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When trying to run it I get M-x buffer-file-name [No match] But it has a function help entry via C-h f and I can evaluate it with M-: buffer-file-name. So why isn't it accessible via M-x?

I'm reading about some concepts of Emacs Lisp. The lambda's seems interesting to me. After reading the manuals about lambda's in Emacs Lisp, I decided to play with it. For example, I have this ...

The documentation for M-x says: M-x runs the command execute-extended-command (found in global-map), which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in ‘simple.el’. It is bound to <execute>, <...

I'm trying to bind tab to either a tab or multiple spaces in Latex/ESS-noweb mode but I can't get it to work. I tried (local-set-key (kbd "<tab>") 'self-insert-command) which didn't work, and ...

I wish to M-x my-func and let my code run. This seems basic but where can I get more documentation about this, if possible inside emacs itself?

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, ...

Typically, I have a frame split into four windows, where two at the bottom are dedicated to my *compilation* and *grep* buffers. When browsing compilation errors, next-error will eventually replace my ...

I wrote a function, and I want to call it via M-x, and bind it to a key. This is my function: (defun my-function () (message "This is a great function")) If I try to call it with M-x my-function,...

Until today, when I was in the normal state in evil, the cursor was a block, and it would switch to an I-beam when in insert state. Something changed, however, and the cursor is now always the I-beam....

I am not able to figure out what is wrong in this elisp form: (define-key ggtags-mode-map (kbd "M-.") (lambda () (interactive) (ggtags-find-tag-dwim) (recenter))) I keep getting this ...

We can center text with M-x center-region and M-o M-s. Is there something similar for right-alignment? Example before: Item 0: value | Item 100:...

When I try to do this: (global-set-key (kbd "C-x 8 l") (lambda () (insert "λ"))) It just doesn't work: Wrong type argument: commandp (lambda nil (insert "λ")) Does anyone know a decent way to do ...

What is the difference between reftex-citation and org-reftex-citation? And where can I find the documentation for org-reftex-citation referenced in this answer? [1] Emacs manual: Creating citations

When deciding on which keybinding I want for a specific command, it would be very nice to know if any of my installed mode maps (global, major and minor) have already used this keybinding for some ...

I'm trying to write a simple function to divide the Emacs frame into four quadrants. Once I get the splitting to work, each window will have Dired for a different directory. The splitting isn't ...