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~/src/M2/M2.git/M2/distributions/dmg/ReadMe-MacOSX.rtf recommends aquamacs, but "emacs for mac os x" from https://emacsformacosx.com/ is just as good, if not better, and should be mentioned on an equal footing.
@DanGrayson I'm looking at these readme files for the mac now. Do our users have to runxattr after they get our tarball?
In order for any of these emacs to work (i.e. to be able to read the user Macaulay2 directory, for me, it needs to be started from the command line. @DanGrayson do you have suggestions for what we should tell our users about setting that up? Is that not required any longer?
@DanGrayson I'm looking at these readme files for the mac now. Do our users have to run
xattrafter they get our tarball?
I don't know.
@DanGrayson What is the status with zsh on Catalina? (note: I plan on upgrading m y macOS, but I want to make sure the mac distribution works under High Sierra first).
edit: does our setup() command write to zsh init files at all?
@DanGrayson if you place a preliminary dmg file on our web site, in a nonstandard relatively hidden location, we can ask a couple of people to try it. Alternatively, I just mention your fix in the readme, in case they need it.
@DanGrayson What is the status with zsh on Catalina? (note: I plan on upgrading m y macOS, but I want to make sure the mac distribution works under High Sierra first).
Something was done about it.
edit: does our
setup()command write to zsh init files at all?
I just looked, and it munges .zshrc only if the file exists. I'll fix that, and make it munge .zprofile instead.
And I don't know why we're putting the same lines into .bashrc and .profile. The latter should be enough.
@DanGrayson We have 3 files for the readme for mac:
ReadMe-MacOS.rtf
ReadMe-MacOS.txt
and the webpage
https://faculty.math.illinois.edu/Macaulay2/Downloads/MacOSX/index.html
The one on the web page is a good place to have it. Perhaps we should somehow make all of these identical.
Also, we could have a markdown page on github about it too? (Again, hopefully the same, if possible)
It would certainly be good to have just one version of those three files.
Should we make it a markdown file on github, then just point people to that file? (from website and from the dmg file)
@DanGrayson What is the status with zsh on Catalina? (note: I plan on upgrading m y macOS, but I want to make sure the mac distribution works under High Sierra first).
Something was done about it.
edit: does our
setup()command write to zsh init files at all?I just looked, and it munges
.zshrconly if the file exists. I'll fix that, and make it munge.zprofileinstead.
Done in commit 480e0899a4f49f2fd2a0bdd4d57c4f353afe4d34
Should we make it a markdown file on github, then just point people to that file? (from website and from the dmg file)
Sounds good.
In order for any of these emacs to work (i.e. to be able to read the user Macaulay2 directory, for me, it needs to be started from the command line. @DanGrayson do you have suggestions for what we should tell our users about setting that up? Is that not required any longer?
I just tried starting a Mac emacs app, and it failed by not finding the elpa package cmake-mode. It's a mystery to me!
That is probably in your home directory? Starting an app by double clicking it I think doesn't allow it to read anythiing in your .emacs file/directory...
It must be reading ~/.emacs, or it wouldn't have tried to load cmake-mode.