> Emacs support is on by default in MacOS.

Given that the author is siding with the usability of macOS with something like Emacs over using it in a GNU/Linux distro is somewhat a surprising discovery and perhaps an insight into the falsehood of having a 'consistent' Linux Desktop; even for power-users like the author.

If one has to go through a maze of settings and config files to configure Emacs shortcuts to work 'consistently' on either a GNOME or KDE desktop even for a typical developer, then I would at first question myself if such an endeavour is 'worth it' for something as arcane as Emacs.

While it was a great spectacle to watch the Vi/Emacs wars, I'm afraid that I would favour getting my work done on my MacBook, thank you very much rather than messing around with something that could be easily mistaken as the editor for the prehistoric years.

na85

I use the railwaycat port of emacs, which is frankly what any macos-based emacs user should use. I provides smooth scrolling, an interface with applescript, touch bar support, and lets you use os-native hotkeys including Command-as-Meta.

spudlyo

I agree that the Mitsuharu version of emacs is pretty great on the Mac, but the lack[0] of multi-tty[1] support is a deal breaker for me. I like emacs-plus[2], which while not quite as nice as the railwaycat/mitsuharu version, allows me to run text frames and GUI frames on the same server process.

[0]: https://bitbucket.org/mituharu/emacs-mac/pull-requests/2/add...

[1]: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MultiTTYSupport

[2]: https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus