Re: Emacs Primer: Emacs on Mac

[Francis Belliveau]

Sorry I am a little late to this discussion.  I want to clear up a small point 
regarding Cocoa.

Cocoa is the name given to the latest OSX programming API.  Its predecessor was 
called Carbon.  During the transition from Carbon-based OSX 8/9 there were some 
compatibility issues with some GUI applications.
Likely the references to Cocoa had to do with a claim to being fully compliant 
with the latest Apple API.


Fran


> On May 23, 2015, at 10:48 AM, Vaidheeswaran C 
> <vaidheeswaran.chinnaraju@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 23 May 2015 06:57 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
>> When I used Mac OS X, it was called Finder, and
>> I didn't see any Emacs back then, but nevertheless
>> today I was able to use the EmacsWiki to find this
>> page
>> 
>>    http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsForMacOS
>> 
>> which mentions Cocoa and Aquamacs and also provides
>> the links
>> 
>>    http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AquamacsEmacs
>>    http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/BuildingAquamacs
>>    http://aquamacs.org
>> 
>> and many others.
> 
> The problem with Emacswiki is I have no idea how reliable the
> information is.  I was hoping to get specific answers and
> recommendations (rather than a link).
> 
> I don't have Mac and I am asking for this information so that I can
> document it in the Emacs Primer.  I will be happy if someone writes a
> detailed reply that would help us all.
> 
>