Questions tagged [linux]
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emacs 25.3 not rendering correctly, especially after resize
The problem is when emacs starts, the right 1/4 of the window doesn't repaint and shows whatever window was behind it.
Also on resize, sometimes the font and the cursor get way too big and the ...
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Error (initialization): User … has no home directory
I just installed GNU Emacs 23.1.1 on a new machine and copied my ~/.emacs and ~/.emacs.d/ from another machine where I'm running emacs 25.1.1.
When I launch emacs it writes Error (initialization): ...
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How can i make Emacs use the System input method and Language?
Problem :
I am using Emacs for general text typing and editing outside my Programming. This requires me to type in local languages of India ( specifically Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil ).
I am on ...
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(To file an emacs bug report) are there services out there that let's me ssh to a clean GNU Linux machine
I want to file a bug report about emacs.
From what I learnt, bug reports relating to GNU/Linux
are given precedence over more exotic OS's like MacOS.
I can spin up an ubuntu instance in 10 seconds ...
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how to disable automatic dos mode?
Many versions ago, if you opened a dos-line-end file on Linux you would see the extra ^M codes. Now it automatically recognizes the situation and puts "DOS" in the info bar and hides the extra ^Ms.
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How to set eshell's ls command to different program in different OS?
Since result of /usr/bin/ls is more neat compares with eshell/ls when filenames contain non-lattin Unicodes. I add an alias in ~/.emacs.d/eshell/alias, which makes eshell use /usr/bin/ls as default:
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What does emacs want for non-ASCII keys
Under Debian-Jessie, Emacs recognizes qualified special keys, e.g. C-<home>, in an X terminal (e.g. mate-terminal) but in TTY it does not.
I have corrected this by making a replacement keymap, ...
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keybinding to switch to specific application
I'm running Emacs in a GUI, and I like having a keybinding that quickly switches me to a terminal. Yes, I know there's eshell, term, and shell in Emacs, but I still prefer a dedicated terminal ...
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Emacs doesn't open a new frame
Emacs does not start in a new frame.
If I'm in a terminal running Bash and enter $>emacs the editor is opened inside this terminal, and produces exactly the same behavior as $>emacs -nw. I have ...
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how to debug who move cursor
I have very annoying problem, after I run M-x compile time to time
cursor jump from middle of buffer to the first line.
I want to find out culprit (I found mode who responsible for this,
but I want ...
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Map a key to act like a combination of modifiers
I've got a keyboard, where pressing M-C-S is uncomfortable (Meta and control are under the thumbs and Shift is on the far end of the keyboard). However, PageUp, PageDown, Home and End are in a very ...
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How to make GUI Emacs use all available space when running maximized on linux?
GUI Emacs running maximized on my Linux (centos7+kde) is not using all the available space leaving some space around the borders, specially at the top and the bottom.
Sample of GUI emacs running "...
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Second meta key
On my keyboard layout, pressing some key combinations (like M-c as C is where R is on the American keyboard layout) can be quite tricky.
This is why I want Alt Gr or the context menu key to be a meta ...
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How I can download the latest version of Emacs on Linux Mint 18.1?
Linux Mint 18.1 (64 bit).
I install Emacs by Software Manager.
It download Emacs version 24.5. But the latest version is 25.1.
How I can download the latest version?
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Flycheck c/c++-clang check linux kernel headers
Currently I am working with the linux kernel, but I am struggling trying to check my syntax using flycheck, I already added the path of the headers in the clang-path but it is not enough. Does any of ...
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small font for programming wanted [closed]
I have a low-res screen (1366x768) and therefore are searching for a small font which is clearly readable.
Till now I used this font:
-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-50-iso10646-1
I had ...
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flyspell & hunspell: 'flyspell-buffer' is not marking words … sometimes
I try to get flyspell working with hunspell on Linux with German de_DE_frami dictionary from LibreOffice Extensions. The setup works ... more or less. (English dictionarys work perfectly fine.)
But ...
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Emacs cursor color is different in daemon and non-daemon modes
There's some weird stuff I encounter when running Emacs under KDE.
Here's how it looks when I run it normally, via the emacs command:
If I run it as a daemon, here's what I see:
And if I run ...
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mode-line-inactive after system window loses focus
When a system/X11 window (frame) with Emacs loses focus, how can I make its mode line become mode-line-inactive? It stays active, keeping the standard mode-line look/face…
Shouldn’t it be the default?...
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Selecting correct font weight variant (Linux)
Here's a minimal example that does something on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) that doesn't seem right to me:
M-: (set-frame-font "Ubuntu")
M-x describe-font <RET>
The first couple of lines that Emacs ...
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Magit, how to use system's ssh agent and don't ask for password
I've googled and read the FAQ and Wiki for Magit, but still unable to figure this out, all I find are answers about Windows...
How can I configure Magit to use my running ssh-agent session and don't ...
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How to toggle input methods with just ctrl-shift?
I would like to toggle input method in emacs with OS key binding, i.e. ctrl-shift, so it behaves like a normal desktop application. In other words I want to rebind C-\ to just C-S without any extra ...
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redraw-display when focused
I am using Emacs 25 in SUSE linux and when I switch to a workspace where Emacs is the front window almost none of the text is visible. I have to call redraw-display in order to get it refresh the ...
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What's the lighest version of emacs for Ostro x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu?
Using Ostro on #IntelMaker #Joule, I've downloaded the earliest version of emacs available from https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/, and tried running configure, but it failed with a message that emacs ...
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How to generate list of hex numbers?
I am using emacs with org mode.
Question 1:
I want to number a column in a table in hex.
E.g.
| 0x00 | xyz | .. |
| 0x01 | abc | .. |
I want to auto generate first column.
