Emacs for Mac again

Just a couple of days ago I had a posting on Emacs for Mac OS X (Tiger). Several options exists. The one I'm using today is called the Carbon Emacs Package (Japan). Another option is the Enhanced Carbon Emacs (Italy). A third option is Aquamacs, an Aqua-native build of Emacs with a Mac-style (it features extensive customization that enables it to conform better with Apple's standard Human Interface Guidelines [HIG] than standard versions of the editor do). Aquaemacs can even use a plugin to keep the extended environment of the Enhanced Carbon Emacs (see above). Yet Another Carbon Emacs Distribution (yaced) is also an option. Which one to choose? If you prefere a mac-style interface (Alt-o and not Ctrl-x-f to open file), Aquaemacs is your choice. The other three distributions, I don't know. All are based on a new Emacs release (21.3.50). Check out the web-pages about features and download and try them.

Update: Another option is Emacs.app, NeXT/OpenStep Emacs for GNUstep and OS X. It is still pre1 (beta?), but I will try this later today. [via]

Update: A new version of Aquamacs is now avilable (version 0.9.7). This update fixes/adds a lot of the things I have been waiting for, and it confirms that Aquamacs still is my prefered Emacs on Mac (even if Emacs.app looks promissing). The most important updates in Aquamacs 0.9.7 for me are the possibility to map the function key on my keyboard to the emacs meta key, and to be able to print the buffer with faces using the standard Mac printing menu (selecting any printer, not just the default).

September 28 2005 (aa)