Questions tagged [emacs]
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How can I open a file read-only from command line with emacs/vi/vim
Is there a way to tell emacs/vi/vim (from the command line) that I want to view the file in view-mode or read-only.
I know how to open a file as read only if emacs/vi/vim is already running.
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Cannot open files with Emacs after mounting Google Drive on Ubuntu using ocamlfuse
I have installed a FUSE filesystem for Google Drive so that I can mount my Drive on Ubuntu. It's something I have done before on other machines with no problem.
Everything is installed and mounted ...
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How to make emacs quit the minibuffer with one press of ESC?
I often press the wrong combination of keys and open some obscure minibuffer mode. I have to press ESC three times (I think), which is pretty annoying. How do I make emacs quit the minibuffer with ...
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emacs tmp file created by previous OS can not be deleted in new OS
I have installed a VirtualBox with ubuntu20.04 and add a share folder from windows11 host.
Then I use emacs and it create a tmp file:
$ ls -lah scripts2/org/.#drawer.org
-rwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 30 ...
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How do I fix my prompt in emacs shell-mode?
I'm doing some programming on a colleague's machine. He has a version of emacs (23.1.1) I haven't used before. My problem is that when I go to shell-mode, my bash prompt looks like this:
^[]0;jay@...
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Selecting multiple lines in emacs open from Screen Gnu mode
Normally when open files with "emacs -nw" to edit, I can select line by shift+arrow or ctrl+shift+arrow. The selected line or paragraph gets highlighted. But when I open file using "...
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Emacs org-mode display time range visually in agenda
I'm looking for a way to get the agenda view in org-mode to 'block out' periods of time for entries with a specified time range. By default it lists items with a specified time range at their start ...
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emacs meta key doesn't respond after setting option key as meta on OSX
I recently installed macport emacs and spacemacs with brew. I configured the spacemacs to ivy mode. The problem is after setting the option key as Meta on terminal preference, the output of meta key ...
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org-mode command to create new file from subtree?
In Emacs org-mode, is there a command like new-file-from-subtree?
As I envision it, this command would cut the subtree from the current file, paste the subtree into a new buffer, then save the new ...
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Is there a way to control which window Emacs opens new buffers in?
I'm using sr-speedbar with emacs, and I often have the frame split into 2-3 different windows, and whenever I click on a file in sr-speedbar, it always opens the new buffer in the lowest window. I'm ...
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Does Neovim or any of its GUI variants have the option to be embedded in a Window?
Emacs as the ability to be embedded in a GUI window using the --parent-id=xid option which is an X Window handle.
So I have created GUI programs in which can embed an Emacs session for improved ...
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How to prevent the "Symbol's function definition is void: error" when running emacs in the console?
To disable the scrollbar in emacs I added (toggle-scroll-bar -1) to the my .emacs file and it works great when I run emacs outside of console mode. However when I run emacs in the terminal I get the ...
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How to better keep track of/organize multiple buffers in emacs?
I've been using emacs for quite a few years and (like many people), I haven't quite perfected the art of using it yet. One stumbling block I noticed is that when I have several buffers I'm working on, ...
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Word count for LaTeX within emacs
I want to count how many words my LaTeX document has in it. I can do this by going to the website for the texcount package and using the web interface there. but that's not ideal.
I'd rather have ...
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Double-Mouse-1 selects text and symbol in Emacs
When I double click abcd_efg, emacs selects the part abcd or efg depending on what I click. How can I select the whole string abcd_efg instead?
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Rebinding <s-mouse-1> to <mouse-2> in Emacs on OS X
I use a macbook pro and thus am subjected to a trackpad with one button. I can, of course, do mouse-1 by clicking and mouse-3 by clicking with two fingers, but there isn't much I can do about a middle ...
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Solarized background colour off in emacs under tmux
Exhibit I: plain Emacs.
Exhibit II: Emacs under tmux.
The shades of colours are different, and importantly, the background colour differentiation is nil (e.g. look at the top menu). Anyone run into ...
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How to set field seperator in Emacs csv-mode?
Can I set the field seperator(s) for the current buffer in Emacs 23?
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Hunspell does not propose an obvious correct form of a misspelled word
For the misspelled word "perapring" hunspell does not propose the correct spelling "preparing" and only proposes the following words:
persevering
pertaining
innerspring
preferring
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emacs: How to return to last position after scroll/page up/down?
After issuing scroll-up or scroll-down in emacs, is there a quick way to return the point to its previous position (assuming I didn't remember to add it to the mark ring)?
Alternatively is there any ...
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Jump to first non-whitespace character in line in emacs
I'm looking for the emacs equivalent of vi's ^.
How can I move my cursor to the first non-whitespace character in a line?
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how can I configure emacs on Windows to associated with 'open with'?
I have installed emacs on Windows 7. It works if I go to 'cmd' and type 'emacs'.
But how can I configure it with a specific file extension (e.g. .txt') so that I double click it and it will use 'emacs'...
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CTL-Y no longer works
Suddenly the highlighting color, when copying changed from gray to yellow.
CTL-Y no longer works, When I try it I get:
Symbol's function definition is void: x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value.
My .emacs ...
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Is it possible to sync Remember The Milk with emacs org-mode?
I have just started using Org-mode in emacs, and I am very impressed. However, I currently have all of my todo's in Remember the Milk
The simplest solution would be to export RTM into an org-mode ...
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Emacs saving automatically (*not* auto-save)
When I edit Haskell files, Emacs saves the file whenever I stop typing for more than a second. This is not auto-save mode, as it's overwriting the original file. Also, I disabled auto-save mode, and ...
