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Emacs 2025-10-14_00-09-33,0dd8138d3f1a5ce8f5bde5cc671fe22b9b00912d

GNU Emacs text editor

Installation

System wide:

{
  environment.systemPackages = with nix-casks.packages.${system}; [
    emacs-app_nightly # Emacs
  ];
}

Home Manager:

{
  home.packages = with nix-casks.packages.${system}; [
    emacs-app_nightly # Emacs
  ];
}

Package Definition

{
  "pname": "emacs-app_nightly",
  "version": "2025-10-14_00-09-33,0dd8138d3f1a5ce8f5bde5cc671fe22b9b00912d",
  "src": {
    "url": "https://emacsformacosx.com/emacs-builds/Emacs-2025-10-14_00-09-33-0dd8138d3f1a5ce8f5bde5cc671fe22b9b00912d-universal.dmg",
    "sha256": "7a4521e44626cb2daf0b08a96a44fed27ea3be24260281d156ab40244516c3cd"
  },
  "installPhase": [
    "mkdir -p \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app\" && cp -r \"Emacs.app\" \"$out/Applications\"",
    "mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs\" \"$out/bin/emacs\"",
    "mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-arm64-11/ebrowse\" \"$out/bin/ebrowse\"",
    "mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-arm64-11/emacsclient\" \"$out/bin/emacsclient\"",
    "mkdir -p \"$out/bin\" && ln -s \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-arm64-11/etags\" \"$out/bin/etags\"",
    "mkdir -p \"$out/usr/local/share/man/man1\" && ln -s \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz\" \"$out/usr/local/share/man/man1/ebrowse.1.gz\"",
    "mkdir -p \"$out/usr/local/share/man/man1\" && ln -s \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacs.1.gz\" \"$out/usr/local/share/man/man1/emacs.1.gz\"",
    "mkdir -p \"$out/usr/local/share/man/man1\" && ln -s \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz\" \"$out/usr/local/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz\"",
    "mkdir -p \"$out/usr/local/share/man/man1\" && ln -s \"$out/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/man/man1/etags.1.gz\" \"$out/usr/local/share/man/man1/etags.1.gz\""
  ],
  "meta": {
    "description": "GNU Emacs text editor",
    "homepage": "https://emacsformacosx.com/"
  }
}