how to install emacs23 on Mac OSX without GUI

Question

What's the best way to install Emacs23 on Mac OSX. I want to launch it from the terminal, without any X-windows or other GUI business.

I tried http://emacsformacosx.com/ but that launches a Mac application. I just want the text-only version inside of Terminal.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I would think that any GNU Emacs would accept the -nw command line option; the http://emacsformacosx.com/ version included.

You can then use a shell alias or wrapper script to do that by default.

e.g. for bash, you could use alias emacs="emacs -nw" (and add it to your .bashrc file to make it persistent).

Answer 2

if you use macports:

sudo port install emacs

Answer 3

Homebrew has Emacs packages available.