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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Hide *compilation* window
It is annoying to see the compilation window appear when it is successful. How to remove that automatically?
I want to see it though if it is not successful.
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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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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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How to change Emacs windows from vertical split to horizontal split?
Window A
++++++++
Window B
Is there a way to switch to
Window A : Window B
Is there a way to switch view without closing windows?
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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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Is there a generic toggle-previous-window function?
Some major modes have code and key-bindings to toggle focus back and forth between their inferior processes and the major-mode buffer. Is there an Emacs function which lets me do this between the ...
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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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Neotree window permanently resizes other windows
I usually have my emacs frame something like this:
| | |
| <window 1> | <window 2> |
| | |
When I open neotree, it then looks like this (...
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Minibuffer for each window
Is there a way to have a minibuffer window for each window? I don't want recursive minibuffers, just one per window so that I don't have to look to the bottom of the screen when editing a window ...
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Define the window location of the output of shell command
I use M-! to run the command shell-command. The output will open the buffer in a new window at the bottom. Can I configure it to appear on the right?
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How can I split the neotree window in spacemacs/emacs
I want my neotree window not to extend all the way to the bottom as shown here.
How is that possible? If I try to split it I get an error saying the side window can't be split.
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How to open multiple files in multiple windows at startup
In earlier versions of emacs one could use emacs -nw file1 file2 file3 and see three files (and no buffer list) at startup. For recent versions this no longer works. Is it possible to add some code to ...
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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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which-key takes up entire lower half of the screen (possibly related to package zoom)
Suddenly which-key, when triggered, takes up the entire lower half of the screen although only a portion of that is then filled with information. This behaviour started a couple of days ago, but I did ...
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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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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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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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How can I adjust the fixed-width of a Neotree buffer?
Using emacs 24, when I try to use the Neotree package I am having issues with modifying the fixed-width of the window. I believe I have found the responsible chunk of lisp, but changing the value ...
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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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Preserving Layout Using emacsclient
If I spawn Emacs in --daemon mode, I can then use emacsclient to connect to the daemon from within a terminal window. If this then dies, I can reconnect my terminal and my Emacs session is still ...
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Automatically toggling margin width on resizing
So I'm using Emacs in Windows (Emacs 24.5.1, Windows 10). I've set a default margin width of 20 on both sides for text-mode, but occasionally I like to resize the window in half (Windows+left or right ...
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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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how can I programatically transition between those 2 window layouts?
I am trying to implement this window transition
a/ b/
--------- -------------
| 1 | 2 | | | 1 | 2 |
--------- -> | 0 |-------|
| 3 | 4 | | | 3 | 4 |
--------- ...
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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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Opening emacsclient -n -c opens a small frame with small fonts
I had set up a emacs --daemon at the OS startup and whenever I try to open emacsclient -n -c emacs opens a small window (possibly the minimum size possible) and with unreadable fonts (they are too ...
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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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How to make Dired sort on special characters in the beginning of file or folder names?
In Windows File Explorer (FE) I can give a file or folder a name with a special character as the first character, and thereby make them move on top when sorting the files alphabetically. For instance, ...
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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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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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How to cycle between two windows when I have more than two open?
Scenario: I have several (more than 2) windows open. I actively work with two of them. How do I best jump from one window to another, and back, with one command?
I use ace-window; it's great but I ...
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What keys can I use to create/delete and select side windows?
I have a shell buffer that's a good candidate for a side window:
I also regularly use an org buffer, that's always good to have around.
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/draft/manual/html_node/elisp/...
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How to force new `shell` to appear in current window?
Whenever I run M-x shell, a buffer appears almost randomly somewhere - splitting current windows as it sees fit. I cannot work out the logic behind it.
The docstring says:
(shell &optional ...
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How to toggle between previous buffer in a given window (e.g toggle-previous-buffer-in-window)?
How can I make Emacs toggle between the previous buffer within a single window (e.g. ignoring buffer changes in other windows)?
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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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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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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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elisp: create window layout with specific cycling order
I'd like to create a window layout like so:
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a | b
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d | c
-----------|--------------
This is so that I can cycle from a ->...
