Questions tagged [filtering]
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How can I convert nnmail-split-methods mail filtering format to Sieve format?
Any pointers to convert nnmail-split-methods to Sieve? Are there any functions in gnus, since it seems to also handle Sieve format?
I have like a few hundred lines exactly like this:
("ffmpeg-...
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Filter a list of strings to create a separate list of those that match a given prefix
If I have a list, (“apple” “pear” “grape” “apricot”) how do I create a new list with elements starting with the letter “a”? The new list will be: (“apple” “apricot”).
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Filter out command completions with specific prefixes
I am using command completions, and would like to 'filter' out certain built-in packages. For example, typing "text";
In these completions, I would like to filter out/hide the entries that ...
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How do you filter buffer list in a script? [duplicate]
Let's say there are three buffers:
"buffer1.py"
"buffer2.rb"
"buffer3.ipynb"
How do you filter/glob that list to select a specific buffer aka
(switch-to-buffer "*....
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Filter org-file using tags
I've this org-file:
* Headline a :tag1:
Text for my Headline a
* Headline b :tag2:
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How to show timestamped entries without TODO status
I understand from the manual that the command for doing a search of agenda entries which have a timestamp before today is as follows:
TIMESTAMP<"<today>"
If I additionally want to ...
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Using sed to filter/modify make output
I have to live with a build system that moves pieces of source around before running make. I have a function that pipes output of make through a sed to remap file references back to the source tree.
(...
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mapcar but return non-nil element only
Is there a function that applies a transformation to a sequence and returns only the non-nil values?
Right now I am using the following (as an example):
(seq-filter #'identity (mapcar (lambda (x)
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Saving filter list for Bookmark+ package
I've recently started using the BookmarkPlus package and I've been loving it.
However there is one thing that I can't seem to figure out. I want, from my big list of bookmarks,
to create a set of ...
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regexp-filter just searches headlines (org agenda view)
I have a problem with the filtering function org-agenda-filter-by-regexp:
It just searches the headlines of the entries not the whole entry text.
Example:
* title :work:
text
Searching for the tag '...
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How to filter the package list by package name part or regex
Via M-x list-packages I can view a list of installable and installed packages. Great! But how can I filter this list by a portion of the package name?
PS: I know about package-menu-filter, but for me ...
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emacs grep eliminate suspects
Typically, at the beginning of a coding/maintenance task, I usually start with a carefully worded grep, such as
M-x grep
git --no-pager grep -n -e 'collect' -- ':!*spec*' ':!*.yml'<enter>
and ...
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Filter list by regexps
How can I get all elements of a list which don't match multiple
patterns? The patterns are given as a list.
For instance, I want all files without '("no" "nix") in them.
(setq se-...
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Filter the content read from file
(This follows the answer to the question: Completion of sentences stored in a file.)
Suppose I have a file, the content of which being organized thanks to org-mode:
* Dreams ≠ reality
Please, don'...
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shortname for complex filter in org agenda
I want to give a shortname to a regular filter I use for agenda.
To prepare some meeting, i have a list of task / note with tag. I filter tag in org-agenda and before the meeting, i use org-agenda ...
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Hide org-table rows outside certain date ranges?
Excel tables lets us show just the rows that have "July 2018" in a specific column, and hide the rest. Or to show "21st August 2017-30th August 2017, and also July 2018, and also all of 2019", and ...
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How to filter a dynamic block column view by tags with a :match selector?
I'm trying to filter an org mode heading by tag in a dynamic block, but the match syntax is not quite working out.
Example:
#+COLUMNS: %25ITEM %TAGS
* Something ...
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How keep only duplicate lines?
Emacs 26.1. Windows 10
In buffer I has text like this:
3333333
1111111
$PAC_LTC
1337_BTC
1337_LTC
404_BTC
42_BTC
222222
42_LTC
808_ETH
8BIT_BTC
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org-mode: Duplicate tag groups when filtering agenda
When filtering org-agenda by tags using org-agenda-filter-by-tag, tag groups specified in org-tag-alist show up multiple times.
org-agenda-filter-by-tag uses the variable org-tag-alist-for-agenda, ...
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Error in process filter
I am trying to play with the make-process function and get information from it. I am getting some errors in my process filter that I am having trouble understanding. When I run my ceedling-version ...
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isearch-forward, call-interactively, and isearch-filter-predicate
Here are two use cases where I call isearch-forward with some filter predicate.
(let ((isearch-filter-predicate (lambda (a b) nil)))
(funcall 'isearch-forward))
(let ((isearch-filter-predicate (...
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ibuffer hide beginning of lines
When I press C-x C-b I get ibuffer (installed as part of prelude I think)
I like to press backtick and get the Filename/Process displayed.
Another SE answer helped me with that. (ibuffer hide columns)...
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Spacemacs+magit+helm checkout hide branches
Due to my workflow I have a lot of branches that I don't want to see in the magit helm checkout window. Is there a way to hide some branches here, preferably with a regexp?
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How do I filter an alist to just the properties I care about?
To effectively use a service's API, I'm leveraging json-read to turn the JSON response into an understandable data structure:
(let ((json-object-type 'alist)
(json-array-type 'list)
(...
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Org-Agenda day agenda filtered by tags OR'ed
A custom Agenda view can be filtered by tags AND'ed, e.g. show entries having both play AND read tags, like this:
(setq
org-agenda-custom-commands
'(("p" "play AND read" agenda ""
((org-agenda-...
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Builtin Filter Algorithm
In 25.1 there is (still) no builtin algorithm named filter. Why? What should I use instead? I think I've read somewhere that a standardized filter algorithm should be added to Emacs.
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Standard emacs lisp function for "collect-if"
Is there a standard emacs-lisp function replacement for
(defun collect-if (PREDICATE LIST)
(loop for el in LIST if (funcall PREDICATE el) collect el))
Example toy application: Extract the odd ...
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