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Asked: 2026-05-11T21:34:38+00:00

How can I get emacs 23 working nicely in multi-tty mode on OS X?

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How can I get emacs 23 working nicely in multi-tty mode on OS X?

I’ve added (server-start) to my .emacs, and have discovered that running /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/emacsclient -n ~/myfile.txt will open it in my emacs.app, but it doesn’t bring emacs to the front.

So, how can I get emacs.app to come to the front when I run emacsclient? (I’ve considered writing a function that puts the current frame to the front every time a file is opened, or maybe writing an Applescript to do a similar job that could be called at the same time as emacsclient)

Is the emacsclient within emacs.app the best one to use? I assume I’ll write an alias to it if so, but it seems weird to be using that rather than something in /usr/local/bin

Has anyone got any other tips or examples of getting this working?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The AppleScript would be simple:

    tell app "Emacs" to activate
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