It doesn't seem to work properly. It doesn't pick up my .bashrc, it doesn't have...

pivo · on May 15, 2014

Where did you find a GUI Emacs that doesn't have colors? I use http://emacsforosx.com. To set a color theme: M-x customize-themes.

You might want/need to install more themes, you can do that with the package manager (M-x package-list-packages)

If you want your ~/.profile to be sourced, a quick fix is to open the GUI app from the command line. Apps launched by finder don't source your profile.

ripter · on May 15, 2014

my emacs does have colors. It's M-x shell that doesn't have colors.

And this goes to the point of why emacs users like myself use iTerm. Because it works. The only thing I had to setup in iTerm was my color scheme. And even that wasn't required! (iTerm is launched by finder and finds my profile just fine.)