Questions tagged [text-editing]
Questions about editing or manipulating text inside of Emacs.
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How to duplicate text but increment a numeric part of a name?
Say that I have rect1 one and I'll multiply it 3 times by yanking.
let rect1 = Rectangle {
width: 10,
height: 40,
}
let rect1 = Rectangle {
width: 10,
height: 40,
}
...
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How to format code similar to the way Vim has (select + “=”)?
In Vim I can format code by the key =, with or without selecting a region. Is there a way to do it in Emacs in an easy way too?
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Adding custom text above and below a buffer
Is there an easy way to wrap a buffer in emacs with text of my choice? For e.g if my selected buffer is like this,
This is the first line of a verse with ।
And here comes the second line ॥ 1.2 ॥
I ...
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Search and replace in evil mode
I'm an emacs newbie and am using evil mode for text formatting. I have some text in the following format:
word1 = meaning with elaboration; word2 = simpler meaning; word3; word4 = much long ...
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Is there a convenient way to swap two words that aren't adjacent?
I've recently been editing some source code where I often want to swap elements in an array that spans multiple lines.
Doing this manually is quite tedious, moving the cursor between both locations ...
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Bug? Can get point into the middle of a run of characters with a replacing display spec
I'm implementing a minor mode that "folds" certain strings. It does this by adding a font-lock keywords rule to the buffer, that applies display properties that make it look like it's a ...
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I have auto-fill mode enabled for text documents, how do I automate fill-region when rewriting?
I have auto-fill mode enabled for text files, and when I edit text I often have to run fill-region within the selected area to make it look nice again. Is there a way to automate this, or to make ...
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How can I catch a block of text to be used in a replacement-part code?
I want to save a block of text in a variable and then do a replacement using that variable in the replacement part.
For instance, suppose to do the following replacement:
block_of_text
--->
\...
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How can I convert an inline pseudo YAML dictionary to a valid multiline one?
Consider this code:
- name: Cron set up
cron: name=something something="anything" job="/bin/bash -c 'service=nslcd; [[ -x /usr/bin/$service ]] && systemctl restart $service'&...
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How to swap words `true` and `false` in buffer text?
I found myself switching the text true to false, and vice versa, while coding very often. It's quite tedious to mark the entire thing and replace it with opposite. It would be great to have a function ...
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Auto pairs function expansion and deletion over return and backspace
I'm trying to find or configure some auto pairs plugin to do the following.
Say my cursor is placed as such:
fn() {|}
When I press enter, I want it to expand into:
fn() {
|
}
I've found some ...
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Which setting controls the replacing of selection with the character we type?
When wanting to replace a region of text with another, I usually mark them with C-SPC (set-mark-command), press some arrow/movement keys, then type the text that I want. To illustrate:
I like biscuits....
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How copy current line to the clipboard?
This Emacs Wiki page
says:
‘C-a C-SPC C-e M-w’ copies the current line without the newline.
But it doesn't work to me. I'm using Emacs 26. Is there some other shortcut?
P.S.
I use CUA keys in my ...
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How can I insert some multiline text that respects the indentation at which it is inserted?
I have a function that reads a link from the clipboard and generates a metadata-ful markdown link from it, and inserts it:
(defun night/unt ()
(interactive)
(let* ((link (current-kill 0))
...
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Centering within comment blocks or ASCII art
I have C comments like this:
/******************************************************************************
* Includes *
***********...
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File within a root grandparent is detected by emacs as belonging to a directory that doesn't exists
I'm editing a file within a directory /parentdir/userdir/file with the following permissions:
$ sudo namei -l $(pwd)
drwxr-xr-x root root /
drwx------ root root parentdir
drwx--S--- ...
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how to do simple calculations on numbers in text
I have a Json file containing a quite a few coordinates like {x: 400, y:200}
And I want to change the numbers for the y values in something like y:y_default + 120. (y_default = 80). Is there a quick ...
