Remove all traces of emacs and start over

Question

I've been trying to install PolyML in Emacs on my Mac in OSX but I can't get that or SML-mode to work. I've tried the builtin emacs, the gui version and the one from homebrew. Neither poly or sml works in any of them.

How can I start over with just the built-in Emacs with default settings without reinstalling the entire OS? I don't want anything from the other versions left.

Solution

I removed Emacs installed through homebrew simply by using the command

$ brew remove emacs

The GUI version was removed by simply dragging it to the trash.

I then finally fixed PolyML by once again installing emacs through Homebrew with

$ brew install emacs —cocoa

Then in .bashrc I added

alias emacs=”/usr/local/Cellar/emacs/24.3/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs -nw"

This points the emacs command to the correct version. I downloaded PolyML again and it worked great both in the terminal and inside emacs.

Comments

[ZijunLost]

homebrew installation command should be: brew install emacs --with-cocoa