Emacs Popup Frames Anywere — MacOS Edition

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2024-09-30 10:00:01

This post shows how to set up Emacs popup frames in macOS, allowing quick access to Emacs functions from anywhere on your system.

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As much as I would like to live in Emacs full time, I’m not quite there. But a recent post by Protesilaos Stavrou (aka Prot) is helping me bridge the gap.

Prot has written a short but powerful bit of code that allows you to access any piece of Emacs goodness — like org-capture — from outside Emacs with just one keystroke. The only requirement is that you are running in server-mode or using the Emacs daemon.

Whether you’re in a web browser, a PDF reader, or just staring at an empty desktop, your favorite Emacs command can be right at your fingertips. See Prot’s video for a thorough demonstration.