could be because Ciao is using the default Emacs on MacOS
(/usr/bin/emacs) instead of Aquamacs during installation. Can you try
to clean up and restart installation from scratch with:

./ciaosetup configure --menu

(you may also need to set
--cc=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/4.8.3_1/bin/gcc-4.8 or wherever your gcc
is, since that 1.15 still needed gcc --newer versions compile with
clang but we have not got around making a distro, sorry; this should
happen shortly). Select

  > Please select level of interaction:
  >
  >     1 --  Fully automatic (recommended).
  >     2 --  Manually configure just a minimum set of options.
  >     3 --  Manually configure an extended set of options.
  >
  > INTERACTIVE_CONFIG=[1] ? 2
  >
  > Select the type of installation:
  >
  >     global -- Install the system in a separate location from the
  >               sources and set up things to use the installed version.
  >               The system will not require the sources to run, and
  >               they can be erased after installation.
  >     local  -- The system will be compiled in, and run from the
  >               sources (this is specially useful for developers).
  >
  > INSTYPE=[global] ? local
  >
  > Registration type:
  >
  >     all  --  Make the system available to all users. Typically you
  >              you will need to complete the installation as root.
  >     user --  Make the system available only for the current user
  >              (configure it in the user's home directory).
  >
  > REGISTRATION_TYPE=[user] ? user

and, simply 'enter' for everything else, except:

  > The version of emacs that you wish to use with Ciao. The
  > development environment will be compiled for use with this version.
  >
  > EMACS_FOR_CIAO=[/usr/bin/emacs] ? /Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Aquamacs

(with no space at the end of the line). And then './ciaosetup build',
'./ciaosetup docs', './ciaosetup install'. This should work. Please
let us know.

MH

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