Questions tagged [helm]
Helm is an incremental completion and narrowing framework for Emacs. It is available for installation from MELPA.
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Org-refile in Helm Mini Buffer does not fontify Headings
I am using spacemacs and org refile and have set the following variables:
(setq org-refile-use-outline-path 'file)
(setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil)
I also defined three files via org-...
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How to disable helm completion for vc-git-grep
I recently started using helm and I like it for certain things but it has broken vc-git-grep for me. I have M-. bound to vc-git-grep and my fingers have a strong muscle memory. It usually pulls a ...
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Org-capture menu from within helm
I have started using org-capture extensively, and now have capture lists for just about everything: books to read, movies to rent, articles to write, research topics, business ideas – you name it.
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Make helm-org-in-buffer-headings more like Deft
I would like to implement a notational velocity-like search, using helm.
Basically, I want to have similar functionality to helm-org-in-buffer-headings but I want the body text of each heading to be ...
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Hide leading stars in helm-org-in-buffer-headings
Currently, when I run helm-org-in-buffer-headings in see something like this:
* main topic 1
** Subtopic 1.1
** Subtopic 1.2
*** Sub-subtopic 1.2.1
* main topic 2
I would like to hide the leading ...
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Enable Follow mode for helm-org-in-buffer-headings
I want to enable helm-follow-mode for helm-org-in-buffer-headings. This is what I have so far:
(add-hook 'helm-after-initialize-hook
((lambda () (helm-attrset
'...
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Helm + Org-Goto + Narrow to Subtree + Follow Mode
I am using org-goto with helm and my init file has the following config:
(setq org-goto-interface 'outline-path-completion)
(setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil)
This works fine but I ...
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In a Helm prompt, how do I copy a candidate for editing?
Sometimes, I want to make a new file that's named similarly to an existing file. For example, I might want to copy a file to a second filename (foo.txt.backup), or move it to the right place (pretty-...
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Customising helm-mini to have filterd buffers
In my current setup, not having customised it, helm-mini shows me all the buffers in a single list, it then shows the recent files and a section to "Create buffer".
I am wondering if it's possible ...
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How do I move the cursor in helm?
How do I move the 'cursor' to the left/right in helm when typing a filepath? Currently my left arrow seems to be mapped to a backspace / clear word.
I'm using Spacemacs in evil mode.
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Setup helm for mu4e “jump to maildir”
In my mu4e setup, is there a way to have helm handle the "jump to maildir" list?
I am aware of the package helm-mu but it does not seem to have this functionality.
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helm-mu on macOS throws Invalid read syntax: (")
Hej guys,
I get an error when searching through my mails with helm-mu.
Messages gives
Invalid face reference: helm-grep-finish [96 times]
error in process filter: helm-mu-candidate-parser: End of ...
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helm-mode-dired folder name completion selection without buffer opening
I use dired with helm a lot. Let's say I want to go to /foo/bar/baz folder. I press C-x d to start minibuffer prompt for directory. I type /f and I get 5 suggestions. When I C-n to the one that I need ...
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Avoid spurious buffers with helm-find-file
I have C-x C-f bound to helm-find-files. Mostly this works really well, but if I hit TAB when there are no completions for an item (most often because I've fumble-fingered the directory or filename ...
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full-frame helm?
Is it possible to run something like helm-recentf or helm-mini in a way that the helm window occupies the entire frame when it's running, and then disappears afterwards (like the helm windows normally ...
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helm-gtags doesn't reflect the latest code change
I'm using helm-gtags-find-tag-from-here command a lot. It works fine as long as there is no change to the source file contains the definition of symbol under the cursor. However, if I modify the ...
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Can I get the bindings output that Helm shows into another buffer?
I know that I can bring up a Helm buffer which shows available bindings. But I would like to do some scripting around available keybindings and commands. Is there a way to dump that output to a ...
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Define abbrev for `helm-mini`
I am trying to define an abbreviation for helm-mini, I would like d to expand to *dired. When I try my usual way of *dired C-x a i l, I get an error saying Command attempted to use minibuffer while in ...
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Apply evil-mode Macro to helm-ag Results
I love using helm-ag-edit within projectile to make bulk edits to many files in my project in one fell swoop.
However, sometimes I want to apply keyboard macros (using evil-mode) to these files.
The ...
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Apply vim macro to files in helm-ag result?
I am using spacemacs (using evil mode) and want to apply a vim macro (keyboard defined or otherwise) to the files resulting from a search in helm-ag.
I'm thinking the easiest way would be to apply a ...
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Helm/Projectile outside a project
I use the packages Helm and helm-projectile for navigating in Emacs. I ran into problems, when I use projectile-helm inside Helm, and I'm able to reproduce this with a empty Emacs init file. The ...
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Quickly navigate through a cascade of otherwise empty directories in helm
I'd like to be able to quickly skip to the bottom of a cascade of otherwise empty directories. Consider the following directory structure:
foo/
bar/
baz/
a.txt
b.txt
If I were in ...
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How do I persist M-x calls so they can be displayed in MRU order?
I would like it if my Emacs were to save the M-x calls in most-recently used order and if this order could persist and grow across restarts/other sessions. I am using Helm, so I guess I should be ...
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how to provide a parameter for interactive lamda function
I want to be able to perform helm-swoop on an input error: on a compiler output buffer using C-x C-r, here is how I tried to achieve it.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-r") (lambda () (interactive) (...
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helm-comint-input-ring - get error: shell-mode-map
windows 10, emacs 26.1, helm 3.0
I use C-c C-l (comint-dynamic-list-input-ring)
I get something like this:
But I don't like this. I want to use helm-comint-input-ring.
