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224 views

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3 votes

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221 views

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nega

2,283

answered May 12 at 16:44

4 votes

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94 views

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Richard Hansen

475

modified 16 hours ago

1 vote

1 answer

107 views

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Pedro Delfino

777

modified May 17 at 18:10

2 votes

1 answer

80 views

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db48x

11.4k

modified Apr 28 at 2:30

1 vote

1 answer

95 views

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phils

43.1k

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4 votes

2 answers

53 views

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db48x

11.4k

modified Apr 30 at 15:31

0 votes

3 answers

35 views

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NickD

19.6k

answered 19 hours ago

1 vote

1 answer

40 views

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19.6k

modified May 8 at 0:55

1 vote

1 answer

50 views

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19.8k

modified Apr 28 at 21:19

2 votes

1 answer

63 views

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69.2k

modified 16 hours ago

1 vote

1 answer

38 views

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43.1k

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0 votes

1 answer

59 views

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org-mode

NickD

19.6k

modified May 16 at 0:56

1 vote

1 answer

40 views

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Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

19.8k

modified May 8 at 21:10

1 vote

1 answer

84 views

emacs 28.1 unable to launch slime (cl is deprecated)

slime

Sean Champ

60

modified Apr 28 at 1:21

1 vote

1 answer

48 views

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1,815

modified May 10 at 15:10

1 vote

1 answer

47 views

orgtbl-toggle-comment freeze in one line table

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matteol

1,683

modified May 8 at 7:32

1 vote

1 answer

46 views

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org-mode functions

Phil Hudson

1,193

modified May 1 at 15:48

1 vote

1 answer

58 views

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Drew

69.2k

modified May 4 at 15:50

1 vote

1 answer

34 views

Hide a command from user

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theldoria

1,775

modified Apr 27 at 13:43

1 vote

3 answers

34 views

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db48x

11.4k

modified May 18 at 5:47

0 votes

2 answers

32 views

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Pedro Delfino

777

modified May 14 at 12:29

0 votes

1 answer

67 views

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regular-expressions font-lock rx

Nathan Furnal

249

modified Apr 29 at 10:49

0 votes

1 answer

52 views

config modeline

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JeanPierre

6,943

modified May 12 at 9:12

0 votes

4 answers

50 views

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regular-expressions tags image-dired

whitetrillium

312

answered May 8 at 4:42

1 vote

1 answer

29 views

Recursive 'require' for feature 'auto-package-update'

use-package

db48x

11.4k

answered Apr 27 at 23:16

0 votes

1 answer

29 views

How to clear the `kill-ring`?

kill-ring

Drew

69.2k

modified May 6 at 22:34

1 vote

1 answer

45 views

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init-file buffers point

element

27

modified May 16 at 19:36

0 votes

2 answers

27 views

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19.6k

modified Apr 28 at 7:19

0 votes

1 answer

44 views

Syntax propertizing an exception to Python comment rule

syntax

nega

2,283

answered May 17 at 16:11

0 votes

1 answer

42 views

Why does org see this source block as having "unbalanced parentheses"?

org-mode shell doom quote balanced-parentheses

NickD

19.6k

modified Apr 25 at 19:42

1 vote

3 answers

69 views

Checkbox statistics in nested headings

org-mode

jagrg

3,464

modified 1 hour ago

1 vote

1 answer

40 views

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org-mode org-export

crocefisso

293

answered May 19 at 22:24

0 votes

0 answers

51 views

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evil debugging

Drew

69.2k

modified Apr 25 at 2:13

0 votes

2 answers

24 views

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variables symbols format

Drew

69.2k

modified Apr 29 at 20:51

1 vote

1 answer

39 views

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auctex customize-face

matteol

1,683

modified May 16 at 5:34

1 vote

1 answer

30 views

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NickD

19.6k

answered May 19 at 4:49

0 votes

0 answers

49 views

Aging nonprogrammer wants to hire someone to restore Gnus

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Joseph Fineman

11

asked May 18 at 15:57

2 votes

1 answer

38 views

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ychaouche

121

modified Apr 27 at 11:07

0 votes

2 answers

37 views

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Jiahao Liu

11

answered May 20 at 5:57

0 votes

2 answers

36 views

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115

modified Apr 29 at 3:16

0 votes

1 answer

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