Questions about editing or manipulating text inside of Emacs.
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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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“xah-find” not find and not replace
To find and replace text in files in folder I use package "xah-find".
Here content of folder "/wiremock/_mapping/".
lc_get_ad_notifications_merchant_mapping_response.json
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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 ...
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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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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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company-ispell-dictionary does not load plain txt dictionary automatically
I tried following setup for text completion in company-mode that I found here https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/18522/19743
(require 'company)
(add-hook 'after-init-hook 'global-company-mode)
(...
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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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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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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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How to achieve this for a major-mode in Emacs
Sorry, not a searchable title.
Wanna achieve a something slightly resembling abbrev-mode, like this:
Type my(my+SPACE,SPACE was swallowed by stackexchange), then you type SPACE again, it'll expand to ...
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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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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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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 ...
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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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How to use move-text in markdown-mode?
I use move-text to move lines up and down using M-up and M-down, but it doesn't work in markdown-mode, except in lists. Can I make it work for all text?
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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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)
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Prevent Emacs from overwriting text
In this example:
If I add for example '0.5' where the cursor is, instead of adding '0.5' while moving the remaining text to the right, Emacs will delete the part '}{ckt1}' while adding '0.5'. Is it ...
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mirror/auto populate a section of text in another location in the same buffer/other file
Im looking for a way to to mirror/auto populate a section of text in another location in the same buffer and/or other file.
for example, i manage my config files in org mode for multiple machines. i ...
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function to add/split a new line each time a dot (.) is present?
Im looking for a way (function) to add/split a new line each time a dot (.) is present?
for example turn this
When a user wants to communicate with the computer, the user interacts with an ...
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Tab or auto completion of command while editing a .tex file
Seeing if there is a way for auto or tab complete specifically while editing a .tex file. For example
\text.... (tab or autocomplete) in some editors will allow you to quickly choose from '\textbf'...
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org - keyboard shortcut to promote text to heading
How to promote a text line to a heading in org-mode?
ie: I start writing text and only later wants to structure it:
here's a start typing some text.
and continue on a 2nd line
and even a 3rd line.
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How to permanently change the default spelling dictionary?
In Aquamacs, the Emacs for macs, the dictionary can be changed in the Menu by going to Edit -> Spelling -> Change Dictionary...
In my case, I enter en_GB. How do I avoid doing this for every file ...
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Tracking instantaneous chages
is there any package that tracks changes made on an instantaneous basis? That is, just like handwriting captures edits, I would like to see all the changes as a buffer is developing. So, there is no ...
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In Spacemacs, how can I conditionally set line-wrapping on only for text files (i.e. in text mode)?
I want to have Spacemacs wrap around long lines, but only in text files (i.e. text mode), not in programming language files (i.e. program mode).
How could one achieve that? I know that to turn on ...
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Send a text from Emacs to Grammarly
Is there a nice way to bind Emacs and Grammarly. This is what I wrote to myself. A very simple plugin that helps you to send a marked text to Grammarly. It is a very simple plugin, is there a better ...
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Highlight code in Text mode
I'm a newcomer, I use emacs for less than a week, but I'm already familiar with the basics. I've started to use the Feynman Technique to study and I'm doing my annotations in Text-mode with auto-fill-...
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Insert the value of a variable into the buffer I'm editing
I asked How can I script emacs to install packages from list? and got this answer.
(setq package-selected-packages
'(async
epl
evil
goto-chg
helm
helm-ag
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Is there a way to convert an array of bytes into a UTF-8 string?
There are now some files which contain raw bytes which are valid UTF-8 characters, e.g. a line of the file could be '@\u0915\u0941\u091b@ \u092c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941 \u0938\u095e\u0947\u0926 \u0939\...
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unicode.txt slowness
Moving around point (using the cursor keys) in Xah’s unicode.txt in fundamental-mode is noticeably slower than in an ordinary text file. Are the many non-ASCII characters the issue? Anything else?
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Binding a series of commands to a key
After a few trials and errors, I finally managed to find a series of customization for my Emacs to be the almost perfect distraction free environment. However, I don't want these settings to load ...
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Shift text after cursor to specified column
If I have a line like:
vec3 pos; // May not be defined.
And I want to shift the comment to a specific column number, say 27, such that I get:
vec3 pos; // May not be defined.
Is ...
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is there a `transpose-page` command?
Does Emacs or any packages provide a transpose-page command?
I know the C-x [ and C-x ] and forward or backward page, but many times I just want to transpose two adjacent pages, especially when in ...
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What kinds of mistakes does transpose fix?
The only times I've ever found a use for transpose-words or transpose-chars is when I accidentally hit one of them unintentionally, in which case a backward-word followed by transpose-words again ...
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Is there a way to get copy & paste to be context-aware wrt whitespace and formatting?
When I copy a word and paste it at the end of an existing sentence (between the last word and the full stop), I'd like it to be pasted in such a way that the space between the pasted word and the ...
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Can I edit several files synchronously?
Emacs has the scroll-all-mode, which scrolls two buffers synchronously.
I would like to edit about 8 files on 8 different hosts synchronously. This can be achieved by running vi in cssh. Is the ...
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Emacs - Lisp to parser text block to plantuml
Some document said emacs-lisp is more powerful than perl/Python to parser text file, but I still didn't see good example for reference.
For example, if input below text block:
12-22 07:43:14.699 ...
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How can I execute a function every time I insert certain characters in the buffer?
I write a lot of text in German and English and I'm getting tired of switching the dictionary of my spell-checker all the time. In true Emacs spirit, I decided to do something about this and dusted ...