I want to get something like ...
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When I start Emacs: Symbol's value as variable is void: shell-mode-map [duplicate]
System: Windows 10, Emacs 26.1, Helm 3.0
In my init.el:
;; Shell commands history
(define-key shell-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-l") 'helm-comint-input-ring)
When I start Emacs I get the following error:
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How hide helm buffers in *Buffer-List*?
windows 10, emacs 26.1, helm 3.0
Here my buffer list:
How I can hide all helm buffers? I'm don't want to Emacs to show them in Buffer List ?
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use-package won't load helm for projectile
I'm trying to use use-package to load projectile. Projectile uses helm for completion, which I'm also loading with use-package. Since projectile and helm have :bind sections I believe they're both ...
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Jump to bookmars - how show only last folder?
windows 10, emacs 26.1
In my init.el
(diredp-toggle-find-file-reuse-dir 1)
As result when I press Enter in helm-mini buffer show only last opened folder.
Nice. This exactly what I need.
But...
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Helm-mini: Emacs is “freeze” very often
Windows 10 (64 bit), Emacs 25.1, Helm helm-20180212.2045
Run shell
In she run Android command adb logcat -vtime
Here result
Nice
M-x C-x b - show helm-mini buffer
Nice
Than select shell buffer
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Helm-occur: How edit result?
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1, Helm
I want to find text "test3". So I use helm-occur
As result I get 5 candidates. Nice.
Now I want to edit text direct in buffer helm-occur.
How I can do this?
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function to do helm-do-ag for a specific project
I want to wrap the helm-do-ag in another function to search in a specific dir. The following is the description of helm-do-ag.
helm-do-ag is an interactive Lisp closure in `helm-ag.el'.
(helm-do-ag &...
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Show a list of names for all git projects
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1, Helm, Magit
I have many git projects in different folders.
Is it possible to show list of names for all git projects in one buffer?
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Prefer matches that have multiple hits?
It seems that helm prefers shorter paths when ordering the current set of matches. Is there a way to keep this general behavior but also take the number of matches into account?
In the screenshot I ...
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How to get vanilla find-file in Spacemacs
Even when i M-x find-file I get the Helm stuff.
I usally also want that, it's just with some Tramp stuff I think there are Problems.
How to get the plain old find-files from vanilla emacs in ...
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Enabling fuzzy matching in helm-bibtex
Is it possible to enable fuzzy matching in helm-bibtex?
The following example illustrates why it would be very useful to enable it. Imagine that typing "sm" returns these two matches.
Smith 2015
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helm-find-file (and other things) appearing in my main split
I currently have helm installed.
Sometimes when I have my window split vertically, when I run helm-find-files, it appears in one of the already open windows, rather than creating a new horizontal ...
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get more fields with bibtex-completion-candidates
In Helm-bibtex the function bibtex-completion-candidatesretrieves selected fields (authors, editors, title, year, type, and key of the
entry) from the .bib file. Is there a way to make it retrieve ...
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Weird autocompletion when writing a decimal number in helm-mode
I am using Emacs Prelude with Helm activated. While using Emacs IPython Notebook and julia-mode, I get an annoying auto-complete buffer pop up, when I am trying to type a decimal number, see figure ...
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assign meaningful names to buffers in helm-mini?
org-attach creates a directory for an entry in the entry.
In helm-mini this directory shows as a long sequence of numbers and letters, thus meaningless and impossible to quickly identify different ...
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helm-projectile-ag use thing-at-point as input?
I want to use the current word as the input when I do helm-projectile-ag. That saves me the typing work. I didn't see this option in customize.
How would I implement that?
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How to search for files, directories or grep(ag) from a directory inside a project with helm-projectile?
helm-projectile makes you set a project before trying to find files or directories, or searching through files with ag. All the searches are then based from the project root.
How does one start, for ...
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How to use helm-occur to search the whole word?
For example, I got the following lines:
1. abc
2. abc def
3. abc_def
4. _abc
5. abc_
and I want to search only the word abc, so only the 1 and 2 lines matches, I googled a while, it says \babc\b ...
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How can I pass the NO-LINE-BREAK argument to base64-encode-region in M-x?
I'm editing YAML files where I have to frequently encode and decode base64 values in a buffer. base64-encode-region and base64-decode-region are perfect for this, but very long strings get encoded as ...
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more intuitive fuzzy matching helm
When I use helm fuzzy matching, call helm-M-x type elm I would like emacs-lisp-mode to pop up as a candidate. Instead I get
helm-M-x
helm-gid
helm-dash
helm-locate
...
I don't find this default ...
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Exclusive tags are not honored
This has been a very frustrating thing for me. I have gone through this umpteen number of times, but have not been able to find a solution.
What I want to do is simple. I want to set a couple of ...
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How to format `helm-source-recentf` to a table similar to `helm-source-buffers-list`?
I like the table format of helm-source-buffers-list shown in helm-mini. Can I have similar table with two columns (basename and full path) for other sources (e.g., helm-source-recentf, helm-source-...
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How to show full path in `helm-source-locate` in `helm-mini`?
When I use helm-locate directly, it shows a list full path of candidate files. However, only basenames are shown in helm-source-locate section, when I use helm-mini. How can we make helm-source-...
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How to make helm-locate match multiple words as conjunction like helm-mini?
If I do M-x helm-mini and type emacs package, I get all buffers and recentf files that match both emacs and package, e.g.
/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el.gz
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Save all helm input history even if I cancelled the helm command at the end
Helm only saves user input history that was not cancelled. Could I include those cancelled input to history? I sometimes cancel some useful inputs because I just wanted to have a peek. I would like ...
