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=== Darwin (macOS) ===
=== Darwin (macOS) ===
Nixpkgs provides several of the "Mac Port" versions of Emacs, which have been patched to provide better integration with macOS (see the [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#module-services-emacs-releases NixOS manual entry for a full list of packages). However, those packages typically track the stable releases of Emacs.
Nixpkgs provides several of the "Mac Port" versions of Emacs, which have been patched to provide better integration with macOS (see the [https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html#module-services-emacs-releases NixOS manual entry for a full list of packages]). However, those packages typically track the stable releases of Emacs.


If you would like to use the latest version of Emacs on Darwin, one option is to use a package like <code>emacsPgkt</code> from the community overlay (see above), and apply patches yourself via an override. For example, here is a derivation that applies the patches from the [https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus <code>emacs-plus</code> homebrew formula]:
If you would like to use the latest version of Emacs on Darwin, one option is to use a package like <code>emacsPgkt</code> from the community overlay (see above), and apply patches yourself via an override. For example, here is a derivation that applies the patches from the [https://github.com/d12frosted/homebrew-emacs-plus <code>emacs-plus</code> homebrew formula]:
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