A text editor, usually characterized by its extensibility. Often described as "the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor."
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Comparing text files on Emacs
I have a couple of questions about comparing text files on Emacs
I have been playing with M-x compare-windows and I read in the documentation that, if I pass it a numeric argument, Emacs ignores ...
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Emacs M-h selects paragraph + an extra line
In Emacs, when I type M-h (mark-paragraph), Emacs selects the paragraph under point plus an extra line (typically right above the paragraph). Is there a way to ask Emacs to just select the paragraph?
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Prevent unwanted buffers from opening
I'm using emacs for my daily javascript editing, to switch between buffers I use C-x LEFT and C-x RIGHT and I'm fine with this (even if I find it difficult to know the path of the file I'm modifying).
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How do I rebind M-/ in Emacs to M— (dash)
I'm basically trying to figure out how to use keyboard-translate in Emacs to make M-- do the same thing as M-/
How do I go about doing this?
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How to colorize text in emacs?
I want to view (and/or edit) colorized text in emacs, such as is output by ls -l --color=always, tree..., or whatever.
The text I refer to exists in a file. When I open that file in emacs, I want to ...
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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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mode-specific emacs keybindings
I'm trying to get emacs (23.3 on Arch Linux) to map Ctrl+F12 to the built-in "compile" function when in C-mode (actually CC-mode, which comes built-in as well). So far I've tried the following:
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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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Open emacs in a terminal when editing crontab
I have setup emacs as my default editor in /etc/profile. When I want to use emacs in a terminal. I open it with the -nw option. How can I have the same behavior when doing a crontab -e preventing it ...
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Emacs not showing filename
Where once was the filename of the file now there is a black stripe, preventing me to see what I'm editing.
To clarify a bit, it's that black stripe between "F1" and "All", when I did the ...
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How to bind “ß” to Meta-s?
I am using Carbon-Emacs on MacOS X 10.6 with the US-International keyboard layout. Usually, I can use Alt+s to print the letter "ß". However, Emacs interprets this as Meta+s and complains that there ...
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Italics in Emacs on a text terminal (rxvt-unicode)
I am using Emacs running in an urxvt, and I cannot get italics to work in Emacs although the terminal supports it.
Here’s my current setup:
I haven’t set $TERM, so it is the default ...
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In emacs, how can I pass an argument to a function in a keybinding defintion
I want to create a keybinding for funcion end-of-line+ and pass a value of -1 to i. The function is declared as:
(end-of-line+ &optional n)
The first of the following snippets below, works ...
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emacs: recognising the shebang line
How can I configure Emacs to recognise certain she-bang lines?
it recognises the shebang line:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
but not the shebang line of
#!/usr/bin/env ruby1.9
I figure there must be an ...
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emacs can't open display
Just recently this has started happening; I run: /usr/bin/emacsclient --alternate-editor="" --no-wait -c and get:
ERROR: Display :0.0 can't be opened
No other applications do this.
The output ...
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vim/emacs plugin to view recursive grep search search results?
Suppose I have a file formatted like this:
file1:123
file2:4444
some/other/file:2233
This represents the search results from a grep (i.e. file:line-number).
I'd like to have a vim plugin which ...
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How to install/default to the command line version of Emacs?
I installed Emacs using sudo apt-get install emacs. The problem is that when I launch Emacs from the command line (e.g. emacs main.c) it opens Emacs with a GUI. I prefer the command line version which ...
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Good GNU/Emacs tutorial
I'd like to learn emacs in depth. The problem is that they divide in 2 categories:
Basics (That C-x C-s saves files and C-x C-c exists emacs etc.)
Everything
I'm currently use 1%-10% of emacs ...
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How to set up tea-time in emacs to use native notification system in gnome
Is there an easy way of having tea-time display messages via gnome's native notification system?
The current "notification function" in tea-time.el is:
(defun show-notification (notification)
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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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Working with screen and emacs
I'm working with emacs (on the terminal) and I use screen to switch between terminals. The key combination Ctrl+A is grabbed by screen. Is there a way to change screen key binding?
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Emacs font size changes frame size?
I'm using emacs 23.1.1. I set the font size in my .emacs with
(set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 100)
The problem is that my emacs is now really small. The outer box (what I call a window and ...
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emacsclient -t hangs
I'm trying to use emacs (23.2.1) in daemon mode. I started it as emacs --daemon and that works just fine. But whenever I try emacsclient -t somefile I first get a line of garbage (e.g., `1;25C2;'), ...
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how to ssh to remote server and use local emacs to edit files?
Is there a way to use the emacs installed my local computer to access remote files I have in a remote server? I have googled and found out that I should use TrampMode however it is necessary for me to ...
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Open files in emacs by filename instead of complete path
Assume I have a bunch of directories and can guarantee that no two directories have a common filename (i.e. if foo/bar exists, then bar doesn't exist in any of the other directories). How can I setup ...
