Questions tagged [text-editing]
Questions about editing or manipulating text inside of Emacs.
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Punctuation abbrevs for writing prose, and automatic full stops at the end of line?
I'm a beginner Emacs user, and English isn't my first language so please bear with me.
I use Emacs for writing prose, and I need help with punctuation.
To put it short, I want to turn this:
--hello ...
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Why emacs loses its config settings when editing tex files
I'm facing a rather peculiar situation where my emacs settings seem to be lost every time that I open a .tex file. That's doesn't happen when I'm editing .el or .py files. Heres some examples with ...
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Replace placeholder by incremental value [duplicate]
Windows 10
Emacs 26.1
I has the next text
[
{
"id": N,
"name": "Agent#N",
"address": "N Tabernacle St, London EC2A 4DD, UK"
},
{
"id": N,
"name": "Agent#N",
"address": "...
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Edit a portion of YAML file (a multi-line string) with a different mode
I'm constantly editing a big yaml file with many multi-line strings, which are BASH scripts.
In org-mode I would use something like:
#+begin_src sh
echo "cool"
#+end_src
And then just to C-c ' (org-...
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3answers
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Is it possible to shuffle paragraphs?
I'd like to be able to quickly "shuffle" the order in which all paragraphs in a region occur. Can this be easily accomplished in emacs?
For example, consider the following region.
Hello world.
This ...
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fixed file size mode
Is there an emacs mode/package/whatever where a specific file size (and/or number of lines) is enforced in a visual way?
Something like this:
1st line
2nd line
where adding some text to the 2nd ...
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smartparens how to stop behaviour of inserting backslash \ before I type a single quote '
I'm in C major mode, editing source files. Whenever I want to type a single quote ' smartparens automatically gives me the following: \'|\' , where | is the cursor position.
What I want exactly is ...
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Dual-language text mode using the original interpretation of tabs
Does there exist an Emacs mode that replaces the contemporary interpretation of tabs (move to 8, 16, 24, .. or a multiple of some constant) with their original typewriter interpretation (set stops at ...
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How remove lines which are not equal in two buffers?
Consider the following buffers
buffer_1:
11111111
22222222
33333333
44444444
buffer_2:
55555555
66666666
22222222
44444444
I need to remove all lines which are not equal in buffer_1 and buffer_2.
...
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How to blockquote text in one go
With this text:
Play with it a few times you will see my point. The
command you need is:
$ echo hello
How do I make it into:
> Play with it a few times you will see my point. The
> command ...
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Can someone recommend a good text editor for Emacs? [closed]
I'm looking for a good way to edit text within Emacs. Can someone give some good recommendations for text-editors for Emacs.
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How do I delete all blank lines in a buffer? [duplicate]
Emacs 26.1
In buffer
1
2
3
4
I use command "delete-blank-lines". But it NOT delete ALL BLANK LINES. It's delete ONLY ONE BLANK LINE.
Why?
I need to delete ALL BLANK LINES.
The result must be ...
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Stop automatic removal of space before point when inserting `.` (dot)
The following gif shows the behaviour quite nicely:
Whenever I type a space followed by a dot (.) in any mode derived from text-mode, emacs will replace the space with the dot. I could not want this ...
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2answers
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How keep only duplicate lines?
Emacs 26.1. Windows 10
In buffer I has text like this:
3333333
1111111
$PAC_LTC
1337_BTC
1337_LTC
404_BTC
42_BTC
222222
42_LTC
808_ETH
8BIT_BTC
...
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1answer
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Why after save *Occur* buffer I can't edit editable file? [duplicate]
Emacs 26.1, Windows 10 (64 bit)
I open file trace.log. User occur to find text. Save occur buffer to file NXS_ETH.txt. Do some manipulations. See screenshots. But I can't edit EDITABLE file.
Here ...
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What is the difference between refill-mode and auto-fill-mode in emacs?
I swear I tried to read documentations, but in practice, I could not tell the difference. I feel they are doing the same thing. I can turn both modes on, but I am not sure in what circumstance I need ...
