Questions tagged [spacemacs]
Spacemacs is an Emacs layer focused on modal editing via Evil mode, mnemonics and easy configuration, and the space bar. Use this tag if your question relates to Spacemacs-specific functionality.
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ctrl-backspace behaves differently across emacs environments, though .init file is same
I recently needed to start using another mac for work and I wanted to duplicate my spacemacs settings onto my new computer. I simply copied all files located in .emacs onto my new computer, and it ...
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How to set leader-key-like chord sequence in Evil mode?
I am using Spacemacs with evil mode and this works:
(define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "m") 'set-input-method)
However, I would like to use something like this:
(define-key evil-normal-...
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Remember previous text searches history with positions after further text search
Using Spacemacs’ spacemacs/helm-project-smart-do-search (SPC / pattern RET, which I think is using helm-ag under the hood), I search for a text pattern in my project and go to the first match, and ...
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Spacemacs: Latex labels not showing in ref
Manually defined labels (without reftex) are not showing when I use helm-completion-at-point inside a \ref{} environment. How to make the labels show?
I am new to Emacs and Spacemacs.
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Magit git commit isn't working on spacemacs
After installing Magit in spacemacs. I used Helm to create a git repository. I added some files to stage then tried to commit. Let me know if I'm doing something wrong or it's just an issue.
I get:
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How to turn off python-mypy in spacemacs flycheck-mode?
I'm using the latest Spacemacs with the Python layer. I'd like to turn off python-mypy in flycheck-mode, but the following in my ~/.spacemacs doesn't work:
(defun dotspacemacs/user-config ()
(add-to-...
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Penguin character in file
I use Spacemacs. I tried to type a command, but I mistyped. Instead of what I intended, a character was inserted that renders as this:
I suppose that is Tux. When I try to copy the character, I get ...
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Error (use-package): Cannot load ruby-test-mode
Installed Spacemacs and opened a ruby file. It got this error:
Error (use-package): Cannot load ruby-test-mode
I have researched on this issue: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/commit/...
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Issue while trying to use chemacs
I am currently trying to use chemacs on my computer, following the instructions given on github, but I do not seem to be able to make it work properly.
My goal would be to be able to use both Emacs 24....
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How to not let a shell to capture the space key in Spacemacs?
In spacemacs, the space key is used to trigger the command shortcut, and an extra space can lead to a input/search of emacs command.
Now I run into this situation:
I use SPC b n to switch to next ...
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Column view column widths vary by heading face
I am running a config of the develop branch of spacemacs on two different machines. Configs are similar but not the same. On one box org mode column view looks fine. I think this is because on ...
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Org-mode to Latex matrix automatically escapes ampersand
I am trying to write LaTex matrizes in org-mode. It works fine with exporting tables via #+attr_latex :mode math :environment matrix.
However, when I try
\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 2\\
3 & 4\\
\end{...
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spacemacs: How can I disable flymake and flycheck completely, to speed up performance
I’m using spacemacs. I just installed syntax-highlighting layer and auto-completion layer, and now my emacs got really really slow.
So slow that going back to PyCharm (IntelliJ) with R-plugin feels ...
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Replace selection in one movement
I'm getting started using spacemacs with vim bindings for editing and one thing I would like to do sometimes is replace some text with some other text. For example I might have
k x = (1 + 1) * x
and ...
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I broke Spacemacs
After editing my .spacemacs file, spacemacs is saying that there is an unmatched parenthesis and I need to go into startup recovery mode. After looking at the file, I have not found any problems. ...
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How can I see all errors in a Go project with LSP mode?
When opening a Go project with LSP mode, spacemacs / flycheck only shows errors in the current package, not including tests files. For example, in the following project:
|- pkg1
|- pkg2
|- cmd
When I'...
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how to get out of a (R) repl’s multi-line (multiple-line) / line-continuation mode
My question: In (an R-repl from ESS layer) in spacemacs, I can’t end a multiple-line after I start it
myDf %>% # here i hit RET
so then the REPL goes into multi line mode:
+ myDf %>%
myDf %&...
