Re: Updating Emacs

[Summer Emacs]

Gerardo Moro @ 2022-08-22 13:31 :

> Dear all,

Hi! 🙃

> I currently use Emacs 27.2 (9.0) and need to update to the last version.
> No idea how my current Emacs was installed on my Mac.

You probably installed it via brew.
https://brew.sh

> In case this helps, when I do on Terminal:
>
> § which -a- emacs
>
> /usr/local/bin/emacs
> /opt/local/bin/emacs
> /usr/local/bin/emacs
>
> What would the way to go to update my emacs to the last version without 
> affecting any of my configuration or packages?

I would install railwaycat as it's built with mac stuff in mind (such as
trackpad zoom, mac modifier keys, etc...)

https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport

It's installed via brew as well and works very nicely. It'll upgrade you
to 28.1 and should be fairly painless.

Note:

You'll probably have paths to it such as:
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/emacs-mac/emacs-28.1-mac-9.0
and
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/emacs-mac/emacs-28.1-mac-9.0/share/emacs/28.1/etc/

Note that /opt is for M1 macs only. If you have an Intel, it will be in
/usr, I think. It won't be hard to find as it sets it up for you and
outputs stuff in the terminal which you should copy/paste into a note to
make sure you remember it (and debug if there are any problems).

I hope this helps!

One more thing to note: I'm pretty new to it all, I've only been doing
it for a couple of months, but I figured I would reply and see if I can
help from my own experience. Also, I literally write everything down in
notes (using Prot's denote) so that I don't forget stuff like this. 🙃

> Thanks!
> G.

Summer.

P.S. If you're just using terminal on a Mac, that's fine, but I would
check out iTerm 2 (completely free and amazing): https://iterm2.com


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Summer,
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Because I'm becoming a NEWBIE at this!