Questions tagged [helm]
Helm is an incremental completion and narrowing framework for Emacs. It is available for installation from MELPA.
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Can I limit refile targets with helm using a regular expression?
I would like to be able to use regular expressions in helm when selecting a refile target following an org-refile call. For example, if my list of targets includes
1. H1/
1. H1/P1/
1. H1/P1/C1/
1. H1/...
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How to display the minibuffer above candidates in helm
I am looking for configuration that displays the minibuffer in which to type input above matching candidates in a helm buffer.
I went through each helm variable and the closest named variable was helm-...
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How do I make `helm` save search results in a grep buffer?
I do helm-find-files (C-x c C-x C-f>), Tab, "Grep current directory with AG" (M-g a), enter pattern, Tab, "Save results in grep buffer" (F3). Now, how do I make M-g M-n/M-g M-p ...
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How to lists all shortcuts available for currently active major mode? [duplicate]
I simply want to get the list of shortcuts.
For example, when my cursor is in Treemacs, I press '?' and then mini-buffer opens which show all available shortcuts.
But same thing isn't true for other ...
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How to open `helm-all-mark-rings` in split window, while keep `helm-for-files` to open in same window
helm-for-files opens in full buffer, which I wanted to see it in full window (same window). I believe it is opening in full window is due to following lines according to How to configure a command to ...
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Is it problematic to use simultaneously Helm and Ido-mode? What are the consequences?
I am new to Emacs. When I started using it 2 months ago, a co-worker suggested using helm which definitely improved my use of Emacs.
In addition, I have been slowly reading the book Mastering Emacs, ...
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Magit becomes very slow in spacemacs
I am a on and off spacemacs user for a long time but I have recently started working on some bigger projects and so I started investing some more time into improving my workflow and in particular I ...
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Helm swoop: OR condition
I'm using helm-swoop to search through documents.
I'd like to introduce an OR condition between several words, as it seems that the default is AND.
How can I do that?
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Helm source not supporting space-seperated regexes
I am trying to make a simple helm source - just to try things out.
My code looks like this:
(setq some-helm-source
'((name . "HELM at the Emacs")
(candidates . ("yes" "...
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Helm installing issues
I am trying following a book (Mastering Emacs) and right now stuck on a section about working with Helm. I tried to install through various means, listed there, and found online, my last attempt was ...
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Can't use helm find-file action with keybinding
I have the following code that I found here (note that the buffer version works fine):
(use-package helm)
(use-package ace-window)
(defun helm-find-ace-window (file)
"Use ‘ace-window' to ...
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How to speed up function in helm-dependent library
I have found that the following function is taking up a massive amount of time (75%-85%) in a library I am working on. What is slowing it down? It uses cl-loop, but I don't think that is what is ...
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helm with image support?
Suppose I have the data
(setq data '((john "/path/to/selfie/john.jpg" "john@domain.com")
(mary "/path/to/selfie/mary.jpg" "mary@domain.com")))
How ...
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Color settings with helm
I use helm a lot. I have a problem setting colors. In my init.el I have
(require 'helm)
(require 'helm-config)
;; change active line color
(set-face-attribute 'helm-selection nil
:...
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Helm-minibuffer-history doesn’t refresh if search is multiple words
I have defined the following binding to access my history of searches input into helm buffers:
(define-key helm-map (kbd "M-r") 'helm-minibuffer-history)
However, if I invoke this binding, ...
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List classes, methods, and funcs with helm
I want a list of functions, classes, and methods, without imports or variables, that matches the ordering in the current file. Since I use helm-swoop, I would like to be able to do this with helm. I ...
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How to recommend helm-ag to select the current (where the call came from) position
I use helm-do-ag-this-file for interactive file search and navigation. To do this, I have a setting (setq helm-ag-insert-at-point ' sexp) and the expression under the cursor gets into the search bar ...
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Is there a way to limit Helm matches from all sources?
I don't mean helm-candidate-number-limit, because it apparently limits candidates from the individual sources, so if you set it to 100 and have two sources and the first source returns 70 candidates ...
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How to turn on "helm-mode" for a specific function?
The context
I've defined a big set of yasnippet snippets and sometimes I forget
the shortcut for those snippets. I've found out recently that
the function yas-insert-snippet can be used to insert a ...
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SPC i s not working
As if there was any need to make it clear, I am quite a noob when it comes to spacemacs. I am running into the following issue: I am trying to follow some tutorials online. In various of them, SPC i s ...
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How to make helm follow and show files as I type?
My Emacs used to have the ability to display the help buffer of each function everytime I was scrolling through M-x function candidates. How to enable it again? Thanks!
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Save current file with a slightly different name in Helm
This is the same question as Save current file with a slightly different name, but for Helm. (The top answer given for the original question doesn't work in Helm, sadly: M-n (next-history-element) ...
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How to use helm to search a buffer?
I would like to use the helm machinery to search "live" a buffer's lines.
Is this possible? If not how would I go about figuring out how to implement this?
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Helm-find-files on org link
When we call helm-find-files on an org link or path, helm is smart enough to autocomplete the path, making it easy for us to navigate from there. Unfortunately, if the link starts with [[file:./this/...
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helm-ag vs helm-do-ag
What are the differences between helm-ag and helm-do-ag from a user perspective? I see that helm-do-ag shows the results immediately and helm-ag not. But are there other differences and when is it ...
