[neonscribe]

https://emacsformacosx.com/ is a very good port to MacOS. One advantage of Emacs on MacOS is that the Command key is not part of the traditional Emacs key bindings. This port uses Option for Meta and supports most of the usual MacOS Command key shortcuts, so you can use the familiar MacOS keys as well as the official Emacs key bindings.

[m463]

I agree with everything you've said. I used to use Xquarts and xemacs but then that became available for a quick download.

I will mention cmd-c / cmd-w is still an anomaly. I sometimes capitalize stuff or close windows.