my experience with mac os --install softwares

OK, I decided to install emacs for text editor, skim for pdf reader and Tex for using latex.

The installation of softwares in mac os is rather simple, and I will use the emacs as an example.

1) choose the right software to install.
For using emacs in mac, there are aquaemacs and cabonemacs. Since I have used emacs in Linux enviroment for some time, I decided to download cabon emacs, which seems similar to what I have used before.

I go to http://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/emacs-e.html and click on the 'download'. The package is automatically downloaded to 'home/Download'.

2) double click on CabonEmacs...dmg for installation.

3) drag the executable 'Emacs' (or Emacs.app) to /Applications. Then it is done ! I can click on the symbol of emacs directly to open the emacs text editor.

4) To call emacs from the terminal of mac, I decided to edit the .bashrc.
in the file .bashrc, I added the line :
alias emacs=/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
Then by typing emacs in the terminal, I can easily open the emacs editor.

I did the similar thing to openoffice, skim.
alias soffice=/Applications/OpenOffice.org.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice.bin
alias skim=/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/skim.