Questions tagged [emacs27]
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Cannot save as root with tramp: “Unlocking file: Permission denied”
I'm using Emacs 27.1 in the terminal with tramp version 2.4.3.27.1. This is on a remote server over SSH.
I can load files as root using tramp paths such as: /sudo:root@hostname:/etc/hosts or /sudo::/...
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Upgrade from 27.2 to 30.0, calling sequence change for "make-obsolete-variable"
I'm trying to upgrade from emacs-27.2 to emacs-30.0.50 under Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
Now, when I use emacs-30.0.50, I get this error on startup:
Wrong number of arguments: make-obsolete-variable, 2
I ...
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Make the minibuffer prompt always have a default argument
Is it possible to make the first history item available as the default argument when running commands like eval-expression and goto-line?
I'd like to be able to just press enter to use the previous ...
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Use of v28 breaks 27.2
In August, I built Emacs 28 and I've been using it ever since. Until last week, when I did the same for v29. Everything seems fine so far. However, I wanted to check something, so I fired up my ...
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Characters in unicode-smp charset have no glyphs in Emacs 27.1, debian buster, using MesloLGS NF font
I'm using Gnu Emacs 27.1 GTK on Debian 10 from buster-backports. I'm also using the MesloLGS NF font that ships with zsh powerlevel10k, and has a heck of a lot of unicode characters. Nonetheless, ...
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Storing Database Authentication Details Securely
(Note: I would normally use gpg versions of these files but for debugging I've scrapped gpg until I can get it working without encrypting!)
I'd like to store my username/password credentials securely ...
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How to set package-user-dir with Emacs 27 with package-quickstart and distinguish between graphical and terminal mode?
Goal:
I would like to do the following with Emacs 27+:
take advantage of the package-quickstart option to speed up startup,
have 2 independent elpa directories:
~/.emacs.d/elpa when emacs runs in ...
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EmacsForMacOSX build 27.2-2 cannot be opened on mac M1
This question is about Emacs 27.2-2 from https://emacsformacosx.com/ on Mac M1. From the release notes1 M1 support should be added since 27.2-1. However, on latest stable version I was getting an ...
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Dired+ doesn’t work on old remote system
When connected to an old remote system with Tramp 2.4.3.27.1, the buffer shows no files. With tramp-verbose set to 6, I looked at the Tramp debug buffer, then found (anonymized):
13:27:21.657267 tramp-...
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How to change the size on mode-line horizontal line
I am running emacs version GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0)
of 2020-09-19, on Ubuntu 20.04 on a laptop with 4K display in 200% scaling mode (...
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Workaround bug#45038: 27.1; blank display
My setup: Emacs 27.1 under Ubuntu 20.04 from Kevin Kelley's PPA, and configured to use ligatures with the JetBrains Mono fonts, as described here.
I experiencing Bug#45038 27.1; blank display, or ...
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Ignore spurious focus events for after-focus-change-function
I'm on Emacs 27.1, Fedora 33, GNOME 3.38.2.
In the latest NEWS it is reported that
The hooks focus-in-hook and focus-out-hook are now obsolete.
Instead, attach to after-focus-change-function using ...
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How to change "tramp-default-remote-shell" (or any of its descendants)
Whenever I use the /ssh: directive and later open a shell (M-x shell) while still looking at the remote file/directory, on the remote end it used to open "/bin/bash" and all I had to do was ...
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How do I get colour emoji to display in Emacs
Emacs 27 gained support for Cairo for font rendering and this is supposed to let me render emojis but I can't find out how to make it work. I just about managed to set up some fontsets but the emoji ...
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dnd-unescape-uri is undefined
After updating packages from MELPA, I'm getting the message:
Warning (emacs): dnd-unescape-uri is undefined. Some things may not work.
It is a separate buffer. Not in the messages buffer.
I can just ...
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I need help for the Emacs in GUI in Macos catalina since it is opening only in terminal
I have macOS Catalina. I just installed emacs 27. version but it's only in the terminal not in a different display of its own (i think that is called GUI). Please suggest for GUI.
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Emacs 27.1 daemon segfaulting when loading theme as emacsclient connects
Emacs 27.1 from:
Homebrew/Linuxbrew, compiled from source, on either RHEL 6.10 or Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial.
EVM, using pre-compiled Travis binaries on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial.
crashes for me with a ...
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org-mode table "width cookie" no longer working in 27.1?
The Linux distribution I use (Fedora 32) recently upgraded the included Emacs version from 26.3 to 27.1. With this new version, it appears that the "width cookie" for the org-mode tables ...
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replacement for `emacs -xrm Xft.embolden:true -fn Hack-13` for emacs 27.1
For last 2 years (2018-) I've been using
emacs -xrm Xft.embolden:true -fn Hack-13
to start emacs w/ suitable sized and 'brightness'ed fonts for me in my systems.
What that does gives extra boldness to ...
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`C-c C-e l o` does not open the pdf anymore
After upgrading to Emacs 27, I noticed that, for any org document, C-c C-e l o now behaves on my computer as C-c C-e l p: i.e., the pdf is correctly produced, but is not displayed anymore on side ...
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Default font selection behaves strangely
After upgrading to Emacs 27.1, my default font changed to adobe courier. I would like to use Anonymous Pro or Inconsolata, but attempts to change it using M-x customize-face RET default fail. I am at ...
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`org-bibtex` is no longer found automatically
I am getting the following warning message since I have upgraded to GNU Emacs 27 on Mac.
I have been using Emacs for org-mode. It's my understanding that org-bibtex should be a part of GNU Emacs, I ...
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Ubuntu 27.1 install needs X libraries
Getting this on running ./configure on Ubuntu 20.04 for the new 27.1 install
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checking for X... no
checking for X... true
configure: error: You seem to be running X, but no X development libraries
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package--check-signature-content error when running package-list-packages in Emacs 27
I recently upgraded to a GNU Emacs pretest 27 (version 27.0.91) running on MS Windows 10 platform.
With package-check-signature defaulting to allow-unsigned, I modified init.el so Emacs can work ...
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JetBrains Mono Ligatures Emacs27+
I know there is already a post asking this, but the author is using Emacs 26.3 and for what I've read starting with Emacs 27 there is now proper support for ligatures, but they should be enabled in ...
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Syntax/indentation problems with Vue mode in Emacs 27 nightly
I'm using vue-mode, based on mmm-mode with Emacs 27 nightly from 10/10/2019. Since that Emacs update, I don't get any indentation support in the script section of a Vue file.
Try this file with emacs -...
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Why an error when calling a command in a specific buffer?
Q: why do I get errors when calling a command from a specific buffer, but not in any other buffer?
Scratch all of what I had previously said about
call-interactively (see strikethrough below for ...
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Breaking changes to eieio in Emacs 27?
Q: are there breaking changes to eieio in Emacs 27?
I just upgraded to the Emacs 27 snapshot, and I'm getting a
peculiar break in code that works in previous versions of Emacs.
walkthrough
Here's a ...
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