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2answers
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Result of math. operation - replace math. formula
If I want to do some math. operation I do next:
(* 5 3)
C-x C-e (eval-last-sexp)
Here result:
As you can see the result is in the minibuffer.
Nice.
But I need result to REPLACE math. formula.
I ...
4
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1answer
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Compose characters
I have some copied text from a pdf which renders like this with my current font:
I know I could use a different font that handles Unicode characters better, but I would rather find a function to ...
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5answers
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How to swap strings in all lines?
Emacs 26.1
I have this text:
"ADA-SGD"
"ADT-SGD"
"ADX-SGD"
"AID-SGD"
"AMP-SGD"
"ANT-SGD"
"ARDR-SGD"
"ARK-SGD"
I want to swap text in all these lines. The result must be like this:
"SGD-ADA"
"SGD-...
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0answers
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Why I can't delete first line after save *occur* buffer to separate file? [duplicate]
Windows 10, Emacs 26.1
I have file - file_first.txt:
I want to find all line content word hello. So I use occur for this
Nice.
Now I want to save result to SEPARATE file: file_second.txt
To do ...
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2answers
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Next word prediction
Autocomplete and company completes the word . But is there any package which helps predict the next word expected in the sentence.
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1answer
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How to combine change `key: foo`, `key: bar`, `key: baz` to `key: foo bar baz`?
To clarify this is what I'd like to do:
Text Before:
key: foo
key: bar
key: baz
Text After:
key: foo bar baz
Wondering if anyone has a good technique for this type of operation (simpler the ...
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Align elements of a matrix to the right
I have a matrix in C++
Matrix<double> A = {
{31, -13, 0, 0, 0, -10, 0, 0, 0},
{-13, 35, -9, 0, -11, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, -9, 31, -10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
{0, 0, -10, 79, -30, 0, 0, 0, -...
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1answer
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Turn array from one-line into element-per-line
Say I have PHP array like this: $arr = ['one', 'two', 'three']; and I want to convert it to
$arr = [
'one',
'two',
'three'
];
real quick.
Is there any ready to use soluions?
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how to convert camel case to snake case with vanilla emacs
When editing for example a ruby file,
can't emacs toggle CamelCase to snake_case out of the box?
Example ruby file
def SecDecGov
puts "abort"
end
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1answer
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In-sync editing the same file in two frames
For a lecture, I'll have a setup with two frames (one on my notebooks's screen, the other on the projector) showing the same file. When editing the file in the "master" frame I need the "slave" frame ...
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Quoting selected text using email conventions?
Is there any existing elisp function which will quote any selected text using email quoting conventions?
For example, suppose the following text appears in a buffer ...
This is some text that
I want ...
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1answer
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Edit simultaneously many buffers and save all of them after edit
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1, Helm
I open 3 different files:
I need:
Edit simultaneously all buffers. Add text "customer/" to the node "bodyFileName"in all buffers.
After edit save all buffers,
Here ...
0
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1answer
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How to trim text on each line, starting with the first space
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1
Suppose I has text:
Advertisment d184f52a-14d7-dddddddddd
ZAnelik 1c970d12-6c67-44e1-cccccccccccc
Avers b0f0dd6b-a43f-4e40-b0ebbbbbbbbb
BAVERS_MIGOM_OLD ...
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1answer
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How remove all rows contain specific text?
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1
Suppose I has the next text
111111111111111111
hello
22222222
aaaahello
3333333333333333333333333333333
aabbbbbbbbhellocccccdddddddd
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
cccccccccccccccc
...
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1answer
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How to use an ispell dictionary in company mode?
I am writing in LaTeX at the moment and I want to use company-mode for word completion. I found this solution: https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/18522.
I was thinking about using the ispell ...
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reshape one column text of n rows into into m columns of n/m rows
I have tried the following function
(defun test3 (size column cnt)
(interactive "p")
(if (eq cnt 0)
(progn
(setq start (point))
(forward-line (- (/ size column) 1))
...
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2answers
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Writing a small elisp function
Could someone here write a small Elisp function for me?
