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Restart emacs from within emacs
I restart my emacs a lot. All I want to do is create a function that kills the current emacs, only to spawn a new one in it's stead. Ideally, this would also work in a TTY.
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how to markup a quotation?
How do I specify a quote in org-mode so that it is rendered nicely in github? In markdown it is rendered like so:
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
albert enstein
thanks in advance.
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Can cursor jump back to the previous position?
Can I make my cursor in a buffer jump back to its last position? (preferrably without having to mark the previous position)
For example, C-a jumps to the beginning of the current line, can I jump back to where it was before?
For example, when C-x…
Tim
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Tree-based directory browser?
I love dired, but sometimes (particularly when filming screencasts) I want to see the tree-structure of a directory and its children, a la the tree(1) command. Is there a tree-oriented directory browser for Emacs?
Avdi
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org-mode link to heading in other org-file
Is there a way to link to specific topic (*) in a different
org-file?
How can I quickly find and copy the relative path from the
current org-file to the file that I want to link to?
Probably both straight forward but I couldn't figure it…
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How to make Company mode be case-sensitive on plain Text?
By default, Company mode seems to convert every prediction into lower case.
E.g:
HelloWorldOfGoo
HelloWorldOfEmacs
->
Hell
[Helloworldofgoo] //Company prediction
[Helloworldofemacs]
This is not very practical for case sensitive…
Leo Ufimtsev
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How to disable auto-indentation of new lines?
I've recently upgraded emacs to version 24.4.1 and something has changed in the indentation of new lines. When I hit enter I expect just "bare" new line character at point where cursor was present, in particular if I'm in the middle of the line,…
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How to switch back and forth between two locations in a buffer
Sometimes I find myself frequently alternating between two functions that I am editing in conjunction with each other. In these situations, it is tedious and painful to keep on doing a C-s to switch to the other function and then to…
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How can I discard changes to unstaged files using magit?
Is there a way to issue the command:
git checkout NameOfFile
on a modified and unstaged file from within MAGIT?
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How to change Emacs windows from vertical split to horizontal split?
Window A
++++++++
Window B
Is there a way to switch to
Window A : Window B
Is there a way to switch view without closing windows?
Nick
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How is the GNU Emacs source code organized?
How is the source code of GNU Emacs organized? What are the main modules and their functionality? Where can I find an official, up-to-date description of the architecture and its source code?
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Git rm from magit
This is a very basic but I have been unable to find the answer on the web.
Is it possible to git rm, i.e. to remove a tracked file, from magit?
Thanks
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How to know when or when not to use the single quote before variable names?
I have the below:
(setq some-variable "less")
I am confused why I have to use the single quote with boundp but not with bound-and-true-p.
Example 1:
(when (boundp 'some-variable)
(message "some-variable is %s"…
Kaushal Modi
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Show org-mode hyperlink as plain text
Although it is convenient how org-mode shows hyperlinks, there are times when I want to see the underlying plain text, e.g. [[./file.org][Title]]. How can I do this?
I know about org-insert-link, but it is not what I want:
C-c C-l runs the command…
David J.
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The old "how to fold XML" question
I'm doing quite a bit of manual XML editing (the source definition of some code generation I'm doing is a custom XML format) and of course prefer to use Emacs over any special purpose (usually ugly) XML editors. nXml mode has stood me well in the…
Mark
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