Questions tagged [customize]
Use this tag for questions about modifying a particular action or task within Emacs.
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tramp-default-method has no effect
I have a config file to setup defaults for tramp. For the purposes of this example foo and bar are hosts defined in /etc/hosts.
(require 'tramp)
(setq tramp-default-method "ssh")
(add-to-list 'tramp-...
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How to set up personal information alist with defcustom
I would like to have a variable, say my-info that would have an alist attached to it. In normal programming it would look like this:
(setq my-info '((my-name . "Giuseppe Sextus-Packus") (my-email . "...
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LaTeX mode: How to select “pdflatex” instead of “latex” for a file automatically?
I have a LaTeX file using lots of PDF figures (mostly because converting figures to EPS is a waste of disk space), so it requires to use pdflatex.
I added there lines to the end of my main file:
%% ...
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Saving searches in Customize Group in Emacs
If I type M-x customize in Emacs I am taken to customize-group for the Emacs group. At the top of the screen is a search entry dialogue box where I would normally search for a given string. Is there a ...
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“void-variable” error when adding advice to `kill-ring-save`
I am trying to add an advice to kill-ring-save and kill-region, so that when I call them with no active regions, instead of throwing an error, the line the point is currently on would be marked ...
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Should I use “require” or “load” when writing my own configuration? [duplicate]
I am following this tutorial, and the author is doing something like this:
~/.emacs.d/init.el
;; add your modules path
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/custom/")
;; load your modules
(require '...
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How to use customize to turn on viper mode by default?
I see on the Viper page that the way to turn on viper mode by default is
(setq viper-mode t)
(require 'viper)
I've been trying to move over to using customize to do emacs configuration. Is there a ...
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Docking a matplotlib window-manager window to an Emacs window
Short version:
I want a way to "dock" a matplotlib window-manager window into an Emacs window (similar to the image below), while still keeping the functionality (e.g. zooming) offered by matplotlib.
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How best to define nullable integer customizable variables?
I would like to define a variable using defcustom so that it can be customized by users of an emacs package. The variable is an integer (let's call it spam-override), and its function is to override ...
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Customizing org-latex-title-command to edit title page
I would like to know how to go about editing and understanding org-latex-title-command. So far it is set to \maketitle but the documentation just has this:
The command used to insert the title ...
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How to add font styles to org-capture templates?
I want to change the color and font style in my template.
I use custom-set-variable and cannot set, for example, italic style
(custom-set-variables
'(org-capture-templates
(backquote
(("d"
...
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How to define a “composite type” with the “group” constructor?
I am trying to define a composite type using the "group" compositor (see Elisp Manual, section "Composite Types"). Previously, I managed to define a composite type with the "list" constructor.
The ...
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Change color of org-mode checkboxes
I'd like to change the color of unchecked checkboxes in org-mode. To be exact, I want them to be displayed in the color of TODO keywords.
So I've tried to tackle this using custom-set-faces and :...
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I'd like a global mode-line in my frame [duplicate]
A previous comment...
In the following I'm calling mode-line to the mode-line itself or any of its variations/replacements (e.g. powerline)
Statement of the problem
In the next picture, you can see ...
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How can I see multiple specific todo-states in a custom agenda view without abusing org-agenda-skip-function?
I am trying to build a 'cleanup' agenda view, with a section for all tasks which are done and a review section for tasks in the HOLD or WAITING states. HOLD and WAITING are states I've defined as ...
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macro takes multiple pairs of arguments
I found this snippet of code from oremacs
(defmacro csetq (variable value)
`(funcall (or (get ',variable 'custom-set) 'set-default) ',variable ,value))
I would like to expand this macro so that is ...
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Separate customizations according to modes
Using emacs 25.2.2 on Kubuntu 18.04.
I have customized several variables using M-x customize-variable. So, there is a large custom-set-variables section at the very beginning of my init.el. Moreover, ...
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How to create a defcustom variable that accepts only a vector of strings?
I am using repeat for now. But I don't know how to have the same for vector.
EDIT: I want INS and DEL options like in repeat.
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Customize eshell redirection to buffer
In eshell I can redirect the output of a command (foo) to a buffer (bar) by inputting:
foo > #<buffer bar>
I want to customize this syntax the following way:
foo > #bar
Is it possible ...
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How to set up Emacs to cycle through files
I'm in a situation where I would like to look through a lot of text files as they are being created.
I would like to configure Emacs to do the following:
Launch from a script with directory argument ...
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Disabling a minor mode in a specific buffer
Running spacemacs 0.200.13 on emacs 25.2.2 on Kubuntu 18.04.
I have globally enabled golden-ratio-mode (a minor mode). But I would like to disable it in a particular buffer, *Org Agenda* to be ...
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Custom theme based on major mode or file type
How can I customize emacs to use a different theme based on major mode or file-type? And, could it work to have different themes active in different windows?
My use case would be: have (1) one ...
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(How) Can I change the menu/tool bar (font) size in emacs for Windows?
I recently switched from using emacs (25) via the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to using the mingw32 versions of emacs available from the gnu download page. Everything works fine, except I want ...
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Set variable not been read from .emacs
I've set some variables (kept-new-versions, for one) to a higher number (10, it was 2) since I don't mind having a handful of backup files in my dir.
I did it using C-h v and customizing the variable....
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Change colours for character differences for diff-mode
I've changed my diff-mode colours according to this article, but the character-based differences are shown in the original(?) and very bright colours, making them quite unreadable.
