Questions tagged [window]
In Emacs, a window is one part of a frame, displaying one buffer. For questions about operating system windows, see the tag 'frame.
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Show only one or two lines of a buffer
I need to check numbers in a buffer each on a line against an external paper sheet
To make this easier I would like to make the window very narrow to see only one (or max. two) lines. However shrink-...
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After query-replace using my-find-files, how to automatically delete-other-windows?
I am following answer for Using Emacs to recursively find and replace in text files not already open
My setup:
(defun my-find-files ()
(interactive)
(find-dired "~/folder" "-name \\*...
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Prefer side-by-side splits over top-bottom splits even when calling `calendar`
From what I understand, Emacs splits windows by first trying a horizontal split and then a vertical split. I'm fine with that behavior, except when in fullscreen mode. I've tried several of the ...
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Prevent other-window from choosing side window
I have recently started using buffer-display-alist to sensibly place windows within a frame. Typically, I'll have one or two windows of code buffers that I actively work in and a bottom "side ...
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magit-diff jumps to insertion/deletion in already opened window (no overlay)
I have 2 windows open: One is the magit-diff of the current repo, the other is just source codes from that repo. In source codes (the right window), I have a file opened, say "sample.txt". In magit-...
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Few settings doesn't work in -no-window mode
I newbee in Emacs, and trying to set up emacs. Well, I've written a init.el file and except few things always work properly. But in -nw mode cursor doesn't work (blink not working), tabs doesn't work (...
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How does windowing system work on MacOS? [migrated]
I'm really interested in computer graphics and I would like to know how windowing and graphics systems work on MacOS.
I've started to learn how to create a window in objective-c but then I told myself ...
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How to use a classical development setup (file explorer + code + terminal) in Emacs
I like using the following setup for development:
+--------+---------------------------------+
| . | |
| | Python or JS |
| Dired+ | ...
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Has anyone combined org-sidebar with org-panes? (persistent location & automatically in buffers)
In my ideal world, every org file could automatically open with a small sidebar always showing where I am, similar to how Typora works, which allows you to select other locations to go to. I'm trying ...
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How to close help buffer without moving to it?
I often use Emacs' help buffers, via e.g. C-h k.
Buffer *Help* is displayed in another window, and that window is not selected. In order to close the *Help* buffer, I need to switch windows via C-x o ...
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Center the following buffer in next-error-follow-minor-mode
I am using next-error-follow-minor-mode to preview my search results. The problem is that the preview buffer doesn't center around the current line:
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How to save and restore the association of a window to buffer across Emacs sessions?
I have a window layout with three windows and I would like Emacs to remember the buffers even if the buffers don't exist after restart.
Context: I am using Spacemacs for Clojure development. In ...
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Always show the last lines with a lower indentation than the first line that's visible in a window
I often find myself scrolling up in a code file to see which context I am in (class/method definition, yaml-key, etc). It would be super handy if I could somehow "freeze" the last lines of each ...
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Always open new files in the same window
When I open a file externally - through the terminal or the file manager GUI, it opens in a new window.
How can I always open a file in a new buffer of an existing emacs session?
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how can I re-use the window created by `display-buffer-in-side-window`?
I'm creating a window at the bottom of the frame with display-buffer-in-side-window and it displays a given buffer, I would like to have another buffer created but re-use that exact same window.
How ...
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How to restore a window configuration after reboot?
I have foo.txt on the left and a terminal on the right:
|-------|----------|
|foo.txt|ansi@term>|
|-------|----------|
How can I restore the layout of the windows with the same buffers displayed ...
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Reference a window with a designated name
I list the current windows with
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle yes
(window-list)
#+end_src
#+RESULTS:
| #<window 14 on 28.Windows.org> | #<window 3 on .emacs.d> |
Then I tried to ...
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Portable way of setting the windows urgent hint?
I've seen links to X11 flag setting that sets the current windows urgent hint.
Is there a portable way to do this in Emacs? Or does it need to be handled per-platform?
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Get window-total-width in another font
(window-total-width) returns the number of columns (characters) that fit in the current window (https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Window-Sizes.html). This will take the current ...
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disable syntax highlight on inactive windows
I got the following code for highlighting inactive and active windows with different background color. How do I make so that inactive windows have no syntax highlighting, only the active window has?
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Manually close a (compilation) window that was most recently opened by running e.g. 'grep'
I'm trying to find a way to quickly close the window that I just created by running 'grep' (i.e. a kind of compilation window).
I'd like the solution to be independent of my current window layout and ...
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How to prevent the completion window from hogging up nearly whole frame (-3 lines)?
One or the other of the various Emacsen has been, at different times, my one and only editor on all *nix systems¹. I usually use one X window per buffer, so I can arrange windows side by side, or use ...
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How to leave mark region highlighted when switching windows
I usually have my Emacs frame split into windows. I'll select something in one window and then switch to another buffer. When I do this Emacs removes the active-region highlghting in the original ...
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Ispell suggested word window too small
When I use ispell, it suggests replacements for misspelled words in a window at the top of the screen. However, it is too small, and I can barely read the words it contains.
How do I increase the ...
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Restore after `maximize-window`
If I have multiple windows open, I can maximize one using M-x maximize-window.
How should I restore the windows to their original size?
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How to stop (aquamacs) emacs opening all new buffers in new (gui) window/emacs frame?
