Questions tagged [init-file]
for questions about initialization files `.emacs` or `init.el. DO NOT USE this tag if you assume answers require tweaking initialization files because many solutions do not involve directly manipulating initialization files.
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so-long not detecting a long line in compilation output
I am trying to use so-long to improve the performance of compilation-mode when the compiler output contains very long lines (1000s of characters).
When the compilation runs and I M-x so-long-minor-...
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How to enable evil-mode in Portacle?
I want to start learning Common Lisp and I want to use portacle for an IDE-like experience.
As I understand, portacle doesn't provide a normal init.el configuration file.
Instead, it uses a file in ...
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What is the init.el in doom emacs?
I recently installed doom emacs and really like how much it is developed.
The problem I encounter is the following:
I want to add LSP-support for emacs. On the website, it is illustrated how I can ...
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Why is emacs looking in `~/` for `.emacs`? [duplicate]
I'm using /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/.emacs
as my initialisation file. When I start emacs I get:-
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘~/.emacs’:
Why is emacs looking in '~/...
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Search path for lisp files
When starting emacs using the initialisation file
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/.emacs
what is the default search path for lisp files if I use the default value of load-path (I don't change the ...
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Save LaTeX/AucTeX generated auxiliary files to a separate directory EXCEPT for the PDF file
I am using AucTex in Emacs to compile my LaTeX files. Is there a way to keep just the PDF file in the current directory and send all the other auxiliary files to a separate folder? I have set TeX-...
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massive memory leaks
I have a problem with memory leaks. Normally, I have only a few small org mode files loaded, and maybe a few odd yaml or Python files, less than 20 altogether). Over time, emacs keeps eating memory ...
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Which of .emacs or init.el is evaluated first? [duplicate]
Which is evaluated first .emacs or init.el?
And if there are conflicting statements which is used?
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Emacs Won't Load My ~/.config/emacs/init.el... Unless I Do This
I'm new to Emacs so I ended up following along with a tutorial by System Crafters. In the video he notes that he is not loading his primary configuration for the tutorial, so he loads an Emacs ...
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Using (use-package ...) with Emacs 29+
I am using Emacs 29.1, which ships with use-package, and I want to install and load the MELPA bm package through the init file.
I am using the following test-init.el init file:
(defun my-packages ()
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When can function not be redefined in init.el?
To solve a problem with the Gnus' IMAP search in Exchange folders with Emacs 28.2, I have the modified piece of code from gnus-search.el below. However, if I add this to my init.el on starting Emacs ...
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Difference between emacs and emacs --load ./init.el
I have the init.el file with following configuration:
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives '("tromey" . "http://tromey.com/elpa/"))
(add-to-list 'package-archives '(&...
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How to fix lsp-mode for Elisp?
I have this set in my init file:
;; build dependency tree for function
(use-package lsp-mode
:ensure t
:hook ((clojure-mode . lsp)
(clojurescript-mode . lsp)
(prog-mode . ...
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How can I bind Option+up-arrow to scrolling command?
I'm on a Mac, using iTerm2. 'Option' is the same as Alt, and Alt is Meta in emacs.
First, in emacs I typed C-h k followed by Option-Up (Hold option key and press up arrow). The output was
ESC <up&...
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Strange issue with dired-subtree
This is my simple config:
(use-package dired-subtree
:ensure t
:bind (:map dired-mode-map
("<tab>" . dired-subtree-toggle)))
The first time the ...
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Initialization not liking whitespace mode after upgrading to 29.1?
I have the following configuration for whitespace mode in my .emacs file:
(require 'whitespace)
(setq whitespace-style '(trailing lines indentation space-before-tab space-after-tab)
whitespace-...
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What utf-8 settings need to be explicitly set in dot emacs
I run Emacs in Windows via msys2. If I set my language environment in my .bashrc using export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 I get as my default environment in Emacs utf-8-dos. Is there a need thereafter to set any ...
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Make the linter aware of autoloads for init files using package-quickstart
If I try to call an autoloaded function inside my init.el file, it will get executed normally.
However, the byte compiler will give me warnings about undeclared functions. This applies for all user-...
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How to collapse the output of code evaluation in org mode?
I would like to evaluate the code blocks in org-mode. However, when the output is lengthy, I want the output result to be collapsed. When I export the org file to the html, I want to see the result. ...
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use-package with builtin mode, such as display-time-mode
I'm trying to use the use-package method of organizing my Preferences.el file in Aquamacs. When I try to use use-package display-time-mode, I get the following error message.
Debugger entered--Lisp ...
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Automatic popup of words from the buffer using Corfu and Dabbrev
How can I make Dabbrev and Corfu automatically show a pop-up for the words from my current buffer? For example, if I write "example" somewhere in a document, I would like it pops up ...
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ivy-rich-mode not loading automatically after Emacs restart
If after restarting Emacs I do M-x ivy-rich-mode, the minibuffer displays "ivy-rich-mode disabled." However, despite this message, the ivy-rich functionality, such as vertical completion, ...
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Aquamacs hangs when refreshing package contents
I'm trying to use use-package in my Preferences.el file under Aquamacs 3.6. Every time I try to run Aquamacs with the following Preferences.el, Aquamacs hangs, usually indefinitely.
(require 'package)...
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What is an eln-cache and how do I get rid of it?
I'm using Emacs 28.2 on Debian 12.1 with just some org-mode settings in the init file, and it suddenly produces an eln-cache/ every time I start it and populates it with a lot of files. It's annoying ...
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Preventing loading of packages removed from Emacs's initialization file
Several packages continue to be available for use, even though I have removed them from init.el and restarted Emacs. However, this does not occur with emacs -Q. Previously, the persisting packages ...
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If I remove "package-enable-at-startup" line, what is the effect?
I have this line in my early-init.el file:
(setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
By removing this line I basically tell Emacs to
make installed packages available before loading the init.el file.
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"Error (frameset): Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil" How to debug it?
Such a message in the "Warnings" window. "Frameset" I think refers to the .emacs.desktop file. I got this message when Emacs in daemon mode restored the desktop. There is no such ...
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Why is 'eval-after-load' required here?
(eval-after-load "dired"
'(progn
(define-key dired-mode-map "c" 'dired-create-empty-file)
(define-key dired-mode-map "r" 'dired-do-compress-to)))
Why is the ...
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(wrong-type-argument stringp nil) error when calling tangle
As the title says, I get this error whenever I, or the function I'll show below, call org-babel-tangle. I'm using a org file to configure emacs, which tangles every time it is saved to my init.el.
The ...
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"touch file" in dired mode
I found this answer:
(eval-after-load 'dired
'(progn
(define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "c") 'my-dired-create-file)
(defun create-new-file (file-list)
(defun exsitp-untitled-...
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Avoid placing safe-local-variable-values in init file
I have a project with a .dir-locals.el file. This file contains some customizations for various project local variables, e.g. include directories for semantic and arguments for clang.
First time ...
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custom-set-faces not working for client
I have a custom (custom-set-faces ...) section in my ~/.emacs file. When I run emacs this section seems to get completely ignored since the custom colours don't get set. But if I go to ~/.emacs, ...
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What configuration file should I modify to affect tramp configuration?
I am new to Emacs.
I run Linux. I'd like to tramp into a Windows machine, so that I can edit the files on the Windows machine from the comfort of my Linux system.
Apparently, you have to change the ...
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How to load font for emacs on Arch Linux?
I want to use a custom font for emacs on arch linux.
Therefore, I installed the package ttc-iosevka.
Then I added the following line to my init.el:
(set-frame-font "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/iosevka-...
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Prefix key in general package does not work with emacs start up page (fundamental mode)
I am trying to define key bindings with general.el following emacs from scratch. However, the leader-prefix key (SPC) does not seem to work from the Emacs start-up page (Fundamental mode). It works ...
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Melpa packages not listed
On Mac OS, Emacs 28.2, I have the following lines at the top of my init.el
(require 'package)
(add-to-list 'package-archives
'("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/")
'("...
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New windows open below (horizontal split) by default
Before, I used to have that windows would open on the right of my current window for things like M-x man and M-x shell. Now I have that they open below. All I've done is uninstall and reinstall my ...
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How do I turn off electric-indent mode within 'Fundamental' mode?
Currently, in my .emacs.d/init.el, I have:
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq-default tab-width 4)
(setq indent-line-function 'insert-tab)
(push (cons "\\*shell\\*" display-buffer--...
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In Doomemacs how to get "SPC q l" to automatically run the moment doom loads after I run "emacs .&" from command line
On my linux box when I run emacs .& from the command line, inside a folder it opens up and displays that folders contents via Dired.
I need to either:
display the Doom landing screen instead of ...
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How to debug emacs lisp? (e.g. Symbol's value as variable is void: n)
When I start Emacs, I get the error message: Symbol's value as variable is void: n
I am pretty sure, it is just a typo in my init.el, but how can I find it?
Shouldn't there be a debugger, which tells ...
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Problem in opening files with filenames in Devanagari
I am using Emacs 28.2 on Trisquel 11.
I have installed it using 'guix package manager'. When I am trying to open a file named in Devanagari characters it opens as blank file and the file name on mode ...
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Error (use-package) : failed to install packages
I'm using Aquamacs Emacs 3.6 for Mac (I've got Ventura 13.4)
I am setting up an emacs file for my developing environment, with the following contents :
;;; .emacs --- Emacs conf file -*- coding: utf-8 ...
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How can I reliably run doom emacs alongside spacemacs?
Years ago I had trouble switching to spacemacs from a vanilla emacs configuration. I was unable to reliably run both configurations without trickery involving moving .emacs.d directories.
Now I have ...
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Need help with flycheck and etc-sudoers-mode
I want to install flycheck together with https://github.com/emacsmirror/etc-sudoers-mode.
When I run gnu emacs, I get:
Error (use-package): etc-sudoers-mode/:catch: Symbol’s value as variable is void: ...
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Is there a way to convince Emacs 29 to use the initial directory to save setup information?
One of the powerful features of Emacs is that you can change almost any of its settings using provided interactive dialogs.
With the in version 29 provided possibility to specify a directory to load ...
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How to output ALL of the settings an Emacs version comes by default with as text to see where the differences between the versions are?
The Title already tells what the question is about.
The purpose of the answer to this question would be to become able to find out which default values differ between the versions 27.1 and 28.2 of ...
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Local installed Emacs 28.2 does not load the settings from ~/.emacs created by Emacs 27.1
I have two versions of emacs installed on my system (Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon):
~ $ type --all emacs
emacs is /usr/local/bin/emacs
emacs is /usr/bin/emacs
The /usr/local/bin/emacs is the version 28.2 I ...
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How to keep initializing regardless of errors signaled when loading init.el?
As most emacs user, I change my init.el fairly often.
Sometimes a bug is introduced and the next time I start emacs I get an error message and a very ugly emacs without any of my keybindings. Then, I ...
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recentf (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
I seem to have updated something which is causing recentf to fail, not sure.
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
file-readable-p(nil)
(and (file-readable-p filename) (...
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gnutls-available-p is void despite emacs being built with gnutls
I am attempting to secure my emacs 28.1 following the well-known guide here. After running into a (seemingly common) error with the bad certificate check I was lead to this emacs stackexchange post. ...
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