emacs: only runs in terminal (no GUI)

[cajhww]

I installed emacs with macport "sudo port install emacs" and the emacs application at /opt/ local/bin/emacs, but when starting the editor it will only come up in the terminal, not with a GUI. This is despite the fact that other X11 applications (like keys) will happily open up X graphics. Any ideas on how to get a GUI to work?

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

I think you want either the gtk, motif, or x11 variant?

% port variants emacs
emacs has the variants:
   dbus: Builds emacs with D-Bus support
   gtk: Builds emacs as an X11 program with GTK+3 widgets
     * requires x11
   imagemagick: Use ImageMagick
     * requires x11
   motif: Builds emacs as an X11 program with Motif widgets
     * requires x11
[+]nativecomp: Builds emacs with native compilation support
[+]treesitter: Builds emacs with tree-sitter support
   universal: Build for multiple architectures
   x11: Builds emacs as a X11 program with Lucid widgets
   xwidgets: Enable use of xwidgets in Emacs buffers
     * requires gtk

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

There's also the emacs-app port which I presume is a GUI.

[catap (Kirill A. Korinsky)]

Yes, emacs-app is gui version, indeed

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Is any other information needed or can we close this ticket?