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Aquamacs is a Mac OS X port of the Emacs text editor, running as a standalone application.

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Upgrade org-mode with Aquamacs

As is asked and answered in here, Aquamacs has the org-mode that is pretty old, and there are some problems with capturing. How can I upgrade the org-mode with Aquamacs? Is it OK just copy lisp/*.el to somewhere?
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Aquamacs overrides my custom-set-faces options

I've just installed Aquamacs on my Mac. I have a .emacs file in my home, which contains all my customizations. Among these, I have: (custom-set-faces '(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "black" :foreground "grey70" :inverse-video nil :box nil…
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Auto-load gfm-mode

I have installed markdown-mode.el as described here. How do I get Emacs (specifically, Aquamacs) to load gfm-mode rather than markdown-mode for .markdown files? In case it's important, the relevant section(s) of my ~/.emacs currently look(s) like…
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Aquamacs automatic line break configuration

When editing a text file with Aquamacs, if I type a long line it likes to automatically break the line (insert a newline) after ~70 characters. How do I turn this "feature" off?
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which auto-complete mode to use for writing English in Emacs

What's the best Emacs auto-complete mode to use for writing prose in English? My main requirement would be to automatically complete its best guess as to the MOST LIKELY match with a single keystroke, rather than forcing me to navigate and choose…
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Kill compilation buffer after success

I'm using aquamacs on Mac OS X. In my .emacs file I have the following: (setq compilation-window-height 8) (setq compilation-finish-function (lambda (buf str) (if (string-match "exited abnormally" str) ;;there were…
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Emacs rebind C-i while keeping bindings

I'm using Aquamacs. It can distinguish between , the actual tab key, and TAB, which comes from typing C-i. I want to bind C-i to 'next-line permanently. This works for that: (global-set-key (kbd "TAB") 'next-line) But then mode maps override…
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How to troubleshoot Aquamacs / Emacs - Problems opening files with TRAMP

How to troubleshoot Aquamacs, or I guess standard Emacs troubleshooting techniques should work with Aquamacs too. In this case i'd want just to raise the logging level, but i'm interested in other possibilities as well as i'm just getting used to…
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How to resize an Aquamacs window?

When I disconnect my external cinema display monitor from my Mac laptop (running OS X 10.6), many windows become overly sized, especially Aquamacs (and the terminal window). It creates a frustrating situation where the window is too big for the…
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Aquamacs seems to ignore the "~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs Emacs/customizations.el" file it creates

Running Aquamacs 3.0a on Mac OS X 10.8.5, I used customize-faces to change the background and foreground and to pick a nice font. Aquamacs added the following lines to a file it created called ~/Library/Preferences/Aquamacs…
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Aquamacs, MacOS and language specific hotkeys

I'm running Aquamacs on Mac OS Lion. Input mode is set to native. When I switch input language to Russian all hotkeys stop working. As all keys are interpreted as Russian keys. Is there a simple way to make ^C work no matter which input language I…
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Aquamacs: How to Remap Capslock to Meta Key, at Application Level?

In aquamacs, how can I remap the capslock key to meta? I can remap command to control using: (setq mac-command-modifier 'ctrl) Is there a similar way to remap the capslock? EDIT: I know that I can remap keys in the system preferences, but I'd…
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How to open current TextMate file in another application

I'm basically using TextMate only for its project drawer, find in project, and AckMate. What I'd like to do is automatically open the current file in another application (Aquamacs to be specific). Is there a keyboard shotcut to open the current file…
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Aquamacs-emacs on OS X asks for error report even after complete reinstall

I was using Aquamacs-emacs on OS X 10.5.x as my primary text editor and it crashed when I maxed out my RAM and other stuff (i think thats why). When I tried to restart it, it asked about sending an error report. No matter what I did, the program…
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How can I use matlab's command window from inside emacs?

I am trying to use matlab's command window from inside Emacs. I typed M-! to get the prompt for the shell command, then I typed matlab, and as expected Matlab's command window opened inside emacs, as shown in this figure: The problem is that when…
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