Amit's Thoughts: 2008-05

If you have a recent version of Carbon Emacs, you can run M-x mac-toggle-max-window to toggle full screen mode, with no menubar. This is handy enough that I've bound it to ⌘ Return, which is similar to what some Linux and Windows apps use to toggle full screen mode.

(define-key global-map [(alt return)]
    'mac-toggle-max-window)

I also keep the tool bar off with (tool-bar-mode -1), scroll bars disabled with (scroll-bar-mode -1), and menu bars off with (menu-bar-mode -1). Enjoy an Emacs without distractions!

Update [2008-08-10] They seem to have removed the function, but you can get it back with this code, Vebjorn Lsoja:

(defun mac-toggle-max-window ()
  (interactive)
  (set-frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen 
    (if (frame-parameter nil 'fullscreen)
      nil
      'fullboth))) 

Labels: emacs, howto, mac