Why does Mandrake's version of Emacs (not XEmacs) not have a toolbar?

LaptopLinux · 06-08-2005, 08:38 AM

Why does the emacs package shipped with Mandriva not have a toolbar gui for things like Open, Save, Cut, Paste, etc. It appears to only have the File, Edit, Options menu, but no gui toolbar. How can I enable the toolbar in this version of emacs?

kencaz · 06-09-2005, 12:57 AM

You can't... emacs is not an X application. You may want to look into XEmacs

http://www.emacs.org/

KC

reddazz · 06-09-2005, 04:26 AM

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Originally posted by LaptopLinux
Why does the emacs package shipped with Mandriva not have a toolbar gui for things like Open, Save, Cut, Paste, etc. It appears to only have the File, Edit, Options menu, but no gui toolbar. How can I enable the toolbar in this version of emacs?

Those options should be available under the file section on the toolbar.

sekelsenmat · 06-09-2005, 07:03 AM

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Originally posted by kencaz
You can't... emacs is not an X application. You may want to look into XEmacs

Of course it is. Emacs will detect if you have X running and will show a window if so.

The unusual appearance of that screen is because emacs gui was created with X11 API instead of GTK or QT.

xemacs has a completely different appearence and was probably built with GTK API.

Look at the wiki on the emacs site to put the toolbars.

LaptopLinux · 06-15-2005, 11:17 PM

Thanks! I got it working.