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Difference between "backward kill line" and "unix line discard"
I'm reading the bash man page and memorizing the keyboard shortcuts. C-x rubout is bound to backward kill line, and C-u is bound to unix line discard, but the descriptions for these commands look the ...
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How to make emacs truly full screen on start up?
I want emacs to be truly maximized on start up.
There are solutions to the problem that just make the emacs window width of the screen. That's not enough for me. I want the emacs window to be docked ...
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Using C-M-% to do a query-replace-regexp in Emacs running in Mac terminal
I am trying to do a regular expression search-and-replace in Emacs, running in the Terminal program on my MacBook Pro, which is running OS X 10.6.2. As far as I know, this can be done by pressing C-M-%...
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Which version of Emacs makes the best use of the Mac GUI? [closed]
On Windows and Ubuntu I use GNU Emacs, but FSF doesn't provide binaries for the Mac
I have a decent version that came with Snow Leopard, but just running in the bash terminal. Is there a version ...
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how do you open applications after installing with chocolatey?
I have checked through similar questions concerning chocolately/choco on windows powershell but I still can't find the answer to this simple one:
How do you open a package after it's been installed ...
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Does Ispell send any of the checked data to a server?
Does Ispell only use local dictionaries, or does it send any of the checked data to a server?
The best answer I can find is that it is up to the implementation, and the only open-source repository I ...
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"rm: descend into directory" - what does it mean?
I am trying to follow instructions here to get emacs going but I am stuck with deleting the .emacs.d folder. What do I do when the command line asks:
rm: descend into directory '.emacs.d'?
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Swapping CTRL-CAPS on Windows 10
I've been able to remap Ctrl-Caps on previous versions of Windows (XP and 7) by using this tutorial. Perhaps the scancodes are different for Windows 10. I'm not sure. Whatever the reason, this method ...
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Customizing org-mode export template?
Related to this question: How to define template for org-mode HTML export?
I'd like to customize the template inserted by hitting C-c C-e t such that I get a few customizations and even some help ...
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In Emacs how can I search a directory and all subdirectories for a filename?
In Emacs how can I search a directory and all subdirectories for a filename?
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How can I select text in the Mac OS X Terminal without a mouse (for copy and paste, emacs)
I am using Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and emacs 23.3.1. In the Terminal I can mark text with the mouse, copy it with CMD-C and paste it with CMD-V. This is all I need and it works great, even within ...
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Emacs org-mode export to LaTeX and PDF produces incorrect double quotes
I am currently finishing up the formatting of a book written in Emacs org-mode. I noticed that me using a specific kind of formatting for dialogue produces odd results when it comes to closing double ...
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How to jump back to the last position of the cursor in emacs?
In emacs, when i am editing a program, and miss-input some command and make the cursor jump to somewhere in other files. Is there a short-cut key or command to jump back to the last location of the ...
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Building emacs 29 on openSUSE: `configure` cannot find json library despite it being installed
Im currently trying to build emacs 29.0.90 from source. I've installed every version and permutation of json-devel, json-c, libjsoncpp, etc on the repositories, and even built, tested, and installed ...
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org mode: how to reset files VISIBILITY state to that defined in STARTUP
How to reset files VISIBILITY state to that defined in STARTUP, as if you closed and reopened file.
This would mean honouring each particular sections VISIBILITY property as well as that defined in ...
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How to quickly handle mobile-org pull errors?
According to the org-mode manual, here is what happens during a pull error, and how to handle it:
Org moves all entries found in mobileorg.org1 and appends them to the file pointed to by the ...
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How to access GNU-Emacs binaries located in HOME partition from everywhere?
I built GNU-Emacs from scratch and now I have working binaries of it in my home partition. So ~/somedir/emacs/src has all the binaries. If I issue the following:
PATH=$HOME/tmp/emacs/src:$PATH
that ...
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How can I customize the background color of the selected window in Emacs?
Related: How can I change the background colour of a single emacs buffer?
I would like to change the background color of the active buffer to, say, white. This sort of thing is possible as ...
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How to export from Emacs org-mode to both LaTex and OpenOffice with biblatex citations
I write my social science research papers in Emacs org-mode. I would like to export these either to LaTeX or OpenOffice (to save in MS Word format) and have it look presentable either way, with ...
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how to get all the tags from headlines in a org-mode file
When I incrementally write up a org-mode file, I add tags to the current headline on the spur (instead of predefine it at the beginning of the file with +TAGS:). However, without predefining the tags ...
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When should TERM be set to alacritty-direct
I am using alacritty 0.11.0 (8dbaa0bb) on Arch.
the default TERM type is alacritty, which works well (truecolors etc) for everything except terminal emacs. In a terminal emacs does not show truecolors....
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How do I save and reload a session in Emacs?
I want to save a session (open buffers) and then restore it at a later date. How can I do this easily in Emacs?
I'm using version 24.2.1.
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how to use pre-defined variables or constants in (custom-theme-set-faces) in emacs
I'd like to use pre-defined variable or constant of string type in (custom-theme-set-faces), so it would go like
(setq Blue128 "#000080")
(custom-theme-set-faces
'thename
'(default ((t (
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Gnus: get rid of ~/Mail and ~/News folders
Gnus (Emacs's mail client) creates directories ~/Mail/ and ~/News. I don't want to clutter my home folder, how can i change this directories to, say, ~/.emacs.d/mail/ and ~/.emacs.d/news/?
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