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How to override ctl-tab keybinding in textmate.el minor mode
I'm playing around with textmate.el: https://github.com/defunkt/textmate.el. A little confusing at first if you've never tried textmate, but pretty cool!
I'd like to override a binding in the minor ...
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How to stop Emacs from opening binary files
How can I make Emacs give me a warning if I am about to open a file that does not contain text?
Example:
When I edit a c++ source code in file test.cpp and compile it as an executable test in the ...
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Is there a way to print the definition of an existing function in Emacs?
I want to see the definition of an existing function in Emacs. Is this possible?
I've tried C-h d function-name RET, but it only returns the documentation string for the function, not the actual ...
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How to prevent delete confirmation in Emacs Dired?
I type d followed by x, and I am prompted to confirm yes/no. I would like it to just delete, not ask for confirmation.
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Emacs face mode in local file variables
I tired to explicitly set a custom face for a file using local file variables:
# Local Variables:
# buffer-face-mode-face:'(:family "DejaVu Sans Mono")
# End:
Emacs catches up these variables, not ...
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Emacs: cannot turn on auto-revert-mode by default
There's this emacs minor-mode called "auto-revert-mode" which automatically reverts the file buffer every 5 seconds.
In my .emacs file I just have the line (auto-revert-mode 1) and nothing else, but ...
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Disallow closing last Emacs window via Window-Manager close button
I like to start Emacs as part of a login script and leave it running for the duration of my login session (which is typically weeks).
I have scripts to call emacs-client which will allow me to use a ...
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Setting default Emacs window margins
I'm trying to emulate some behavior of the darkroom-mode Emacs mode -- specifically the margins setup.
I've figured out one piece of the puzzle -- specifically, to change window margins, I can eval ...
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How to disable ecb and cedet when running emacs in terminal?
I call emacs within the terminal to do quick editing of files, and would like to bypass the long load times.
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How do I get emacs to insert text into an arbitrary file?
I'm trying to create a function that inserts text into an arbitrary file without switching to that file's buffer.
I know this could be done with echo, but is there a way to do it using only elisp?
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emacs smart html syntax highlighting
Is there a syntax highlighting mode for xml/html which supports highilghting of markup associated with given (just like for parentheses)? For example if I select 'div' markup - this 'div' and ...
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How do I get Dired to not display certain files?
To start I'd like all *~ files to not be displayed in Dired.
EDIT: The below worked:
(add-hook 'dired-load-hook
(lambda ()
(load "dired-x")
;; Set dired-x global variables ...
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How do I bind CMD+W to kill the current buffer in Emacs on OSX?
How do I bind CMD+W to kill the current buffer in Emacs on OSX? C-x k RET is unnatural and a comparatively lengthy binding compared to CMD+W.
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Copy/Yank entire Lisp form in Slime
Is there a way to copy/yank a whole a form in Slime/Emacs?
For instance, if I have the following function:
(myfunc (lst)
(myotherfunc lst))
I'd like to yank/copy:
(myotherfunc lst)
by ...
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emacs/elisp setup files when loaded
I found that the elisp (emacs elisp) doesn't seem to read .bashrc, as the PATH variable is different from the one set in .bashrc, as I asked in here. I tried to load .bashrc using 'source .bashrc' in ...
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How to get emacs to highlight and link file paths
Is there some emacs lisp code that would automatically find /nfs file paths in the buffer and highlight/link to them? So clicking on them would open that file?
Example path:
/nfs/foo/bar/file.txt
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add files opened in Emacs to GNOME's recently used document list
I there any way to automatically add files opened in Emacs to Gnome's recently used document list?
This one doesn't work as Gnome uses another file format now.
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How can I apply a color-scheme (.el file) in emacs?
I have downloaded zenburn.el that is a color-scheme for Emacs, but I don´t know how I can apply it to emacs. I am a beginner in emacs.
How do I apply my .el file to emacs? Can I do some linking from ...
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Is there any way to convert camel-cased names to use underscores in emacs?
For instance, I want to convert "CamelCasedName" to "camel_cased_name". Is there a way to do this in emacs?
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Is there a way to use C-C for copy and C-V for paste in emacs?
I know about cua-mode, but I'm specifically wanting to bind C-C and C-V (the uppercase versions) to be like the terminal in Gnome. Is there any way to do this? I tried this, but it gave me all kinds ...
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What is the preferred way to set environment variables at emacs initialization?
For instance, suppose I want to modify my PATH variable in my .emacs file. What is the best way to do this? Should I call setenv? Is there a variable I can customize? Should I call a shell script
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carbon emacs yank results in images
On the default install of Carbon Emacs on OS X, copying a file from Finder and yanking it into emacs results in just the icon being displayed.
How would I go about customizing it so it instead gives ...
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How do I complete file paths in emacs?
Say for instance I'm editing a config file and I want to type in a path. Is there a plugin for emacs that lets you complete a file path in that buffer? I've searched for this and there's like a ...
