Re: [Emacspeak] Emacspeak and macOS 26?

[Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Arkadiusz!

I have been using Emacs-plus for quite a while and like this repository the best of all i tried so far.

I used to have similar problems to what you have described, but after disabling native compilation Emacs starts out really fast and I get almost no warnings or errors during the initial startup. My suspicion is that somehow Emacspeak packages are not loaded sequentially which invalidates  certain constants and variables.

I will send you my .emacs instructions later today once I get access to my home machine.

Best.

Victor

On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM Greg Wocher <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

Here is the link to the github page where I get the commands to install the latest version:

https://github.com/railwaycat/homebrew-emacsmacport

It will install version 29.4 of emacs.

Greg Wocher

On Oct 14, 2025, at 10:29 AM, Arkadiusz <nuno69a@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hi Greg,

Which macports tap are you using? I am using plain GNu Emacs.

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Wiadomość napisana przez Greg Wocher <gtwocher@xxxxxxxxx> w dniu 14 paź 2025, o godz. 4:09 PM:

Hello,

I am running the macport of Emacs on my 14 inch macbook M1 Pro and I am not running into any issues with emacspeak loading slow. I am running macOS 26. I am not running emacs from the terminal though. I am able to run it from my applications list like any other app. This might be why I am not seeing the slow down you are describing.

Greg Wocher

On Oct 14, 2025, at 6:32 AM, Arkadiusz (via emacspeak Mailing List) <emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi list,

since macOS 26 has been released to the general public I would like to raise a problem I'm having since basically the beginning of the beta cycles of macOS 26 Tahoe.

Emacspeak takes a long time to load. Steps to reproduce

1. Load Emacs.

2. You will hear the intro jingle as well as Swiftmac's introductory message.

3. Navigating with the arrow keys actually moves the cursor but Emacspeak doesn't speak.

What works for me is to use C-x <LEFT> to go to the *Scratch* buffer and hold up arrow till Emacspeak starts speaking.

Another, better workaround is to start Emacs with the nw flag, effectively spawning it in a terminal.

Hope someone can help me diagnose the problem. Below is some of my system specs

Model name: Mac mini

Model identifier: Mac16,10

Model number: MCYT4T/A

  Czip: Apple M4

  Łączna liczba rdzeni: 10 (wydajność: 4, efektywność: 6)

memory: 24  GB

Hardware version: 13822.40.110

Bootloader: 13822.40.110

GNU Emacs 30.2 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.6.0, NS appkit-2113.60 Version 12.6.1 (Build 21G217)) of 2025-08-14

Emacspeak 60.0,   DreamDog 7482f8e 

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