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how install emacs 26 (or whatever latest ver) on mac

Someone (in another SE answer) mentioned a feature thats only available in 26, so I guess now I gotta upgrade. How do you install emacs 26 on macOS Sierra? What I tried: Googled how install emacs 26 Mac, brew install emacs.
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How can I have the latest version of emacs always

I love using Emacs and I want to have the latest version of Emacs always. But on my Ubuntu machine Emacs won't be upgraded automatically during the regular software updates. Even when I run sudo apt-get upgrade emacs it says I have the latest Emacs…
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How to automate installation of packages with .emacs file?

My ~/.emacs (which you can find on GitHub) file loads several different Emacs packages and I would like them to be automatically installed as soon as Emacs starts up, if they are not already installed. This way if I have to reinstall my Ubuntu 16.04…
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Emacs on new Mac M1?

Is anyone successfully running a windowed emacs, (not terminal emacs), on one of the new Mac M1s? Does this port work? https://emacsformacosx.com Is there another?
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Installing Emacs from source: 'make' fatal error: 'libxml/tree.h' file not found

I wish to run Emacs from the latest development version. I've downloaded the latest Emacs development version from https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs (with git clone -b master git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git), ran autogen.sh as suggested here,…
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eww ---> libxml2 library not found

Windows 10 (64 bit), Emacs 25.1. I try to open in Emacs some web page. E.g. www.google.com. So M-x eww Enter URL: www.google.com But I get error: libxml2 library not found
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How to install GNU Emacs on Windows 10 Pro?

I can't find a clear tutorial for how to install GNU Emacs on Windows 10. Normally there are a few tricks required to get it running properly, so I thought I would ask here before trying one of the Windows 8 tutorials. The specific “flavour” of…
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How to install a specific version of package?

When I do M-x package-install RET magit it installs the latest version of magit which is 2.1.0. I want to install magit 1.4.2. I don't want to do it manually by downloading and loading package. For example, if I am downloading a python package, I…
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installing emacs: which x-toolkit?

I am installing Emacs 24.5.0, and I want to install it with X. I am on Fedora. the configuration script cannot find any x-toolkit. How do I find out which one is good for me, and in which folder do I find it? Somewhere I have read that the x-toolkit…
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Create private spacemacs layer for yafolding

I had tried to create my first (private) layer for spacemacs, for the yafolding package. So I had created the ~/.emacs.d/private/yafolding/packages.el file with the following contents: (setq yafolding-packages '( yafolding )) (setq…
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Unable to launch in macOS Catalina

I recently upgraded my Mac to Catalina 10.15.6. I also upgraded emacs to 27.1. When I try to start it, I get an error: "Emacs" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software: I tried downloading the dmg directly from…
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How to update Org-mode through Emacs' Package Manager?

I have org-version 9.1.9 installed and am attempting to install the latest version 9.2.2 I followed the instructions on https://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#installing-via-elpa. On my system, M-x list-packages lists two "org": org …
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Installing Emacs from source: no 'configure' file

I wish to build the latest development version of Emacs from source. I've browsed to https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs and executed the command suggested on the front page, namely git clone -b master git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git I then read…
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What is the proper way to identify a font for .spacemacs file?

Spacemacs isn't finding my Source Code Pro font files, and I think it's a naming issue. I have the fonts installed and in the font cache, /usr/local/share$ fc-list : file | grep…
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Is it possible to wrap a small package not listed on MELPA/ELPA via use-package? How to do it?

I like this Emacs package called Emacs Centered Point link. I must highlight that it is not listed on MELPA/ELPA. Until now, I have just appended the snippet to my init file with the following and it works: (define-minor-mode centered-point-mode …
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