Mg version 20090107 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 20090107

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      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for mg.
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      http://mg.darwinports.com/dports/editors/mg/Portfile
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      The mg Portfile 51441 2009-05-25 07:39:41Z toby macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: mg
      Version: 20090107
      Category: editors
      Description: small Emacs-like editor
      Long Description: Micro GNU/Emacs: a small, fast, lightweight, emacs-like editor. No extension language, just a basic editor for text & code.
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: kerbit.net:lfk

      Homepage: http://www.han.dds.nl/software/mg
      Master Sites: ${homepage}

      Checksums: md5 f25a139da44c3a2f760ffec531bd996e sha1 3191c6dea4996347b6d40b34fa4c88a57e5ef42e

      # The mg sources have a cludge for a configure script that accepts no options
      # so subvert any attempt to pass args to it by setting configure.pre_args to nothing
      configure.pre_args
      destroot.args prefix=${prefix} mandir=${prefix}/share/man

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/mg
      % sudo port install mg
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching mg
      ---> Verifying checksum for mg
      ---> Extracting mg
      ---> Configuring mg
      ---> Building mg with target all
      ---> Staging mg into destroot
      ---> Installing mg
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using mg with these commands:
      %  man mg
      % apropos mg
      % which mg
      % locate mg

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