Re: no package.el emacs 24.5.1 -- Classic Meta test

[Sanjeev Sariya]

Hello Fran,

Thanks for your reply.
Yep, I'm not used to Mac much, it has Escape as Meta key. 

All M-x
are then performed using Esc-X :)

Best,
Sanjeev

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On Sunday, 11 October 2015 17:20:34 UTC-4, Francis Belliveau  wrote:
> I would like to clarify something that Sanjeev alludes to:
>   When worrying about the reason for M-x, or any other Meta key, is not 
> functioning one should consider the fact that there is not always a Meta key 
> available.
> Command versus option do not make it through all interfaces.
> 
> Always try using the Escape key in place of meta, since that usually gets 
> through, and if that works then you know the problem is with the interface, 
> not the emacs installation.
> 
> Fran
> 
> 
> > On Oct 11, 2015, at 16:41, Sanjeev Sariya <sanjeevsariya@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi John,
> > Thanks for your reply, and warm welcome. :)
> > 
> > I've been able to get emacs working. I'm running into more hiccups, will 
> > create separate threads for them.
> > 
> > Thanks for your attention to my post.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Sanjeev
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > On Wednesday, 7 October 2015 15:37:16 UTC-4, John Mastro  wrote:
> >> Sanjeev Sariya <sanjeevsariya@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi Emacs community,
> >>> 
> >>> I'm new to emacs. I'm trying to add couple of bells and whistles to it.
> >>> I upgraded it's version to 24.5.1 Mac OSX
> >> 
> >> Welcome!
> >> 
> >>> When I type emacs on terminal I get:
> >>> 
> >>> ;; This buffer is for notes you don't want to save, and for Lisp 
> >>> evaluation.
> >>> ;; If you want to create a file, visit that file with C-x C-f,
> >>> ;; then enter the text in that file's own buffer.
> >> 
> >> This is expected - it's the *scratch* buffer. If you instead invoke
> >> Emacs as `emacs /path/to/file' it will start you in a buffer showing
> >> that file's contents. Or, as the note above says, you can use `C-x C-f'
> >> (control-x followed by control-f) to open a file from within Emacs.
> >> 
> >>> There's no package.el present in
> >>> 
> >>> ~/.emacs.d/
> >> 
> >> This too is expected - package.el is installed along with Emacs's other
> >> Lisp source files, not in your ~/.emacs.d/
> >> 
> >>> Without this nothing would load, and no M-x would work.
> >> 
> >> Can you be more specific regarding "nothing would load"? What did you
> >> try and what errors did you receive?
> >> 
> >> One thing you should probably do is to add this form at the top of your
> >> ~/.emacs.d/init.el file:
> >> 
> >> (package-initialize)
> >> 
> >> M-x not working might be related to your terminal rather than Emacs
> >> itself. For instance, on OS X I believe you use the "option" key for
> >> meta (rather than command, as I personally prefer and originally
> >> expected).
> >> 
> >> How did you install Emacs? You might find it more comfortable to use
> >> Emacs in its GUI mode rather than at the terminal.
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> john