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Can I bridge “backwards” from an ssh connection to my local emacs-server?
I'd very much like to log in to a remote machine with ssh and via the $EDITOR environment variable (or something similar) be able to edit in my local Emacs. In this case, specifically for when I log ...
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Cancel auto-fill in emacs
When using emacs (version 24.1 if that makes any difference), I would like to have a way to remove all the automatic line braking inserted by the auto-fill minor mode.
Disabling auto-fill-mode is ...
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Adding intellisense features to emacs for perl programming [closed]
How do I go about adding Intellisense-like features to emacs for perl programming? In particular, I'm looking for:
Auto-complete/suggestions
Syntax highlighting
Indentation
I looked around on ...
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In emacs (or other editor) how to display the byte offset of the cursor?
The question indicates my preference to use emacs, but the overriding issue is that I want to be able to do a normal text search and somehow see/copy-paste the byte-offset of the matched text.
To ...
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Emacs: How to insert 'λ' instead of 'lambda' in Scheme mode?
Long ago, I came across a text editor function that replaced the word 'lambda' with the character 'λ'. I would like to do this in emacs. My preferences:
I would like to activate this function in ...
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GNU emacs vs. XEmacs
After using Vim for the past couple of years, I'm switching to emacs as part of my "get out og your comfort zone" 2012 resolution. Although I have been using GNU Emacs for the past 10 days, I am ...
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In emacs, is there a way to Hex edit/view a buffer without losing the undo info?
When I use hexl-mode in emacs, it discards the buffer's undo info.
Is there another way to hex-edit the buffer and yet retain the undo info?
If there is no alternative hex-editor, is there a ...
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Emacsclient docs mention emulating Gnuclient. What is the relationship?
When opening a file in GNU Emacs GUI, I use gnuserv to attach to an already running emacs. I use 'gnuserv' only because the first documentation I read on the subject suggested it.
Today I was ...
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GNU Emacs; Does the GUI version offer anything more than the ability to have a GUI menu?
I've been looking at GNU Emacs for a few months now, on and off (mainly off), and I've really only gone as far as testing a few basic things which I especially want in an editor... I'm slowly getting ...
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Text editor with font-size selection for specific human languages (ie. Unicode Block) eg Devanagari
Pre Linux, I used Windows.. (too many years in the wilderness :) ... however there was a ray of sunshine in amongst all the general virus/re-install flack.. and that was Notepad++, a text Editor I ...
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vim vs. emacs… and no, this is not a flame war
How would you compare these editors? What are the pros and cons of each?
[note] This is not meant to be answered by those who "hate one and love another" or those who haven't used both.