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How to enter overlined characters?
Example: R̅E̅S̅
What I already tried, to no avail: Type R, followed by C-x 8 RET OVERLINE RET
What works but is not nice: Copy the example above and edit it.
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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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org — preserve white space on export to odt
i write poetic texts in org mode and i'd like to be able to export them to odt with their horizontal spacing preserved if possible.
it's poetry but not of the traditional kind. text is often heavily ...
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orgmode: underscore automatically generates math-mode
When I type an underscore _ in org-mode, it automatically generates math mode, i.e. $_{}$ and it puts the cursor between the braces. Is there a way to disable this when in edit mode but not in math ...
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Emacs text-mode as generic, 2-space-<TAB>, plaintext editor: Trouble disabling relative-indent in text-mode, or auto-triggering outline-mode
I need some help getting custom indentation behavior with my .emacs config.
In emacs text-mode / Fundamental Mode, by default a tab will take me to the location of the top line's next word (non ...
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Query replace regexp with a distant match?
I have a single transcript file for a set of course lectures I am watching. After doing some formatting on the file. I have it broken up into sets of lessons where the main heading is the lesson title ...
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Insert aligned multi-line text in current buffer regardless of position?
I'm creating a function to easily insert ditaa boxes while drafting reports in org-mode. I have the meat of the function accomplished, but not sure how to implement it so that boxes can be inserted ...
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need help with very complex find and replace
I have a very complex (at least to my mind) text replacement task. ideally this would be a function or macro I could run over every org header in a buffer.
I want to
1. move over any TODO state to a ...
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how to convert 4 lines block text to 1 line space interrupted
I have a text file (name, surname, phone number)
than I would import in excel and the play with column (name, surname...)
The file was previously a docx file.
I've converted it on as a text file.
But ...
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Insert White-space to Right to Even Out Region
Lets say I have the following block of text:
----
##
----
##
----
There is no white space after the # character. Is there some command to insert white space to the right of lines to even them with ...
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How to sort comma separated (or otherwise) text?
Suppose I have the following text:
int z;
int a;
int c;
int g;
or the following text:
z, a, c, g
How can I sort them to:
int a;
int c;
int g;
int z;
and
a, c, g, z
respectively?
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`Alt-f` or `Alt-b` then `d` deletes the forward word rather than putting character 'd' in front of the word. Why does emacs behave in this way?
I was doing some editing in Emacs. I was using Alt-f and Alt-b to traverse by word. I wanted to add the character d in front of a word. So I pressed Alt-b to get to the front of the word and then ...
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How to replace the buffer without slowing down the undo system?
Say I have a command that operates on the entire buffer.
The simple solution is to:
Run the command taking the entire buffer as input.
Store the output.
Clear the current buffer.
Insert the new ...
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Prepend to block of text, but ignore blank lines
How to add the string 'export ' to the beginning of each line of this text,
with emacs:
RBENV_VERSION="2.n.0"
AUTHORIZE_NET_API_LOGIN_ID=example
AUTHORIZE_NET_TRANSACTION_KEY=example
# Google ...
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How to transpose words, keeping the cursor at the same relative location to the word it moves?
When transposing words, the cursor moves to the end of the word, how can the cursor be kept at the same location relative to the word?
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How to transpose words backwards?
Transpose words (M-t) always swaps the word with the next.
How can this be performed with the previous word?
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Temporarily restrict editing to whitespace only
Sometimes I make whitespace cleanups to source code. I'd like to be certain that I do not accidentally introduce real code changes (let us assume that the programming language is one where removing ...
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Why multiple-cursor ask me on every line? How avoid this?
emacs 26.1, multiple-cursor https://github.com/magnars/multiple-cursors.el
Here my custom Elisp function that add some number(by default 1) to number.
(defun increment-number-at-point(number)
(...
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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 does emacs not apply some 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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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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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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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 ...
