Questions tagged [counsel]
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ivy preview buffer without buffer creation
When searching in a project using a counsel-ag, I want to implement a preview, similar to the counsel-grep.
Now I use copy-paste from counsel-ag with
:update-fn (lambda ()
(counsel-grep-...
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Sort ripgrep results based on proximity to current buffer
I use counsel-projectile-rg to search within the project I work on. But there is my sub-project inside this big repo that most of my development is in.
Is there a way to sort ripgrep results based on ...
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Equivalent to `ido-find-file` functionality for ivy/counsel?
I really like how ido-find-file, if it can’t find a file matching your string (and you’ve let it idle for like a second), will search your whole home directory for files matching that string, and then ...
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How do I cycle through file locations on counsel results?
I'm trying to look for all the occurrences of a word in my project and I'm using counsel for this. I get the list of occurrences and their locations in the minibuffer, but I'd like to cycle through ...
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migrated from emacs 25 to 26.1: cannot force find-file/counsel-projectile-find-file to always open buffer in current window
Recently I migrated from emacs 25 to 26.1. Before I reached the window behaviour, where I could always open a file at the window at point.
The most simple case to illustrate undesired behaviour: I ...
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How to change counsel grep options once activated? (counsel-rg, counsel-git-grep … etc)
I would like to have the ability to change the flags passed to grep once counsel-rg has been stated.
For example, sometimes I start counsel-rg and type in a string that needs a lot of escaping. In ...
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Searching a specific project sub-directory with projectile
I recently found Projectile and I am loving it. I really like the ivy/counsel integration as well. One thing is missing though:
I am working on a huge project of hundreds of files. This is stored in ...
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Accessing login-shell variables (from counsel-find-file)
With #'counsel-find-file, I can type $ to access environment
variables, but it appears these belong to a special emacs environment
and are not login-shell-wide. Can I access the latter kind of ...
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Use counsel/ivy to insert org-links?
I'm trying to use counsel/ivy to insert org links, but I haven't found a way to do this. I just want something to replace org-insert-link with a counsel interface. Can anyone help?
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How can disable TAB to execute selected line in `counsel-M-x`?
I am using counsel-M-x, it has little bit different behavior than smex, where TAB may execute the line.
Is it possible to use TAB only for toggling where I just want to disable feature to execute the ...
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How can I change background and font color in `counsel-M-x`?
I have following theme configuration for the counsel-M-x, where due to background color some are unreadable.
I couldn't find a way to change their colors, such as on [l]ist- , l is unreadable due to ...
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Can counsel-git-grep for string search keep the history of previous searches?
In general when I run M-x and do control-p or control-n or (M-p) (M-n) I can move around the previous inputs that I provided in the past. Is it possible to achieve it in counsel-git-grep ?
I am using ...
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How to use counsel-git-grep for string search that has space?
I am using counsel-git-grep to grep for a string in the current Git repository.
Lets assume I am searching string " hello world ".
In order to obtain correct results I have to provide input ...
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Some keybinding stopped working this morning with error “Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil”
I used counsel-org-goto-all to jump between headings. This morning, the command (which I have bound to C-;) stopped working with this error: Wrong type argument: arrayp, nil.
I have searched on the ...
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Using Counsel with write-file and insert-file
What is the simplest way to have Counsel versions of write-file (C-x C-w) and insert-file (C-x i)?
I would like these replacements to work similarly to counsel-find-file (typically bound to C-x C-f). ...
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C-g doesn't work within Counsel's action menu (M-o)
Let's say I'm completing a file with counsel-find-file. I then press M-o to show the menu with available actions. If within that menu, I press C-g, I get the message "C-g is not bound".
The ...
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can I have swiper and counsel as “add-ons” and not the default binding
I like the powers that counsel/ivy/swiper gives me, specially
for C-s and C-x C-f,
but since installing it, I've started missing the vanilla emacs C-s and C-x C-f.
It would be awesome if I can "call" ...
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how to make counsel-locate respect my cwd
Emacs has a concept of "current directory",
shown by doing
M-x pwd
I can change to specific directory by doing M-x cd
I recently installed swiper/counsel/ivy, to make searching easier.
Since the ...