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org mode: help!! i’ve collapsed my section and can’t get it back out
I am using spacemacs. This may seem like a joke, but it really is not (but it is kind of funny).
I was typing in org-mode just now, I may have hit some god-mode key, and the section I am typing in now ...
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disable table mode using either #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE or ‘:’ literal line , but insert latex math block $ … $
I’m trying to typeset a grammar in org markup, but want to use latex symbols in the grammar:
a -> hello
| $\neg$ world
| universe
• Now, without using #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE or : literal-line ...
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Evil and adding a binding for evil-ex-define-cmd globally for tabbar mode
I’m using spacemacs:
• How can I (globally —ie, permanently) bind a new command :tabe to open a new tab in the emacs built-in minor mode TabBar?
• Right now, :tabnew works. But I want to make :tabe ...
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How to add function call highlighting in ESS?
I currently have some syntax highlighting in my ESS code (e.g., for brackets, =, and strings). I would like to add highlighting of function calls, like RStudio's "Highlight R function calls" ...
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Spacemacs, Lisp, Pasting and the missing Space
When editing Lisp or Clojure in Spacemacs (Emacs with Evil) I find the pasting behavior anoying. Say I have yanked bar and want to paste it as a parameter to (foo) so I get (foo bar). The problem is, ...
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When a heading is DONE, I don't see the link
I am using:
Spacemacs: 0.200.13
Org: 9.4
I have set org-fontify-done-headline to nil (Original value was t), to no avail.
Desired result:
Link is displayed as it is in TODO_NEXT state.
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How to stop the need to dotspacemacs/sync-configuration-layers each time upon startup
I start my spacemacs using the command
emacs file.txt
However, the spacemacs doesn't load any layers at all upon startup (that are specified in dotspacemacs/layers). So I have to run the command M-x ...
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Recreate spacemacs' ivy/projectile 'SPC P SPC' binding for helm/projectile
I recently switched from ivy to helm in spacemacs as my project search/management package.
In ivy, there is a keybinding for SPC p SPC that does a search for files in the project (by file name). There ...
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How to set emmet mode in spacemacs startup?
I would like to set emmet-mode on startup for spacemacs. So far I've added this line in my user-configuration layer (setq emmet-mode 0) which does technically turn on emmet-mode each time spacemacs ...
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spacemacs osx layer
I'm trying spacemacs for the first time.
Since I'm on mac, I'd like to change command key as Meta, so I put the following code, and restarted emacs.
It's not working as expected.
When I do Command-x ...
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terminal mode (with -nw) vs gui mode
Now I read lots of good stuff about spacemacs and want to try it out.
I like the way iterm2 separates hosts/projects cleanly.
Can I use iterm2 + spacemacs (maybe in terminal mode?)
Or do I lose most ...
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Setting Spacemacs default conda environment
This question answers where spacemacs looks for conda environments and how to change them with major-mode pyvenv-workon.
There's one environment that I use for 90% of what I do. Can I set a default ...
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Company installation error
trying to setup go auto completion (using spacemacs), facing an issue while installing company
In end of data:
company-tng.el:198:1:Warning: the function ‘eglot--snippet-expansion-fn’ is
not known to ...
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How can I remove clipboard from being the default register?
I'm using emacs with evil keybindings (specifically spacemacs).
The default behavior of the paste command p is to paste in the clipboard, and default behavior of the delete command d is to put the ...
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Org-agenda is building endlessly when org-id-link in header. How to fix?
A strange problem occurs when I add ord-id-links to my org-headers. My org-agenda is building endlessly.
As an example, when I try to build an org-agenda for a file with following content, it takes ...
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Auto insert include guard in cpp header when inside projectile project
I am currently learning C++ and I came across include guards to avoid double inclusion.
Now I would like to use the google's style convention like this :
// project/src/app.hpp
#ifndef ...
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Prompt for stdin via `shell-command`
Sometimes when I copy+paste into my spacemacs over SSH, I get some random garbage that seems to be due to spacemacs interpreting some of the pasted content as commands. In vim, my workaround is to run ...