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why does my emacs whitespace mode add “” to my buffer?
I'm using Putty to ssh into a RedHat box, and I'm running GNU emacs inside the putty ssh window.
When I turn on whitespace-mode using M-x whitespace mode, I notice I see a "Â" before each space or ...
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What is .emacs? How do I edit it?
In this article, I don't understand step 7:
7. Add (load-library “init_python”) in your .emacs
How can I do this?
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org mode to dokuwiki converter
Is there an emacs org-mode to dokuwiki converter? Is there an dokuwiki to emacs org-mode converter?
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Is there a convenient general way to “grab” the echoed result of a command in Emacs (of M-: or M-!)?
Sometimes, I want to insert the result of an Emacs command (that has been echoed in the echo area) to another buffer or another running X program. So, I'd like to put it to the kill-ring. What would ...
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Is there a user interface in Emacs allowing one to “grab” the buffer's filename conveniently?
It happens quite often that I want to use the path of the file opened in a certain buffer in Emacs (either the full path or the basename) in another place (a buffer or a different X program, say, a ...
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Script for opening a file in an already existing emacs process
I keep emacs open all the time I'm working. I have several script that will launch all the apps and files related to a specific project. But, it will launch emacs again, rather than simply cause the ...
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emacs does not see my fonts in gentoo
I copied my ~/.emacs file from ubuntu linux; I've installed Consolas font (and it works in gnome terminal, and as a default Monospace font); but Emacs does not see it
(custom-set-faces '(default ((t ...
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Keymapping problem when working with emacs and openbox
I have an apple keyboard and I had to do some remapping of the keys to make the mod-4 key the first key to the left of the space bar for when working with Emacs. The below script worked fine when I ...
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Emacs text-scale-adjust causes line numbers column to incrementally shrink and disappear
I've set up emacs to display line numbers (global-linum-mode 1), and it works until I start enlarging the text via text-scale-adjust
The line numbers column starts to shrink, and disappears ...
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In Gnu Emacs how do I set up a global key to toggle the menu-bar?
Using Gnu Emacs 23.1.1 on Ubuntu 10.04...
I'm currently a total newb with emacs, and I've decided to go cold turkey with the Gnome menu bar. (but I do want it to be "available" for the teething ...
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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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Emacs command to cut OR copy to system clipboard?
As a very new Emacs user, I've been using Ctrl+w and Ctrl+y to cut/copy and paste between buffers in Emacs. Is there a way to do the same thing so that not just Emacs, but the entire system, can have ...
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What are some excellent Emacs utter beginner resources?
I administrate a couple of servers and do automation with both python and ruby at times.
I've seen some awesome Youtube videos of users with multiple open windows, logged in background chats, and ...
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As we call `#!/bin/perl` 'shebang', what we call `-*- perl -*-`?
The first line of a script may be in format of #! interpreter, so the shell will execute the script using the specific interpreter. This is so called shebang or shbang.
Similarly, there can be some ...
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Emacs cperl mode - how to use tabs for indentation instead of spaces
Is there a way to make cperl mode in emacs use all tabs for indentation instead of spaces? I've tried setting indent-tabs-mode, and cperl-tab-always-indent. Here is my .emacs file:
(defalias ...
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Is it possible to name windows in emacs
I would like to be able to name a window in emacs, and specify that window when opening and creating new buffers. I've looked through the manual but all I can find is find-file-other-window, which ...
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Forcing emacs to run with `-nw` when called from terminal
note: This question might have been asked before ( I think I saw it somewhere), but a quick search did not reveal anything.
I would like to tell the difference when a command is run from a shell.
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Emacs and windows manager keyboard shortcuts without “Super” key
I found a classic M-series keyboard and I want to use it. However, it does not have the "Windows" key (a.k.a "Super"), only the Shift, Control and Alt modifiers. My keyboard shortcuts are cluttered ...
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Tracing the workings of a function in Emacs
I am learning emacs lisp. One of the things I was playing with was setting variables. So I go and set fill-column to 50 (setq fill-column 60). After this evaluating fill-column does give me 60, but ...
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Why is my hostname different in Emacs?
So I changed the name of my computer recently, by editing /etc/hostname. The bash prompt is user@name, so I know it has worked.
But in emacs, in the window bar it says emacs@name.tiscali.co.uk. ...
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Emacs sync w/ Google Calendar and Contacts?
Is there a way to use Emacs to sync with Google Calendar and Google Contacts, ideally keeping a local copy so I can access them offline?
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Directory shortcuts in emacs buffer
So I asked this question about directory shortcuts in a shell. The idea is I'd like to be able to open a file in /home/Documents/foo, say, by typing (C-x C-f) ~foo/file.
So, is there a way to emulate ...
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How can I suppress unneeded output from emacsclient?
I use emacs fairly regularly and am trying to configure my system to use emacsclient when possible. To do this I have done the following:
In .bashrc:
EDITOR='emacsclient -ca emacs'
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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.
