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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 ...

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 ...

I want to write a function that will write the output of wc -l <file-name> next to each file in dired mode. I got to this point: (defun my-dired-insert-add-wc (beg end) (save-excursion (...

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?

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....

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:...

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 ...

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 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?

Suppose we have two entries: Header One and Header Two: * Header One :PROPERTIES: :ID_LOG: TARGET :END: :LOGBOOK: CLOCK: [2018-07-04 Wed 00:00]--[2018-07-04 Wed 0:30] => 0:30 :END: * Header Two :...

I am reading the Intro to Lisp Programing and got to the chapter where switch-to-buffer is introduced. I tried to bind (switch-to-buffer "*scratch*") via global-set-key But this does not ...

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'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 ...