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Remember previous text searches history with positions after further text search
TL;DR: Is it possible to go back and forth between different helm-ag searches, and keep the last visited position in each of them?
Using Spacemacs’ spacemacs/helm-project-smart-do-search (SPC / ...
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How can helm be configured to return a nil result when the user cancels?
This function selects one of the items in projectile's project list, but when I cancel the select using Ctrl-G an item is still returned. Whatever candidate the selection is on is returned even if the ...
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How can I enable a major mode within a helm buffer?
I am trying to get org-mode syntax within a helm buffer. I want the candidates to render using org-mode syntax. How can I do this?
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How to sort by KIND in helm-find-files (Emacs)
I know there is such a variable as helm-ff-initial-sort-method.
However, it does not include KIND as a sorting method.
Anybody know how to sort files in helm-find-file by KIND?
Thank you!
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Efficient way to insert multiple file links (residing in the same directory) into a org file with helm
Suppose I edit an org-file, say /foo/bar/file.org and I want to insert links to multiple files living in another path, say /another/path/to/files/.
A stupid way to do this would be to call helm-find-...
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Make org mode use helm-find files when inserting local file links
How can I achieve that org mode uses helm-find-files if I insert a link to a local file via C-u C-c C-l?
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helm-ag (or equivalent) open selection in existing window?
If you run helm-ag (I typically do this with helm-projectile-ag, but I think it should be similar) and select a match, the file / buffer opens in the last used window.
My question is this: If a you ...
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Getting Helm describe-function/describe-variable’s secondary to work like helm-M-x?
When you use Helm for M-x, you can quickly check the documentation for an interactive command before calling it, it using the secondary key (usually C-z or C-j; I use the latter below). It brings up a ...
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Differences between "helm-follow-mode" and "follow-mode"
"helm-follow-mode" vs. "follow-mode"
Basically: what is the difference between their behaviours?
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Insert org mode links via helm-mini or refile (or equivalently using e.g. company mode)
I often want to insert a link to another file (that would be easily accessible via helm-mini or refile). I have to do this long dance of going into the target file (and potentially headline), storing ...
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M-x man: Can't find the %s manpage caused by loading helm
I'm trying to figure out why Emacs won't display some man pages with my configuration using M-x man. It, however, does display them with emacs -Q. Not all man pages are affected. I can view the man ...
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C-h v gives " Symbol’s value as variable is void: default
I'm running 26.1, I don't believe I have anything weird help-related in my .emacs.
When I try to get help on a variable, C-h v, it tells me Symbol’s value as variable is void: default.
Any hints of ...
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How to find a file recursively on Microsoft Windows with findutils (gnu find) installed?
I'm trying to find file recursively from default-directory with helm-find (C-x c /). It works out of box in linux.
I tried setting find-program like (I have git bash installed)
(setq find-program &...
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Use helm in specific modes and not for other buffers in different mode
I recently started using lsp-java and one of the packages it suggests is helm.
The suggested changes to the .emacs file to do this is:
(use-package helm-lsp)
(use-package helm
:config (helm-mode))
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Show custom key-bindings in the list of commands
I'm using merlin in Emacs, and in my init.el file I have the following :
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c t") 'merlin-type-expr)
But when I press M-x and type merlin to show the list of commands (...
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helm: find-file it is possible to ignore `[?] ...` during iteration
I am using helm when I am using Find Files (ctrl+c ctrl+f)
(require 'helm)
(require 'helm-config)
(define-key helm-map (kbd "<tab>") 'helm-next-line) ; rebind tab to run persistent action
(...
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How to go up one level in helm find files
With C-x C-f Helm tells me I can go up one level with C-| or possibly C-I.
However, when I try either, I get the following behavior instead:
C-I
Selects the highlighted file. It does not go up ...
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helm and ff-find-other-file
When I try to use the function ff-find-other-file on a C file, and the header file does not exist, I expect emacs to create a header file at the current location.
Since I started using helm, ...
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How do I dired delete in helm?
I just installed Helm and it looks really cool. However, I don't understand how to use dired anymore.
I'd usually C-x d to see my directory, then I could do operations like add or delete files. Now ...
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How to exclude double dot(..) and single dot(.) in find-file using `helm`?
I am using helm for find files. I have followed: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43632653/2402577
(helm-mode 1)
(global-set-key "\C-x\C-f" 'helm-find-files)
(add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'dired-omit-mode)
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Helm: change shortcuts of the actions
In helm, when you press TAB, you have access to the actions corresponding to the current entry. By default, they are bound to [F1],[F2]... But I don't like these shortcuts for several reasons:
the F{...
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Helm: select n-th item
In Helm I can see something like that:
Bibtex entries:
2 Title of my first article
3 Title of other article
4 Title of still another article
How could I directly select (but not execute the ...
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symbol's value as variable is void: command, when using ibuffer-sidebar
I installed ibuffer-sidebar (https://github.com/jojojames/ibuffer-sidebar) and added the following to my ~/.emacs.d/init.el:
(use-package "ibuffer-sidebar.el")
(require 'ibuffer-sidebar)
(setq ...
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Rename multiple files from a predefined directory to another directory
I want to have a function, which moves a file or optionally multiple marked files from one directory to a different directory in some parent folder.
I managed to design a script which does the main ...
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Don't kill helm search result buffer, navigate with M-g n
I was previously using ag-project to search string in my project. I had it setup so that it opened the relevant buffer on Enter, while keeping the result window open. I could then edit in that window, ...