How do I change ...
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How to customize emacs toolbar?
Let say I want to add a Toolbar icon to emacs which when clicked should "Select all" text in the current window. We know for selecting text we can use M-x mark-whole-buffer. How can I use this ...
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Find all customization type mismatches?
Occasionally, defcustoms change their :type and I fail to update my customizations. How can I get Emacs to list all the variables where customize things there's a type mismatch?
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ESS folding for R6 classes
What is the proper way to install, configure and activate folding of R script files?
I followed emacswiki.org/emacs/FoldingMode but it doesn't seems to work. I installed folding.el to .emacs/lisp/. ...
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How can I add functions to provide http links?
A recent feature request raised a new area of integration/customization for me. I've developed a package to browse GitHub content and we'd like to be able to store a link to the current 'thing' using ...
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How to edit the list of named/defined colors?
How can I change (insert,delete,rename,…) the list of named colors?
I tried to edit /usr/share/emacs/25.3/lisp/term/tty-colors.el.gz and byte-compile after change, but it had no effect.
Note: I do ...
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Remove unused modes
Is there a list with all the modes and packages that come with emacs? I actually want to remove some of the unused packages and modes in emacs.
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Confusing defcustom usage in info.el
I was trying to read the info.el code when I ran across this strange use of defcustom:
;; This is a defcustom largely so that we can get the benefit
;; of custom-initialize-delay. Perhaps it would ...
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How to hop the cursor over parenthesis, brackets, single-quotes, and double-quotes
One of the features I miss in Visual Studio is the ability to hop over closing parenthesis, brackets, single-quotes and double-quotes with tab
Does anyone know of a script to do such a thing?
Pseudo ...
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Customize-like form
I'd like to create a form, like the one displayed by customize, in order to ask to the user some information. The form should let me provide a description, a default value, and eventually display a ...
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Turning off tooltip does not work
So, after adding fallowing line in to my .emacs file I see no result, whether I'm running emacs in the X window or an terminal.
(custom-set-variables
;;; CUSTOM-SET-VARIABLES INSTANCE
;; Init file ...
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Customize Xah Fly Keys
I am using Xah Fly Keys.
How should I change the function one of Xah Fly Keys key bindings calls?
For example when in Xah Fly Keys command mode space c . calls the find-file function but I would ...
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What is the recommended way to generalize a defcustom from atom to sequence?
In an Emacs package I have a defcustom, say custom-string, that is defined as an atom of type string like so:
(defcustom custom-string "foo"
"A customizable string."
:type 'string)
I need to ...
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Start Emacs in VHDL-mode?
I started coding in vhdl and I'm currently using emacs with its vhdl mode as editor on Ubuntu 16.04 OS.
However i was wondering if its possible to start emacs already in vhdl mode, meaning I won't ...
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How do I change the Magit section heading background color?
I'm trying to customize the look and feel of my Magit setup. How do I change the background color of the section heading below?
In particular, I'd like to change the black background color next to ...
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How to change flycheck symbol?, like spacemacs
Flycheck has a symbol that tells in which line an error or warning have been encountered. I have seen spacemacs has its flycheck symbol changed. Default symbol is a double arrow; while spacemacs's ...
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Cannot set fringe foreground color
I want to change the foreground color of my fringes, in my theme file.
I changed (line 84):
- `(fringe ((t (:foreground ,bisque-fg :background ,bisque-bg))))
to
+ `(fringe ((t (:foreground ,...
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How to get rid of the “unsaved” title from the exported agenda document?
When I export the custom agenda view I get this "unsaved" text in the exported PDF document (see blow):
Exported PDF
Agenda-related code in init.el
(setq org-agenda-exporter-settings
'((ps-...
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Customize: highlight-symbol-colors added only delta
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1
By default package highlight-symbol has 9 colors.
So I add new color, snow, to option highlight-symbol-colors:
Screenshot:
OK.
As a result Customize puts this in my init ...
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How to know which packages have been installed?
Currently I am experimenting with Emacs and playing with many el files. Sometimes packages are installed from those el files or I install with a command M-x package-install. But this may cause ...
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Organizing Info Directory Node
When I open the Emacs info reader, the top directory node is really cluttered. It's difficult enough to navigate that it puts me off from using it. There are a few things that I can't figure out how ...
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Having same commands in different Emacs configuration files.
I am using Prelude Emacs and it has different configuration files. I keep my configuration files inside ~/.emacs.d/personal/. . Say, I have a command (menu-bar-mode 1) that enables menu bar inside ...
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How can I get some environment variables into init.el to construct file paths?
I want to synchronize my emacs configuration through an identical init.el but needs some settings defined according to the host.
For instance although init.el will be the same custom-file will vary ...
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How do I move custom- commands into a separate file and include them in .spacemacs?
I don't know whether it is because I started using org-mode but when I checked the .spacemacs file this is what I found:
;; Do not write anything past this comment. This is where Emacs will
;; ...
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Does emacs have some kind of customized popup creator?
Is there some kind of popup creator package which enables me to create some customized cheat sheets to help me with commands I need or haven't yet memorized?
I want to create some simple text files, ...
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Prevent bmkp-last-as-first-bookmark-file from being placed in custom-set-variables
I have the following code to set a custom.el file and load Bookmark+:
(setq custom-file (concat elf-emacs-lib-home-directory "emacs-config/" "custom.el"))
(when (file-exists-p custom-file) (load ...