Any ideas how to do this ...
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Misc-Fixed fonts and font height
I use the Misc-Fixed fonts because I enjoy non-antialiased fonts. They are designed per height, and tolerate shrinking badly. For instance, in the following example, the default font is set to 9x15 ...
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Possible to “detach” a child process?
I use browse-url/browse-url-firefox to open links in Firefox from within Emacs 24.5.1 under Linux (Fedora 23) which in essence executes the firefox executable with the URL by start-process. If there ...
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How to use the same pdf-tools install on OSX and Linux simultaneously?
Q: how can I get pdf-tools to work simultaneously on OSX and Linux?
I keep my .emacs.d directory synced over Dropbox, and share it between machines running OSX and Linux (Fedora and Ubuntu). I got ...
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emacs interface to ubuntu package management (apt, dpkg)
Is there an emacs library for managing packages on Ubuntu,
ie an emacs based alternative to synaptic and aptitude?
Presumably this would be an elisp wrapper around apt, dpkg and friends
and look ...
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How can I run GUI emacs (using a shortcut) in a very light xmonad installation?
I am trying to launch Emacs through a keyboard shortcut on my Debian/xmonad system. Relevant lines from my xmonad.hs:
~$ cat .xmonad/xmonad.hs
import XMonad
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main =
xmonad =<< xmobar
(...
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Make emacs aware of updates to files and directories?
In Ubuntu, when I make change to directories or files outside emacs, it seems that emacs doesn't get the update.
For example, C-x C-f can't track the current directory which was just moved elsewhere ...
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how to tell graphical Emacs to shutdown cleanly from tty1?
problem
Lately I run GNU Emacs mostly as GUI on X/tty7 (which I'll call "the desktop" as opposed to emacs-desktop) on one of my Debian laptops. Occasionally the desktop hangs, in which case I usually ...
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Emacs frame disappearing
I have an odd intermittent problem with Emacs disappearing from view. I haven't quite figured out the trigger for this. It doesn't happen often and I can't reproduce it on purpose. Sometimes it ...
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Frame position change using elisp not sticking
Issue
I am able to change the frame position using set-frame-position. But the moment I use a function which uses read-from-minibuffer, the frame restores its position to where it was set using the ...
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How to make the init file compatible with X and console at the same time?
I have customized the .emacs file a little to suit my taste, and it works fine when run in its own window.
But when I try to run it in my terminal using the command emacs -nw, it throws up the ...
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UNIX config files, load conf-unix-mode
I work a lot with unix config files (i.e the files in /etc in the various linux system) that have no extension. How can I set-up my .emacs file to load conf-unix-mode on those files?
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Pasting unicode from external applications with mouse wheel on Unix
On upgrade from Emacs 24.3.1 to Emacs 25.0.50 pasting unicode from external applications with mouse wheel appears broken.
I start emacs -Q and select e.g. title of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Weird message when trying to upgrade all packages
From a previous question of mine, I've included the following function in my .emacs to quickly update all installed packages:
(defun endless/upgrade ()
"Upgrade all packages, no questions asked."
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Does your project use Elisp for build automation?
I'm building a new appliance, linking BusyBox with Tor on top of a minimal GNU/Linux operating system. I'd like to try something different for the automated build infrastructure with this one and ...
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Configuring yasnippet and autocomplete to work with C/C++ headers
My computer system and set up are
OS: Arch Linux 64bit
emacs version: 24.4
alias emacs='emacsclient -t -s server --alternate-editor='
Update:
auto complete is working with yasnippet occasionally ...
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crypto-newbie: how to securely sign outgoing email with `smtpmail` (or simplest alternative)?
I'm running
$ cat /etc/debian_version
jessie/sid
$ uname -rv
3.11-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.11.8-1 (2013-11-13)
$ gcc --version | head -n 1
gcc (Debian 4.8.2-1) 4.8.2
$ emacs --version | head -n 1
GNU ...
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Appt desktop notification system for org-mode? [duplicate]
I'm on Linux and I've been trying to set up a reliable notification system.
E.g I have a task like this:
* TODO submit weekly report
SCHEDULED: <2014-03-04 WED 16:30>
I would like a ...
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Why does Emacs swap Backspace and Delete on this one machine?
One of my key bindings is not working on one particular machine and I don't understand why.
On Ubuntu 14.04, with the emacs24 package version 24.3+1-2ubuntu1, I start emacs -Q (under X) and run
(...
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How to toggle fullscreen in Emacs GUI mode (`Full Screen` option is greyed out in Kubuntu)?
This is such a basic question but I am really at a loss (a google search only revealed solutions for OS X).
Until recently, I primarily used terminal mode (which I can make full-screen using my ...
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How to fix browse-url-firefox for firefox 36.0 in linux?
Firefox 36.0 doesn't have -remote option, which is used in the function browse-url-firefox for system-type gnu/linux by default. How to conveniently bypass this issue?
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ESS major modes keybindings do not work
I am connecting from a Windows machine to a Linux server via Putty (http://blog.harang.org/?tag=putty). There I start Emacs and open a script written in the statistical language R. When I open the ...
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how to set environment variables={EDITOR, VISUAL} to prefer running emacs?
my usecase
I'm currently running GNU Emacs version=24.3.1 graphically (i.e., under GNOME/X though started from a script invoked from a gnome-terminal running bash) on a Debian Linux. Just now I was ...
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Open buffer in a specified frame
Do frames in emacs have a handle the way buffers do? In particular, can I specify that a particular file should be opened in a specified frame? I would like to have two frames where I use one for ...
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Terminal warning when starting emacs
If I start emacs from the terminal, emacs will start up with a warning on the terminal:
Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct
I tried ...