What I would like Emacs to do is the following: I have a region like this:
[0.04579] [0.06569] [0.09507]
[0.12696] [0.27929] [0....
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1answer
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Printing/exporting to PDF from text-mode
I have been googling and searching for the answer to this question for a while but cannot find a definitive solution. In fact I am more confused than ever. I have no doubt that I am not the first ...
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1answer
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ryo-modal defining keybind jump a word and insert character
I'm using the ryo-modal package that enables you to define your own keys in modal editing. I'm trying to makemf move the cursor to the end of the word, insert a whitespace and then exit the modal mode....
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Can I “insert” a backspace character into a buffer?
I'm trying to tail the output from a command into a buffer, and I just learned that the command occasionally uses long strings of ^H to backspace over previous lines.
Like, the command stdout will ...
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1answer
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Wrap one line of text into a multiple line block
I have a very long line of text (8000 characters). I would like to format this nicely so it splits across multiple lines in a block. Where the line breaks occurs does not matter for this purpose.
...
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3answers
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How to paste-then-copy?
I'm not sure whether anyone has ever implemented what I'm looking for, but maybe I'm just using the wrong terms to search for it.
What I want to achieve is essentially a reverse copy and paste:
I'm ...
2
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1answer
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auto-loading ruler-mode while in text-mode
I have configured evolution to use Emacs for me to edit my replies to emails I receive. However, I need to limit my line length to around 72 characters to avoid the odd-ball line wrapping by the ...
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pressing return in paragraph-indent-text-mode deletes whitespace indenting beginning of paragraph
I'm currently using emacs 25.3 on Mac OSX installed using Homebrew, and without any modifications in my .emacs file or anywhere else. I think I may be fundamentally misunderstanding what paragraph-...
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3answers
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Reorder function definitions in a file
Adapting to a rather functional programming style, I often end up with files consisting of a lot of individual function definitions. Oftentimes, I then decide at some later point that I want to ...
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2answers
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Quick/electric text expansion
I've seen in some Emacs videos, the author would type
#+BEGIN_SRC
in their buffer, and emacs auto inserts #+END_SRC.
Is this a feature I can "turn on" in vanilla Emacs? If not, which package can I ...
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0answers
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Setting margins in `text-mode`
I use text files for most of my work.
But for printing them on letterhead, I need to set margins to say 3 cm for upper margin and 2.5 cm for lower.
Is there any way I can define them in text-mode. ...
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0answers
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How do you remove the last few characters from all lines in a txt file in spacemacs?
How do you remove the last few characters from all lines in a text file?
Example:
23193 123252 1
1238 123 1
34356363 11238080123 1
Should become:
23193 123252
1238 123
34356363 11238080123
I'm ...
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4answers
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How to add a suffix to every line of a text?
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1
Suppose I have the following text (about 100 rows):
ic_m_sales
ic_m_activity_report
ic_m_messanges
ic_m_products_name
ic_m_change_store
ic_m_faq
...
How ...
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Increment days / months / dates, etc. within buffer
In a text document, while editing, I often need to increment/ decrement calendar data. So, Friday will need to become Monday, December will need to become March, etc.
Or 28 Apr after adding 5 will ...
0
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1answer
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Swap text before and after “=” in properties file
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1
Suppose I have properties file:
1=10
2=BS.30
3=BS.20A
Before "=" are numbers, but after "=" has any text(without spaces)
I want to swap text before and after "=".
So the ...
3
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1answer
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Move selected sentence, word left/right by equivalent unit?
More broadly, should work by the selected semantic unit (incl. paragraphs in text mode, and the relevant units in other modes). I.e., if a sentence is selected, then the notional "move-left" would ...
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2answers
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How do I track the number of lines added/deleted in an emacs session?
I am looking towards tracking the number of lines of text that I have added or removed in a session of emacs, is there any simple way to do this?
If not what would be the right direction towards ...
0
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1answer
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Yanking line copies past kill-ring lines along with current
I'm using Emacs to create text to copy to another program, but I need to copy line by line. I'm using a variation of kill-ring-save I provide below.
(defun my-kill-ring-save ()
(interactive)
...