I've just upgraded my aquamacs installation and a bunch of packages, and now emacs is opening every new buffer in a new (gui) window (aka emacs frame). I don't like this. I want to have every buffer ...
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How to make ibuffer open the selected buffer in the most recently selected window?
I use ibuffer-sidebar-mode and when you are on a file buffer name in it and hit enter, I am not sure how it decides where to open that buffer if the rest of the window is split in multiple buffers. I ...
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How to keep a high-level window configuration?
I use Emacs as a single maximized frame. The monitor is wide enough for two windows to sit together there, with a vertical split. I want this window configuration to be permanent, i.e.:
I want it to ...
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How can I make emacsclient use an existing window in the current frame?
I'm on MS Windows, if that makes a difference.
My desired behavior:
There is only one frame visible at any time.
Visiting a file should use an existing window in that frame.
(This is the default ...
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Multiple initial buffers in different windows
I have Emacs set up to open an initial org mode buffer on startup by
(setq initial-buffer-choice "~/Directory/Subdirectory/inital_buffer1.org")
Ideally on start up, I would like to open 2 buffers in ...
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Why can't I resize my windows to be the same width?
When I split windows using SPC-w / then my windows are created with different widths. I want them to split in half. I can't resize it by dragging it nor by using the shortcuts.
I downloaded emacs ...
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Sending `C-c C-c` to the process window without swithcing to it
In ESS mode, I sometimes send some code to the process buffer and want to cancel it using C-c C-c. Can I do this without actually switching to the process window from the script window?
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Is there a way to make the “o” keypress of other-window <C-x><C-o> repeatable?
Question is as stated in the title.
Instead of using various packages for switching windows, it might be simpler to make <C-x><C-o> behave like <C-x><C-+>, such that repeated ...
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Tabs on windows with custom buffers
I am new to Emacs and I am trying to set up a decent workflow for projects I already have.
What I want to do is to be able to have tabs of buffers on each window (not frame). What I want ...
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Is there a way to split-window-right and switch-to-buffer / find-file in single command?
As described in question title.
Closest solution that I can find is to use ido-find-file-other-window orido-switch-buffer-other-windew, but these create a horizontal split by default, and if a ...
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How can I open WoMan's pages from bash?
I first tried emacsclient -t -e '(woman "sox")', but it opens the WoMan's buffer as a popup:
Then I tried emacsclient -t -e '(woman "sox") (spacemacs/toggle-maximize-buffer) (sleep-for 3) (delete-...
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elisp debugger jumping windows around
I'm trying to use the built-in elisp debugger, invoked by debug, and read the source code at the same time. Unfortunately, whenever I continue execution, with either c or d, the debugger jumps around ...
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Adding Purpose to Layout Of Emacs
The rigidity to which emacs adheres to its layout is annoying at times. How can i get a layout like this when I shift to the particular modes?
+------------------+-----------+
| | ...
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Split frame as 2×2 max, with horizontal priority
Well, this is another window configuration question, and I feel like I'm totally missing the point. I have been spending the last couple of hours messing with split-height-threshold, split-width-...
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How to make find-file-other-window reuse existing window
Is it possible to make find-file-other-window open the file in a pre-existing window instead of creating a new one?
Currently:
|A---|B---| |A-|C-|B---|
|----|----| -> ...
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How to return focus to dired window after killing buffer opened from dired?
Sometimes I use dired to view or edit several files in one folder, one after the other. Dired is open in one window, and I open the files in another window by typing o in dired. When I finish with one ...
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How can I create a window that can't be closed?
I create a window with the following
(setq ook-window (display-buffer-in-side-window buffer '((side . bottom))))
(set-window-dedicated-p ook-window t)
But then when I go to the main window and ...
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Getting a sorted window list
(window-list) returns a list of visible windows. Is it possible to
get this list sorted from the most recently active window to the least?
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Switching directly to a certain window
If I have 3 windows beside each other, can I switch to any one of them
without having to look for the cursor first (so I know whether to press
C-x o once or twice)?
Is there, for example, or could I ...
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pop-to-buffer: Wrong type argument: window-valid-p, #<window 117>PNG warning: Interlace handling should be turned on when using png_read_image
I occasionally run into the following error when opening a new file with projectile:
pop-to-buffer: Wrong type argument: window-valid-p, #<window 117>PNG warning: Interlace handling should be ...
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cycling between minibuffer and last window|buffer
I'd like to cycle between an active minibuffer window and the last recent buffer.
1 (defun cycle-to-minibuffer-window ()
2 (interactive)
3 (when (active-minibuffer-window)
4 (if (...
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macOS-like look and behavior on Linux [closed]
I would like to get macOS-like look and behavior on Linux, e.g. global(app) menu, no border on the top of Emacs window etc. I don't care about fancy icons and themes, but these two features are key ...
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If start with maximized frame, why do windows open top &bottom, not side by side?
I have the following in my .emacs:
(add-to-list 'default-frame-alist '(fullscreen . maximized))
And
(add-hook 'window-setup-hook
(lambda ()
(find-file "FILE.org")
(shell)))
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Edit with Emacs chrome extension closing windows
I have the edit with emacs chrome extension.
I have emacs open in one frame with multiple windows on different buffers open. When I am in chrome and focused on a text box I press Alt-Enter. This ...
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elisp: create window layout with specific cycling order
I'd like to create a window layout like so:
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a | b
-----------|--------------
d | c
-----------|--------------
This is so that I can cycle from a ->...
