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magit: How to suppress Tags section in magit-refs of a single repository
I am using a git-repo that has 800+ tags:
It takes about 15 seconds for the magit-refs buffer to refresh which is too long for me.
I tried (remove-hook 'magit-refs-sections-hook 'magit-insert-tags) ...
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Searching for function definitions/calls etc
I recently came across a big project I need to disect. In the past, one of the first things I would do is create a tags table to search for function definitions (using etags) , Now it seemed to me you ...
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how to programmatically create list of org-roam nodes with given tag?
I'd like to create (meta) node that contains all references to nodes given org roam tag.
For example, Let's say I've tens of org-roam-nodes about python-programming-language (each node has tag python)....
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How to display the list of all #+NAME properties is org-mode document?
It must be something obvious but I cannot find information on
this issue.
When reftex-mode is enabled, I can type ~C-c )~
and for the following piece of code
\begin{equation}
2x=4
\label{Eq:A}
\end{...
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Filter headlines using tags
Is there a fast method to select an 1-level headlines subtree?
I have the following annotations and I want to select only all the headlines with the ":NOTES:" TAG and copy them to the NOTES ...
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Position of cursor after org-tags-view search
I use org tags as my chief method of storing and retrieving notes. After I invoke org-tags-view I see that the cursor is at the top of the screen rather than on the first hit. Is this poor design or ...
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Org mode tag inheritance in agenda custom commands
I want to create Org Mode agenda views or sparse trees with tag inheritance disabled so that tagged headlines are included but children are not. I do not want to turn off tag inheritance globally. I ...
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Filter org-file using tags
I've this org-file:
* Headline a :tag1:
Text for my Headline a
* Headline b :tag2:
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How can I ignore non-existing files in a fixed custom tags-search?
I want to search through a fixed set of files and I use the tags-search command for it:
(defvar my-files-form
'(list "/path/to/one/file"
"/path/to/another/file"))
(...
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How to do a "git fetch --all --tags" in Magit?
I would like to pull changes from an upstream repository. More specifically, I would like to pull all the tags that were introduced. On the terminal, I can do:
$ git fetch --all --tags
On Magit, ...
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emacs org mode: How to select multiple tags from dynamically generated tag list
If I have some tags already assigned to headlines and press
C-c C-c Tab
then org mode presents me with a dynamic list of all tags that are used in the file, eg:
Click on a completion to select it. ...
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org mode: show TODO headings that are scheduled not for future, filtered by a tag
I really like how I can click on a tag next to a heading in an org mode file that has been added to the agenda, and org mode will generate a org-tags-view, a list of headings with same tag in a new ...
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How to match only the one word tag without the multiple word tag in image-dired?
In image-dired I use M-x image-dired-mark-tagged-files to mark files containing a tag e.g. bar (one word tag). The problem is that foo bar (multiple word tag) is marked as well.
What regex do I need ...
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Gather all tagged text in one document a la LogSeq
Is it possible to have a flow in Emacs similar to LogSeq whereby the user can call one tag (e.g., #quotes) and have a buffer filled with all the text that matches such tag? I suppose the closer thing ...
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org-agenda tag selection buffer is too small to view any tags
when using C-c C-q to run org-set-tags-command on an existing headline, i am unable to see the list of tags because the buffer window is so small. all i see is inherited tags and current tags lines.
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Progressive filtering with tags
I don't know how to name this functionality that I want.
I am sure it exists.
So What I want to do is similar to when you apply "tags", output is shown. Then you can choose to apply more ...
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xref-find-definitions, find next
In decades past when I used find-tag, I think there was a way to advance to the next tag definition if the first one found is not the one you were looking for.
Is there a way to do this now that find-...
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emacs stalling when looking up definitions with lsp-mode and gopls
I'm using lsp-mode as lsp client and gopls as lsp backend in order to lookup function and variable definitions in go projects.
On a given large repository (kubernetes) that I recently wiped and cloned ...
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unexpected "Visit tags table (default TAGS)" prompt when looking up definitions with lsp-mode and gopls
I'm using company-mode with lsp-mode as lsp client and gopls as lsp backend in order to lookup function and variable definitions in go projects.
On some repositories, when I want to lookup a ...
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Emacs elisp debugger: How do i make the debugger jump to source when i press s?
The builtin elisp debugger (i.e. the regular one, debug, not edebug) has a default binding of s to command backtrace-goto-source.
When I try to use it, it says: Source code location not known
You can ...
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How do I populate tags for C?
I hover over stdlib:
#include <stdlib.h>
I type M-. and it asks me:
Visit tags table (default TAGS):
I don't have one of those. I see a lot of information about TAGS in the emacs ...
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Use wildcard in tag search
Hi I would like to use
C-c a m
To create a todo list that is filtered by tags.
If I have a tag like :Makeamilliondollars:
I would like to be able search for it using a wildcard.
Eg I would like to ...
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Cycle Through Org Mode Todo Tags Based on Tag
I have one org file, inbox.org, which I use for keeping all of my todos. I have todos of several categories, like:
work
memory
fitness
outreach
and so on.
Is there a way to order these tags to ...
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how to go to the first definition with xref-find-definitions, do not show all options?
When I press gd to go to the definition of a class in C++, Emacs splits the screen and shows me two definition options that I need to click on with one of them. I'm used to coc.nvim where I would just ...
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how best to set the `projectile-regenerate-tags` command
I have a fortran project I'm working on and I cannot figure out the right way to use .dir-locals to set the projectile-tags-command
here is my dir-locals.el file:
(
(f90-mode
(projectile-tags-...
