Fullscreen Emacs in OSX

Question

Is there any way of using Emacs in fullscreen mode in OSX.

I'm currently using Emacs from http://emacsforosx.com/

Answer 1

The build of Emacs distributed via http://emacsforosx.com doesn't include the fullscreen option.

If you use the Homebrew package manager, you can install Emacs with fullscreen support via

brew install emacs --cocoa

You'll then want to link Homebrew's Emacs.app to one in your /Applications directory:

ln -s `brew --prefix`/Cellar/emacs/23.2/Emacs.app /Applications/Emacs.app

Now you'll be able to use fullscreen mode via ns-toggle-fullscreen.

Answer 2

If you run emacs in a terminal, get the new version of iTerm, it has a "Full Screen" mode.

Answer 3

Click the green maximize/zoom twice. The first time maximizes the height, the second click maximizes the width.

Answer 4

While full-screen support has been added to NextStep (Cocoa) version of Emacs several times, it's not accepted upstream, so vanilla Emacs builds don't have it. You might find the patch online and apply it yourself.

In my opinion, the most viable option is to use iTerm (or Apple Terminal on OS X 10.7) in fullscreen mode with console version of emacs. You may want to create an alias for /Applications/Emacs-23.3.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -nw