I first started using the Emacs text editor in high school, got hooked, and continued to use it later in academia and the sofware engineering industry. As a consequence, I've accumulated over the years a lot of custom editor commands that make text editing a pleasant experience. This is my attempt to convert them to Xcode 8+ source extensions. The original Elisp implementation is also included as a commentary for each command class.
The Xcode source extensions API is still limited, so there's some commands that I cannot port. Radars for the current API limitations with my suggestions to the Developer Tools group at Apple will also be linked here.
- Download the latest version from the GitHub release page
- Unzip and move the XcodeMacs.app file into your
/Applicationsfolder. - Go to macOS System Preferences > Extensions.
- Select Xcode Source Editor from the left menu,
- Ensure there is a checkmark in front of XcodeMacs
After doing these steps, restart Xcode. You should now see the entry XcodeMacs in Xcode in the Editor menu when you are inside a source file. In a true Emacs spirit, feel free to associate the commands with your favorite keybindings after you've installed them.
