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Ask HN: Emacs on macOS Ventura on Apple Silicon | Dec 2022

update: tried this build script and seems good

https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos

Using libgccjit to make Emacs 2.3x to 42x faster [pdf] | May 2021

I tried this on macOS a few months ago and it was pretty rocky just getting the thing compiled. I tried again last night and it pretty much Just Worked(tm) thanks to this[1] project.

Note: this was on an Intel mac; anyone with an M1 tried this yet?

I did run into some problems with some newer packages on the GNU ELPA. (Specifically consult, marginalia, and vertico by github.com/minad) Straight.el complained about not being able to find the packages. Any suggestions on what I might try to fix this?

[1]: https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos

Emacs 27.2 | Mar 2021

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I've just tried it on macOS, built by this tool: https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos

Unfortunately it keeps locking up my entire computer so might not be a goer just yet.

Emacs 27.2 | Mar 2021

Yes, it's pretty solid running Doom Emacs. There's a handy macOS build script/helper:

https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos

The author curates a list of "known good" commits to the feature/native-comp branch so you don't waste your time with bad builds:

https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos/issues/6

Emacs Survey | Oct 2020

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Just yesterday I think I achieved such parity. Everything is working wonderfully (though, again, it's only been one day, so I can't speak to longevity).

I'm using the native-compiled branch of emacs28 on macOS (see https://github.com/jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos). I'm using spacemacs, so I don't know how helpful my config will be, but for python I'm using lsp-mode with pyright on the backend.

I've been using emacs for ~2yrs, and there were a lot of things I loved about it, but code completion has always been mediocre until now.