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Why does elisp not have namespaces?
Q: Why does elisp not have namespaces, and how could we get them?
Elisp does not have namespaces other than the global one, which has led to the coding convention of prefixing all global functions, variables, and constants with a unique…
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How can I use my local Emacs client as the $EDITOR for remote machines I access over TRAMP?
I often use TRAMP to manage several remote servers, both for editing files and running remote shells in shell-mode. However, this does not work when a command uses the EDITOR variable to edit a file, such as crontab -e especially because shell-mode…
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How can I set default font in Emacs?
I can't set Inconsolata as default font in Emacs 24.4 Linux.
I changed the font in the menu -> Save options. The font changed but after a
restart the font is the same as it was by default.
Added this to ~/.Xresources: Emacs.font: Inconsolata…
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What can I do to speed up my start-up?
What are some basic things I could do to reduce the start-up time?
Is there anything in particular I should pay attention to, for that matter?
Note: Startup time can be mitigated by starting Emacs less often (once per session) and opening files in…
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Re-open *scratch* buffer
If I accidentally closed the scratch buffer in Emacs, how do I create a new scratch buffer?
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Keeping my .org files in sync across multiple computers
How can I keep my .org files up to date across several computers, perhaps across multiple platforms(linux/windows)?
I could keep all the .org files in git for example, but that would require me to remember to pull and push to keep the repo updated.…
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Org-mode 9: unable to eval code-blocks
My Emacs config lives inside of a .org file from which I tangle source blocks to a .el file. I could evaluate source blocks with C-c C-c
Today I updated to org-mode version 9 from org elpa and now evaluating a source block like
#+BEGIN_SRC…
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Command to insert code block?
I found the command SPC m x c to insert a small code snippet like ~~. I would like to insert a longer snippet like
#+BEGIN_SRC
#+END_SRC
Is there a command to do this? I found a way to add it for markdown, which is SPC m x c
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What's the difference between a buffer, a file, a window, and a frame?
When posing questions on this site, people sometimes talk about "windows" when they mean "frames," and "buffers" or "files" when they mean "windows." So:
Q: What is the difference between a buffer, a file, a window, and a frame?
(I'm posing this…
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How to add a prefix to every line?
I have the code below:
Hello
There
I am some code
And want to add code in front of it, like:
I said Hello
I said There
I said I am some code
So how would I add a prefix to each line?
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exec-path and $PATH
I have seen examples online where people add paths to the default path in Emacs with:
(add-to-list 'exec-path "/usr/local/bin/")
I am new to Elisp, and I think I understand what the statement above does, but I have a few questions:
In what order…
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How to test REST API with Emacs?
I'm putting together an app, and want to be able to test the api end points. I figured Emacs would be a cool way to go - especially if JSON responses could be parsed and the return data used in subsequent tests.
Any ideas on how to go about this, or…
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How to shift a selected area of text in Emacs by a certain number of spaces?
I am writing python code so shifting/moving blocks of lines is important to avoid going through each line individually. How can I do this without an add-on? Is there a type of operation keystroke command to do this?
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Multicolumn cells in org-mode tables
Is it possible to merge two or more cells in an org-mode table like when using \multicolumn{}{}{} or \multirow{}{}{} in LaTeX?
Something like this does not work:
|------------+-----------+----------+----------+-------------|
| | …
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Why can't I list the contents of Desktop on macos using dired?
When I do C-x C-f on ~/Desktop/ in macos Catalina, I get the following error.
Listing directory failed but 'access-file' worked
I can list the directory for just ~.
I'm new to Emacs and know little else. I've tried installing Emacs through Homebrew…
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