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How do I add custom hierarchical keybindings?

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How to avoid use of `lexical-let`

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org-mode: any way to automatically collapse “blocks” (e.g., BEGIN_QUOTE)?

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Equivalent of let-alist for plists?

property-lists

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indentation whitespace tabs indent-tabs-mode

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Function that does `M-x replace-regexp` or `M-x occur` with a fixed pattern and replacement strings

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major-mode smie bnf

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Very short key bindings for emacs commands [closed]

key-bindings

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Count the number of paragraphs

buffers region commands text paragraphs

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Show file names with the full path in the frame title

frames

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Separately sum positive/negative numbers?

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Import text from docx tables to org-mode

org-mode org-export

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Automatically installing the available version of org

org-mode elisp package install

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Evaluating symbol in function arguments affected by destructive operations?

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modified Nov 7 at 15:03 Drew 46.3k

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numbers

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Clone a buffer to see the same contents in an other mode

buffers

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How to use skewer mode beyond localhost?

networking http skewer-mode

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How go to prev search text in minibuffer?

isearch

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Advanced search and replace

regular-expressions replace query-replace

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Outlook Calendar in org agenda

org-mode org-agenda email calendar integration

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find-file template

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Setting Default Font in Emacs 26.1

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Displaying LaTeX equations with EWW

latex images eww

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use-package: How to defer loading a command when depending on other deferred packages?

use-package

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Retrieve SVG images generated by MathJax with org-mode export

org-mode mathjax

modified yesterday Stefan Avey 163

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Emacs not prompting for password when opening gpg file

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forward-sexp confusion

regular-expressions formatting sexp

modified Oct 22 at 18:57 Drew 46.3k

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minibuffer isearch

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indentation major-mode comment emacs26

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AUCTeX not loading its TeX-latex-mode

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