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How to set the transparency of Emacs window?
;; Set transparency of emacs (defun transparency (value) “Sets the transparency of the frame window. Note that unlike other transparency hacks (like the background image hack below), it’s not merely showing your desktop background image, but is true translucency—you can see other windows behind your Emacs window.
Is there a way to show text behind Emacs?
Note that unlike other transparency hacks (like the background image hack below), it’s not merely showing your desktop background image, but is true translucency—you can see other windows behind your Emacs window. It’s not terribly useful to show text underneath because it’s hard to read the text in the foreground window.
How can I install Emacs correctly on OS X?
To install emacs using the Mac terminal use command “brew install emacs” ONLY if home-brew is already installed. Otherwise install home-brew first using command /usr/bin/ruby -e “$ (curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install )”.
What do you get when you run Emacs 24?
The message you get when you run emacs –version indicates a partially installed version of emacs 24. Running brew doctor should help identify the problems. Upgrade any brew stuff you have in case any of them are pre-requisites
Is there a background image in GNU Emacs?
As for an actual background image, I don’t know when that’s ever been in the modern incarnation of GNU emacs, although it has probably been in some variants at times. Hard to know unless someone actually mentions what version they were using. – Quantheory
How to simulate transparency with a background image?
Simulating transparency with a background image M-x customize-face → default → Background → Value Menu → 1 = Image → File (path) Then you could Save for Future Sessions to save this configuration in your InitFile. If you’d rather hack it by hand, something like the following will work:
Which is better emacs.app or Aquamacs?
If you’ve used Emacs before and already have your own Emacs initialization file, then Emacs.app is likely a better choice. As compared to Aquamacs, Emacs.app is more traditional in its approach, prefers a single frame, and is more likely to work with existing emacs initialization files.
Are there any Emacs binaries for Mac OS?
Binaries for OS X. The official Emacs fully supports Mac OS X (along with GNU/Linux, Windows, DOS, and then some). You can find precompiled versions of emacs and Emacs.app at http://emacsformacosx.com/. A copy of GNU Emacs 22 without GUI support compiled in is available on all recent versions of Mac OS X via the shell.
How can I save an image in Emacs?
M-x customize-face → default → Background → Value Menu → 1 = Image → File (path) Then you could Save for Future Sessions to save this configuration in your InitFile. If you’d rather hack it by hand, something like the following will work: