Questions tagged [linux]
for Emacs and GNU/Linux operating system-specific issues about compiling, installing, configuring, running, editing, and debugging.
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New Frame function fails to size the new frame correctly and prints a Gtk-CRITICAL message. Is this the return of an old bug?
I am using Emacs 29.1. After upgrading Linux to Ubuntu 23.04 the emacs create new frame function (C-x 5 2) seems broken.
What happens: when I create a new frame, it shows up so tiny (15x7) that the ...
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Is there a cross platform way of accessing the GUI clipboard from emacs lisp?
I run emacs with a common configuration on osx and linux. I have some custom functions that need to get access to the GUI clipboard. I find interacting with the clipboard a bit of pain - so I've ...
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How to completely disable drag-and-drop of file in X11 Emacs?
This issue irks me for a long time... I use Emacs under X11 + KDE (plasmashell + kwin_x11), and Emacs GUI window always robs the dragging event when I am dragging a file from file manager into the ...
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Tramp from Linux into a Windows machine and use the language development server from the Windows machine with eglot?
I think everything is in the title.
I use Linux on a day to day basis.
I'm going to occasionally have to edit a C# project that is on a Windows machine. There is a C# development environment installed ...
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How to install emacs29 with X11 support?
After installing emacs 29 with yay emacs29-git now on startx I get:
You are trying to run Emacs configured with the "pure-GTK" interface under the X Window System. That configuration is ...
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EXWM black screen after startup
The following is my starting script (.emacs.d/exvm/start-exvm.sh)
#!/bin/sh
# this makes it work in Ubuntu
xhost +
## you might need to append the TTY you are working on
xinit
wmname LG3D
# Remap ...
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Why is my simple use of shell-command to change a global keybinding in Linux not working?
I want to be able to change a global keybinding by calling an Emacs function.
The command in question is:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "['<Super>Tab']&...
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How install Emacs 28 from OFFICIAL REPOSITORY?
Linux Mint 21.3
I installed Emacs like this:
apt-install emacs
It's success installed ... but it's version 27.
But I want to install Emacs 28... from OFICIAL REPOSITORY.
Is it possible?
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Advanced key reconfiguration under Linux
I'm transitioning to Emacs and trying to reconfigure the layout in a way that reduces the strain on my fingers. One thing I would like to have is the following behavior, which I was told is impossible ...
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Display AVIF images?
I enabled image-use-external-converter, and I added avif to image-file-name-extensions and AVIF to imagemagick-enabled-types. However, that doesn't do the trick.
I would like AVIF files to render in a ...
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Compare recursive flattened/"branch view" list of files between two directories in emacs/linux
I have two folders, "old" and "new". The "new" folder includes files from "old" that have been copied into subfolders by a program.
[-] Test
|--[-] New
| |--...
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How to Install Emacs latest stable release?
I'm trying to install spacemacs on my laptop with elementary os. With apt the latest version I get is 26.3 and I don't understand why because it seems to be far away from the most recent stable ...
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Building emacs for Alpine Linux info/dir target failure
I am trying to build emacs for Alpine Linux by following the instructions.
After installing the relevant packages I run
configure --with-x-toolkit=lucid --with-mailutils --enable-gcc-warnings --with-...
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How to see total line number of a file in emacs Mode line?
I really need this but couldn't figure out how to do it.
Let's say I open a file in a new buffer which has 200 line of code.
Now I'm in the beginning of my file in line 1. And Mode line showing All(1,...
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Why is my C-. keystroke getting captured?
I have a strange problem that I've observed using GNU Emacs 28.1 on gnome + arch linux. I have a commands bound in my .emacs to C-, and C-., which I wrote a long time ago to jog up and down the buffer....
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How to open serial-port with root privileges
When I try to open /dev/ttyUSB0 with serial-term, following permission error shows:
Opening serial port: Permission denied, /dev/ttyUSB0
I know I can add my user to a group that has access to /dev/...
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Why can't I type things such as "?" and "/" in Emacs with my macOS running Brazilian Portuguese input but they do work outside of Emacs?
I have been using Emacs on a NixOS (Linux) machine running GNOME as a Desktop Environment. The hardware interface of this system is an American keyboard. Since I am Brazilian, it was necessary for me ...
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After package installation, why Emacs kept retrieving an error message on "Creating directory: Operation not supported" subsequent to normal behavior?
I was using this init file on a NixOS machine.
It is important to note that parts of the file were written with use-package and other parts were a legacy from the classic imperative installation of ...
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How can I run additonal linux commands after compiling a latex file
I want to run the following commands when emacs compiles a latex file.
FILE="main.tex" # currently opened buffer in the emacs
pdflatex -shell-escape -shell-escape -jobname=main_temp $FILE
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Modifying local Google Drive files from Emacs
Recently I've moved from MS Windows to Linux Mint.
While on windows, I used to have a code of backup in my init.el file, so that all emacs backups were saved into my local folder DRIVE, that was ...
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How can I have a bracket guide when programming?
What I am looking for is a guide to show what area of the code a set of brackets covers. I am not referring to highlighting the match between parentheses or brackets but instead outlining the field ...
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Z-Order of Emacs Client Not Layered Top-Most
System & related settings:
Fedora 35 (using Cinnamon Desktop)
Emacs 27.2
focus mode: "sloppy" with "raise-on-click" disabled
Contrary to all other applications, including the ...
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How to remove emacsclient and emacsclient.emacs from linux(debian)
I have installed emacs using apt.
I have already tried:
apt purge emacs
apt purge emacs-gtk
When I tried to remove emacsclient using apt. It says
"E: Unable to locate package emacsclient"...
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Cannot enable FACE attributes with (custom-theme-set-faces!)
config.el
(custom-theme-set-faces! 'doom-ir-black
'(mode-line :foreground "blue")
;;'(mode-line :foreground t)
;; also doesn't work
;;'(mode-line :foreground "#000000&...
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Different behavior between M-! and a terminal?
I'm writing a major mode to interface with a popular but clunky Monte Carlo program. I've also written a script that makes the interface a little more tolerable, and have written the following simple ...
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Auto-detect system dark mode or light mode and select themes based on that
Is there a way on linux (Ubuntu 20, Gnome) to detect changes in system's dark mode vs light mode and change emacs themes to a dark theme or light theme that I specify?
I see this question Change theme ...
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Get notified through Diary or Org-Mode even when Emacs is closed?
I am using Emacs on my Pine Phone running Mobian (Debian with a phone shell). What I am looking to do is set up Diary or Org-Mode to set up a calendar and get notifications when Emacs isn't running. I ...
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Duplicate headllines in org mode in CentOS
CentOS 7
Emacs 27.1
Magit
Here my folder with org mode files:
I open current.to.do.org and it success open.
As you can see the first headline is ANDROID and last headline is TESTING.
Nice.
Now I ...
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Emacs can't see system fonts on Debian
I have small problem with fonts' availability in Emacs on Debian 10.
I have downloaded 'Fira Code' fonts and correctly installed them. They are exists on fc-list and are available in other programs ...
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.svg not exported through org-export + paragraphs not separated after newline
I have been constantly trying to render a logo.svg found in my custom title-page (included in #LATEX:) to match our university title-page for academic writings, but have unfortunately not had success ...
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How to get the PATH from the SHELL
When launched at system start-up, the Emacs daemon doesn't pick up modifications to the PATH introduced by shell initialization scripts.
Emacswiki suggests to use this function to update Emacs' PATH,
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How to install Emacs 26 on CentOS 7?
CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)
To install Emacs on CentOS I use this:
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install emacs
Nice. But the problem is that... it install old version of Emacs = 24....
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How to get package `dired-icon` to show icon images in Dired?
I installed the package dired-icon and restarted Emacs. I then ran
M-x dired-icon-mode
But no icon shows up in Dired mode and in the minibuffer the following message is shown:
Opened text-plain.png ...
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Tramp hangs indefinitely when using doas on Linux
Tramp works fine when I try to edit with sudo or ssh, but when I try to edit with doas it will hang (while also maxing out my cpu). Here is some tramp output:
backtrace()
tramp-signal-hook-...
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User emacs has no home directory
I am an emacs newbie running emacs doom on Linux. I am learning how to use traditional emacs in my free time and have an emacs config file that I want to test out.
I launch my traditional emacs by ...
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emacs27 : Depends: emacs27-common but it is not going to be installed
I has Emacs 25.3
emacs -version
GNU Emacs 25.3.2
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Emacs
under the terms ...
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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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How to call Elisp functions from my own implementation of a shell?
I'm writing my own shell which can handle most of the GNU/Linux system calls now. So I was wondering if I could make this shell call Elisp functions too. Is it possible to do so? Is so, how do I get ...
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Binding XF86Cut and XF86Copy to Emacs Commands
I have a keyboard with dedicated keys for XF86Cut, XF86Copy, XF86Paste. I want to bind these to Emacs commands. The goal is get the usual behavior for cut-and-paste between Emacs, my terminal, and my ...
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Is the Hyper modifier key usable on non-X11 platforms?
I have a hyper modifier setup, however I was wondering if it's possible to use this on any windowing systems besides X11, for example:
macOS
Wayland
Win32
The terminal.
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Receive windows manager notifications of display changes
Is there a way for emacs to receive display changes notification from the windows manager? I understand this might be an OS dependent question, so I'm particularly interested in the interaction ...
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Spacemacs crashing on start with Ubuntu 20.04
I'm having a problem where every time I open Spacemacs it immediately crashes on Ubuntu 20.04. It was crashing for some actions with Magit and starting a CIDER REPL so I decided to do a fresh install. ...
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Emacs terminal - the location before the command prompt
My emacs terminal is currently displaying ;0user@Ubuntu: ~user@Ubuntu:~$".
This happened after my friend was using my laptop, and is persisting after uninstalling and reinstalling emacs, as well as ...
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Newbie to emacs. need help
Are there any good resources that anyone can suggest. I rate myself 3 out of 10 when it comes to using editors like vim
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emacs: Work out which monitor is the primary one
Is there a way to programatically work out which display is considered the "primary" display for X within emacs?
I've managed to get a function working that determines if the machine has more than ...
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Does Emacs 26.3 require older version of ImageMagick?
I've just upograded Ubuntu 19.04, which installs imagemagick 7. When trying to start my Emacs install, I see the following error:
emacs: error while loading shared libraries: libMagickWand-6.Q16.so.3:...
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C-/ results in backspace in the Linux console
I am using emacs on many machines, and always use C-/ for undo. However, I started working on a Raspberry Pi with Arch Linux recently, using a local text terminal - X is not installed. Here, C-/ has ...
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Can emacs on Mac using native window system connect to an emacs server on a Linux system
At this point I believe I am using the emacs version on my Mac that is built by Homebrew and the "stock" emacs on Ubuntu 18.04.
I set up emacs server on the Ubuntu host as it is described in Starting ...
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Access Serial Port on Remote System
Is there a nifty emacs command to access the serial port on a remote system?;)
I've seen socat, which creates a virtual serial port on the local system, but if emacs can do it directly, without that, ...
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macro execution with i-search fails under Linux and succeeds under windows?
Imagine you've got file with FirstName|LastName| like this :
John|toto|
Hanz|titi|
and want to put the first names at the end of the lines (just an stupid exemple). You may use Macro Recordind for ...
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