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Selecting phrases in Emacs rather than words or sentences

Notabene word processor has an interesting command that allows one to select phrases, i.e. one selects text up to the next punctuation mark. Hence, in this example: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ...
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Advanced title capitals functionality available?

Looking at this page it seems title-capitals can get reasonably involved. Do packages exist that perform title-caps with support for some of these rules?
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What is the org-mode equivalent of \gls{keyword} in LaTeX?

Is there an org-mode equivalent of the LaTeX glossary package? Use case - you have an external file with a glossary list, the \gls{keyword} gets expanded at compile time to whatever is referenced in ...
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Is there a good reference org-mode template for output of learning content to markdown (online), as well as TeX (print) formats?

I'm working on converting a 200 page book (currently in TeX) to org-mode. Ideally I should be able to push the new org-mode variant of content to both markdown (for online learners) as well as to more ...
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Color words based on gramatical categories?

Does there exist any package to color words based on grammatical class? (Noun, verb, adjective... etc). Something like rainbow-mode for grammar instead of colors.
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critical markup in org-mode or emacs?

Is there support for Critical Markdown in org-mode or in Emacs text editing in general? I am interested in MSWord style track-changes in plain text, and learned that Critical Markdown fits the bill. ...
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Is it possible to organize the capture templates selection screen?

As it can be seen above, I have around fifteen capture templates. I think this list may grow or shrink, but in the case that it grows, is there any way to make it more segmented? Like dividing it ...
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Would Emacs Manages Files and Writes in HDD in Someway That Would Cause Malfunction in it?

Noticed here that var partition is constantly returning error in boot process, compelling me to do a fsck frequentily. Once it has been used to do high-level using, in dired, org, tramp, Bookmarks+ ...
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Efficient workflow to write a book in Org-mode

I plan to write a short statistics textbook using Org-mode. Even if some textbooks have been written using equivalent systems (e.g., the R package bookdown), I have no examples in mind of books ...
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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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How do you automatically enable writeoom-mode when org-mode starts?

I want to enable writeroom-mode whenever I startup org-mode because I don't really ever want writeroom-mode to be disabled if I'm using org-mode.
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Writing on Emacs: Spell + Grammar + More checking? [duplicate]

There is something I never found how to manage correctly on Emacs: advance spell checking. I know that a lot of modes allow spell check (flyspell, hunspell...) but what I really wonder is: is it ...
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Replace text with latex

I wondered if it is possible to make emacs replace occurences of a/b with $ {a \over b} $ , where a and b are integers or letters in the text.
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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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External links to figures in org-mode

I would like to be able to link specific figures from other documents. Basically the function of the xr package in LaTeX where it doesn't necessarily give you an actual link that will take you outside ...
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Change the writing permissions of emacs

I am currently trying to install spacemacs on my Arch Linux. I am following the standard installation instructions that have been put up here. Now after cloning the .emacs.d from the spacemacs ...
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Emacs Ispell to list all spelling errors at once

I am using emacs ispell to look for spelling mistakes. It works well in interactive mode, but I was wondering if I can see all the words with spelling issues highlighted in the buffer itself or ...
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Optimal settings for auto-complete for writing papers / prose in natural language?

As the question suggest, I am trying to set up the auto-complete package for writing papers. I have also installed ac-ispell. So far it seems more or less useless, mostly because it is way too slow. ...
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How to find (and list) abbreviations in a buffer?

I am using Emacs to write a long thesis in LaTeX. I have no regrets, so far (about the Emacs/LaTeX combination, that is). One of the last things I need to do before I can submit the darn thing is to ...
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How do I outline/hide/show text when writing prose?

I want to use Emacs to write prose (specifically, fiction). I have used Scrivener and Ulysses in the past but I am not happy with them. I want to try Emacs, but don't know how to replicate the ...
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Fullscreen with no titlebar and no menubar in MS-Windows

Is there a way to easily switch to no-distractions writing environment in Emacs for MS-Windows? I would prefer to have Emacs started without window titlebar and without menubar and have that without ...
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Is it possible to export content of subtrees without their headings?

I draft documents in org-mode and export them to LaTeX, HTML, etc. as needed. I frequently use the tag :no_export: whenever I don't want a certain subtree to show up in the output. What I also want ...
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Is there a simplified version control system appropriate for non-coders writing in Emacs?

I an academic and I love to do as much of my writing as possible in Emacs. A key thing that is missing for me is the ability to easily review the changes I have made to a text file over time. The ...
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Collapse sections in markdown

I use markdown-mode (in conjunction with writeroom-mode) for writing in Emacs. My markdown files generally gets quite large, and I would like to be able to focus on a particular section for extended ...
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Fullscreen emacs and narrow column of text

I edit markdown text in Emacs fullscreen. Naturally in fullscreen the text flows wider, from left edge of the display to the right, thereby necessitating more eye movements. I want to narrow down the ...
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What options are there for writing better non-programming text in Emacs?

This is a fork from the question What options are there for doing spell-checking in Emacs? Because I'm currently doing a lot of non-programming tasks in Emacs I'm wondering whether Emacs can support ...
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What options are there for doing spell-checking in emacs

Because I'm currently doing a lot of non-programming tasks in Emacs, spell-checking became one of my major concerns once again. I noticed that there is no question related to the options for spell-...
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Recognizing sentences that don't end in two spaces

I'm not going to weigh in on whether ending sentences with two spaces is the One True Way or an abomination. All I know is that I show no signs of establishing a consistent habit of hitting the ...
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