[cpr]

I use Terminal-based Emacs exclusively. Couldn't stand all the "distractions" (bells and whistles) of Aquamacs. But, more importantly, with this mode I can use Emacs everywhere, including my servers over ssh, with exactly the same setup.

I bind Option to Meta in Terminal.app and that works very well.

[falsestprophet]

Terminal > Preferences > Settings > Keyboard > select the 'Use option as meta key' checkbox

[jollyjerry]

I agree with Terminal emacs being available anywhere. I do miss the anti-aliased fonts that are available in Emacs.app, but I have to be able to start separate emacs processes for different projects.

Also instead of using cmd-c and cmd-v Mac key bindings, I do M-| (shell-command-on-region) to 'pbcopy' to copy the region to the OSX clipboard. It's a godsend.

[cpr]

But, but, but, if you use anti-aliased fonts in Terminal, you're all set in Emacs (as well as everything else).

[zzkt]

(defun remove-distractions () (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 'fullboth))

[mark_h]

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work any more in cocoa emacs.

[wfarr]

I don't believe it ever worked in Cocoa Emacs. It was a patch applied to the independently distributed Carbon Emacs.