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org-latex-preview on entering insert mode in spacemacs
I use Spacemacs and org mode for writing latexified notes.
There is no custom setup, just the default latex layer.
I usually toggle org-latex-preview by C-c C-x C-l. It is annoying, because I must ...
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Adding a Spacemacs layer for “classic” emacs mode
I' trying to wrap https://github.com/hading/chordpro-mode in a layer for Spacemacs. I ran M-x configuration-layer/create-layer and from there followed the documentation: https://www.spacemacs.org/doc/...
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Intermittently undo-tree aborts immediately after I CTL-P undo
Intermittently, I have a problem where I start an undo-tree-mode with C-X u. And as soon as I hit C-p to do an undo, the undo-tree pane closes.
This has been happening for a long while now. It happens ...
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Rebind spacemacs/frame-killer (M-m q z) in Emacs mode
I found this useful function to configure an internal Spacemacs command:
(evil-leader/set-key
“q q” ‘spacemacs/frame-killer)
Is there a way to do the same, but using C-x q or C-q q instead? (I'm not ...
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Directly transfer underlined phrases from pdf to org-mode?
I'm learning emacs (on spacemacs) and focusing on orgmode.
Is there a way to transfer what you underline in a pdf (like in skim) directly as text in orgmode. In other words, when you underline a ...
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Adding Spacemacs documented layers fails
Adding layers existing in the layer section of the .spacemacs documentation results in failed test in the dot-test-results buffer generated after reloading the .spacemacs file (with SPC-f-e-R).
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Spacemacs kept repositioning the cursor when there's unmatched parenthesis
I'm new to Emacs, and there's one thing I don't understand. Suppose there's a file called test.el, which have the following contents:
(setq
Yes, the parenthesis is not closed, because I haven't ...
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git-blame with spacemacs
I'm trying invoke magit-blame in spacemacs. If I do:
SPC g b
Then I see a "git-blame" section at the bottom which says:
Press [_b_] again to blame further in the history, [_q_] to go up or ...
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How to animate GIFs in org-mode in emacs?
I inserted a GIF in my org file, but it was static, I want to animate it, how can I do it?
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Emacs insane CPU load caused by org-superstar-mode
if I try to open a fairly large file in emacs with org-mode enabled (loads of bullets and babel snippets), emacs uses an insane amount of cpu - my cpu is maxed out for 30 sec or so. I am running a ...
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The global value of a variable I set with setq in my config differs from the local value. How can I get my value to be what I want in every buffer?
I want web-mode-script-padding to be set to 0 at all times.
In my config, I have tried both
(with-eval-after-load 'web-mode
(setq web-mode-script-padding 0)
)
As well as simply,
(setq web-mode-...
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How to disable `clean-aindent-mode` in spacemacs configuration
I noticed that clean-aindent-mode is messing up the indentation as I am writing python files. Hence, I wanted to disable this mode, at least when using python mode.
I can manually disable this mode, ...
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GUI started emacs has different env vars than terminal started one
I wrote LD_LIBRARY_PATH both in .bashrc and .bash_profile.
However, if I started emacs in terminal using emacs, LD_LIBRARY_PATH is shown in getenv.
If I started it using GUI, there is no such variable....
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spacemacs search and replace - rebind keys to emulate classic emacs
I started using Spacemacs on a Mac recently and to my horror discovered the M-% doesn't bind to query replace, but takes a screenshot instead. How can I reconfigure Spacemacs to behave like classical ...
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prettify-symbols-mode enabled for major mode, but ligatures don't show until toggling prettify on and off
I'm pretty new to emacs and giving it a shot because it seems to be much better integrated with the OCaml tool chain than any other editor.
Since OCaml uses a lot of symbols, I want to enable ligature ...
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Can I make projectile open a default file when I switch to a project?
I'm using helm-projectile in spacemacs.
SPCpp runs helm-projectile-switch-project, which gives me a helm completion buffer for projectile projects.
When I choose a project and hit enter, I then get a ...
