Questions tagged [region]
The text between the point and mark in a buffer.
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How to make query-replace automatically fill what I want to replace with marked text?
I want to select some text somewhere in a buffer, call query-replace and then type (or paste from kill-ring) only the second argument, TO-STRING, (and make the selected text count as FROM-STRING).
I ...
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How to write a portion of text from current file to the beginning of another file?
I have written a function that extracts a portion of text from current file and writes it in another one:
(defun foobar ()
(interactive)
;; re-search "beg" point
;; re-search "...
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How to get the real line number of a selection?
I am trying to figure out the line numbers referring to the actual selection. What I came up with is something like this
(let ((start (line-number-at-pos (region-beginning)))
(end (line-number-...
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Searching in a subtree in orgmode without narrowing
Is there a way to search in org mode in emacs in a certain subtree without narrowing or "narrowing" and "widening" the way to go?
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Any possibility to show multiple narrowed regions at the same time in a buffer?
As title self-explains, I would like to show multiple regions in different places.
narrow-to-region could be a possible solution, but as documentation indicated, only one region from begin to end ...
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How to highlight whitespace only in the active region?
I have global-whitespace-mode enabled which is configured to display TAB and SPC characters with (setq whitespace-style '(space-mark tab-mark))
How can I highlight whitespace characters only on ...
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How can I provide the first-error and next-error initial positions as region selection in order to save to the kill-ring?
I am running a make command. I'd like to capture the first error and output it to a file.
How can I select as a region from the beginning of first-error position to the position right before the next-...
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How to code a command to `write-region` to a particular file?
I have a system that I am not allowed permissions to install software but need to copy text from the remote server to the host computer's system clipboard. Because I can't install xclip or xsel and I ...
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Is there a way to move region with arrow keys or similar?
Say I have a function
int calc(int that, int this);
I want to mark int that and then move it right across words by hitting modifier arrow key (or similar) twice to get
int calc(int this, int that);
...
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Background color of matching parentheses overlays the region background color
I have set lime as a background color for my region, and I also have enabled to highlight matching parens using (show-paren-mode 1).
The issue I have is that when I exactly select the contents ...
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How to delete the text between the tags of an XML element?
I need to delete a block of text between 2 tags, including tags themselves. I tried this:
(defun my-delete ()
(interactive)
(beginning-of-buffer)
(search-forward "<%ARGS>")
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Add a border around the region by inserting a given character
There's here, for example, given text:
WASP-41b 0.94 1.18 3.052404 0.04 1244 transit 590 0.93 5545
WASP-42b 0.527 1.122 4.9816819 0.0561 ...
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Is there an emacs package which can mirror a region?
Say, I have a buffer A in which there is a region of text from some position pos1 to an other position pos2.
I switch to buffer B, call a function with buffer A, pos1 and pos2 as parameters and it ...
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How to check if a region is selected by mouse?
Usually a mouse selected region is highlighted and a region set by (set-mark-command) is not highlighted. But I don't know a programmatic way to check it.
Could anyone help?
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How to leave mark region highlighted when switching windows
I usually have my Emacs frame split into windows. I'll select something in one window and then switch to another buffer. When I do this Emacs removes the active-region highlghting in the original ...
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Run current line or selection in shell then insert result in Emacs buffer (Acme workflow)
Given lines like these:
pwd
echo "Hello \
World"
in a buffer, I would like to do the following:
Put the cursor to the first line, then press C-`
Select lines 3-4 then press C-`
to send the line ...
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(octave-mode) highlighted region remains highlighted after command
I am in octave-mode running an inferior octave shell. Now I mark a region and issue 'octave-send-region'. All commands are executed as expected and echoed in the shell buffer, and the highlighting is ...
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Select to the sentence of line in a shortcut
C-k and M-k could delete forward to the end of line and sentence respectively.
How could only select to the end in a shortcut?
Usually select a sentence and append it to a file for further ...
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Add whitespace as indentation with `indent-region`
When using indent-region, emacs will indent code and leave bank spaces untouched. It seems to me that the majority prefer to delete whitespace. However I prefer white space indented with the code. An ...
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show white spaces only when region is selected
whitespace-mode will show the whitespace all the time in entire buffer,
Is there the way to show whitespaces only when the region is selected. which is pretty cool to have, does there mode exist for ...
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How to stop backspace from doing kill-region?
(I'm using Emacs for more than 25 years, starting in version 18.58 I think)
Recently Emacs received changes that make an old-time user quite desperate, and I wonder how to revert some of those ...
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How to prevent deactivating the region after a command?
When a function is called on a region, I want a visual indication of affected area (a blink for ex.). Say, I've written a function upcasing previous word, and after evaluation I immediately get the ...
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Searching text between markers as in Nota Bene
The Word Processor Nota Bene has a feature which I would like if possible to emulate within Emacs. One can insert into a document non-printing markers which are then used to delineate areas of text or ...
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Command that does different things based on whether something is selected
I am trying to make emacs function somewhat like sublime text, where C-x cuts text that is selected and cuts the whole line when nothing is selected. I got the full-line cut to work using
(global-set-...
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Search within column or rectangle
Is there a simple way to search within the current column or within a rectangle?
I am navigating a CSV file and would like to find the value "10" in a particular column. Searching the entire file is ...