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Adding new keywords delimeters
I am new to the Emacs (Doom Emacs to be precise) scene, and recently I came up with a minor mode that could come in handy for me so I decided to implement it.
To achieve the full functionality of my ...
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Xref / xref-find-refernces / Windows 7 does not work
I'm struggling with Xref M-? finding references to symbols (C-code).
It doesn't work for (e)tags nor for any symbol even in the buffered file.
The Xref window/buffer with results is not opened instead ...
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How to use exuberant ctags with python?
I followed instructions here:
https://github.com/leoliu/ggtags
I've enabled the following:
(add-hook 'c-mode-common-hook
(lambda ()
(when (derived-mode-p 'c-mode 'c++-mode '...
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Do not require tags when doing org-capture

I have this org-capture template:
("a" "Appointment or call" entry (file+headline "~/todo.org" "Tasks")
"* %? %^G \n %^t \n %i")
It asks for a tag. Sometimes I insert tags, sometimes I don'...
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What is the shortcut to set filetags?
In org-mode, when I press C-c C-q and I don't have a header anywhere but just have a filetags section defined:
#+FILETAGS:
then I get the error:
org-back-to-heading: Before first headline at ...
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M-. takes over my commands and can't execute OR C-g to escape
I am using Emacs 26.3 and trying out ggtags-company-mode to navigate my code base.
I move my cursor to a function I want to jump to the definition of, poll_count, and enter M-.
I now have this at ...
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How do you get gtags working with Lua?
How do you get gtags working with Lua?
I want to be able to have same tags functionality for Lua like with C/C++, i.e. find definitions of functions, function references, symbol references, etc.
I ...
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Org Mode export options: do not export TODO keyword sections
I read in the manual, and here that
#+STARTUP: overview
#+TASKS: nil
* TODO Config tasks :tasklist:
** TODO todo1
SCHEDULED: <2020-02-16 Sun>
*...
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How to hook a TAG file with Emacs (Git-bash / windows)
I've successfully created a Tag file and could wade through the code using keys like M-,, but every time I need to choose the tag file for searching, so, I am looking for a way to hook the tag file I ...
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How to disable code blocks in an Emacs org-mode init file
My dot emacs config consists of a short init.el file and a very large org file in which I have created dozens of emacs-lisp code-blocks. This works very well for me, especially in terms of ...
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File tags prevent autocomplete of global tags
I amended .emacs as shown below. Then M-x load-file ~/.emacs. What I want to do in test.org is add MEntal tags to each of the two entries, for example Read and Reminder, respectively. Using the column ...
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How to generate and display tags in treemacs (for JavaScript)?
I'd like to generate a set of tags and then view them in Treemacs, ideally whenever I open a file that I can generate tags for.
The docs for Treemacs' tag view say:
Treemacs is able to display
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org-tags-view vs. org-agenda, M
My goal is a shortcut for an oft-used command.
The oft-used command:
An agenda view of all unfinished tasks matching a given tag:
1. M-x org-agenda
2. Prompts for the type of agenda
3. I enter "M"...
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Tag search in org mode delivers empty list although searched Tag exists
I have an .org file and some headlines have the tag Contact attached to them yet searching for tags (C-c a m) and entering Contact delivers nothing (see attached screenshot). What do I do wrong?
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Speedbar tag hierarchy in Clojure - organize manually with comments?
If I run speedbar and call (speedbar-add-supported-extension ".clj") in init.el, then I see my Clojure files in the speedbar, and I can expand them to show the function definitions inside, like this:
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How to generate TAGS tables for JavaScript with React?
I'd like to create TAGS tables for JavaScript ES6 code using React like the following:
import React from 'react'
import { observer } from 'mobx-react'
import { Formik, Form, Field } from 'formik'
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org-mode: Duplicate tag groups when filtering agenda
When filtering org-agenda by tags using org-agenda-filter-by-tag, tag groups specified in org-tag-alist show up multiple times.
org-agenda-filter-by-tag uses the variable org-tag-alist-for-agenda, ...
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Using advice to run function before tag symbol lookup
I use xref-find-definition to look up the definition of a symbol name. When I call xref-find-definition, I want to Emacs to automatically find and load an appropriately named etags file. For this ...
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Org Tags mess up on fast completion
In my init.el I have the following lines:
(add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(set (make-local-variable 'org-complete-tags-always-offer-all-agenda-tags)
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Setting up org-mode tags with groups
Running in emacs -Q I set up this file and added it to my agenda
#+TAGS: [ toptag : subtag ]
* headline 1 :toptag:
* headline 2 :subtag:
* headline 3
org-tag-alist now has value (("[") ("toptag") (:...
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Wrong type argument: commandp cscope
My question is how to let the command SPC-m-c-Cget the function name automatically?
I am using [email protected] (spacemacs), on Ubuntu 16.04 64 bit
I am using cscope layer, it is great but with one ...
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find-tag: Build a new TAGS file if it does not already exist
I prefer to use the older version of find-tag, instead of the xref library. I wrote a function to build the tag database, but I'm having trouble locating a good place to plug it in. The default ...
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Org Mode: exporting agenda with inherited tags
The manual says:
C-x C-w (org-agenda-write)
Write the agenda view to a file. [...] only the body of original headlines are exported, not subtrees or inherited tags.
How to export inherited tags ...
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can't load python tags table
generating python tags with
for file in $(find -type f -regex ".+\\.\(py\)"); do etags -a $file; done
doesn't load at emacs with error
path/TAGS is not a valid tags file
although other language ...
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Add tmsu tags as a helm-source
How can I add tmsu tags as a source for helm-mini?
Edit
There doesn't seem to be such a source, so I am trying to define it by myself consider something like this:
(helm :sources (helm-build-async-...
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