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Set value of a variable to region text
I would like to write a script where I can select some text as the region, extract the selected region as a string, modify it, and pass it to another program.
I am playing around with ielm and see ...
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(goto-char (region-end)) doesn't set the point to the end of the region
I have written a small elisp script which should put oneline or multiline comments based on the current buffer's major mode. The source file is here: https://github.com/amirteymuri/Com/blob/master/...
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How can I apply a keyboard macro to every line that starts with rectangle mark region
Lets suppose I would like to edit my text and to add comments to the column in the text. This is my text:
something-text1 foobar1 something-text1
something-text2 foobar2 something-text2
---
...
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Mark isearch result
I'd like to mark the current isearch result so that it can be copied or cut (killed) via M-w and C-w. Is there a ready-made function for this?
The solution below provided by @danielpoe over here ...
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changing todo state of multiple headings at once
I've got a list of todo's, and I'd like to change all of the todo's in that list with a single command, instead of moving point to each item and changing the status manually. For example.
* TODO Item ...
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Is it possible to apply a function to every region between two “marker” lines?
I have a .tex file that looks something like this:
$ cat foo.tex
\begin{document}
\begin{question}
lots of
multiline text
with several
paragraphs
of information
\end{question}
other text
\begin{...
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mark-whole-buffer followed by kill-ring-save not working correctly
I'm using Emacs 26.1 on MacOS. Instead of copying the entire buffer I get a warning:
Saved text until "text where is
stopped saving with whitespace
seemingly to the end of the buffer
"
I'm ...
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Making a region without point
From my understanding, Emacs creates a region my setting a mark and then anything between 'mark' and 'point' is the current region. I'm wondering if there is a way to create a region with only marks, ...
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Shortcut to put the selected region in an ordinary LaTeX environment (not with begin-end style) using auctex
In auctex if one has a selected region and then apply the command c-c c-e (LaTeX-environment) then by selecting an environment, the selected region will be folded between that environment.
Is there a ...
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Sort lines in a string
Given I have a string that maybe came from a buffer, or a clipboard, or wherever; how do I sort-lines in it? Given that sort-lines only works with a region, I assume I have to put it to a temporary ...
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(interactive “r”) can't be used directly after Emacs startup
The proper way to deal with region is using (interactive "r"). But in my case, (interactive "r") always complaints:
The mark is not set now, so there is no region
after fresh ...
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Change foreground color of a region (temporarily)
I need to change the "OBJECT" string foreground color (let's say "red") in all the occurrences of the string "\command{OBJECT}" in my buffer and I need to restore the original foreground color at the ...
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How faster show multicursors on the end of all lines?
Som teext
1111111111
2
33333
4444444444444
5555 9999
6666 aaaa
aaaaaa
zzzzzzzzz
hello
prev
do this
My steps:
Put cursor to the beginning of first line (1111111111)
Press C-> (mc/mark-next-...
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Custom function to apply bold face to a region
I know there is a function called: facemenu-set-bold, which is bound to M-o b, but I'm trying to write my own as an exercise. Here is my code:
(defun my-function()
"this is my function"
(...
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Count the number of paragraphs
There are plenty of ways to count lines, words, and characters in Emacs. For instance, invoking M-= (AKA count-words-region) does that very thing on a given region. However, I am having trouble ...
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Unfill `mu4e` message before sending
I would like to unfill all paragraphs before sending a message with mu4e. This is because format=flowed is not respected by all platforms (particularly Gmail).
I figure that message-send-hook is the ...
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How to delete a long region by setting a mark and then searching for the location of the end of the region?
I have a long document. I placed two unique identifiers, in the form of short strings of printable English letter, in two positions in the document. The identifiers are far apart. My task is to delete ...
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making specific regions of a buffer read-only
I know it's possible to make a "portion" of a buffer read-only. As an effect, the whole line becomes uneditable.
What I would like it to make a specific region uneditable, for exemple a rectangle ...
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Make region transient in elisp function
I'm trying to write a function that exits isearch leaving the current match selected "transiently", so that the mark is deactivated by any unshifted movement command.
I've tried to modify this ...
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Idiomatic handling of region boundaries while modifying its content
I want to write a function to indent SQL embedded in a markdown file.
It seems to make sense to use the region for this.
However, the looping form I am using is:
(defun rr/sql-indent-region (...
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Commands or shortcuts to put a selected region between parentheses or brackets in auctex
If some region is selected region, then applying a command (such as the commands which insert an environment) provided by auctex results in putting the region in the corresponding environment.
Is ...
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How to convert paragraph into the line?
I've need a function which convert a paragraph into the line, sort each space separated set of characters and fill it back to paragraph.
In:
Supposedly there are over one million words in the ...
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Point belongs to window - mark belongs to buffer
In Emacs the point belongs to a window: this allows a buffer to be displayed in two different windows at the same time.
The mark belongs however to the buffer.
Conceptually the mark and a point ...
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Interactively matching beginning of region
Short version: If i bound the scope of a search/replace to a region in the buffer (via the second/third optional argument of search-forward and its derivates), how can i match the beginning of that ...
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Allow C-w to kill a region only if it is selected
Sometimes (rarely I would say) I press C-w by mistake and if the mark defines a non empty region, it gets deleted.
The few times this happened I just pressed undo, but I am afraid that sooner or ...
