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How do I insert an http link into org-mode with its title?
Is there a way to have org-mode automatically set the description from the html page's when inserting a link into org-mode?
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mu4e crashing when drag-and-dropping file attachment in mu4e:compose mode
I am running Emacs 29.1 (9.0) on Mac OS Ventura 13.5 and have recently upgraded to mu4e 1.10.7.
Since after the upgrade, Emacs crashes whenever I try to drag-and-drop a file into mu4e:compose mode in ...
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Doom Emacs : Creating project using dired not working
I'm a new to emacs. So I just try to learn by using it.
And What I'm trying to do is just making simple project.
I make a directory in dired using + command.
And inside that directory I create ....
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how to programmatically create list of org-roam nodes with given tag?
I'd like to create (meta) node that contains all references to nodes given org roam tag.
For example, Let's say I've tens of org-roam-nodes about python-programming-language (each node has tag python)....
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Texinfo produces "see" for @ref commands in Info-mode
I'm trying to produce a manual in Info format and I'm getting a little confused about @ref and the *note/see markers.
I thought that for HTML output, @ref would behave like @xref and produce the 'see'...
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How enable tree-sitter modes (*-ts-mode) that aren't built-in?
My Emacs (29.1) comes with the some tree-sitter modes:
c-ts-mode
go-ts-mode
js-ts-mode
...
I downloaded the compiled .dll and they work out of box.
However, there are some languages that tree-sitter ...
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AucTeX: Keybinding for compiling document
Is there a command, for which I can set a keybind for compiling the document? The command (TeX-command-master, bound to C-c C-c) gives you a list of options but it's rather inefficient. I'm looking ...
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org-mode: How do I insert correctly escaped text using elisp?
I want to insert some code using elisp into org-babel source blocks. This needs some escaping, such as replacing * with ,*. Is there a builtin insert function that handles these escape rules ...
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How to stop Spacemacs from asking for a required layer installation
Each time I open a .toml file I'm asked in the minibuffer:
Support for toml-mode requires installation of layer rust, do you want to install it? (y or n) n
How can I stop that question?
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When using ssh in term-mode, how do I get the remote system's hostname for emacs?
I regularly use term-mode then ssh into a remote machine to run bash commands. I want to display the remote machine's hostname in my modeline. I added the relevant code for the modeline but I'm having ...
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How does emacs/eglot decide which syntax element to highlight and how could I change it?
For example, I'm writing a Lua file. I noticed that the table keys are not highlighted:
I'd like to make the table keys in a different color than values, like what Emacs does for YAML:
But I don't ...
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Make Emacs re-check a buffer's modified state?
I've got a file open in Emacs, with unsaved changes.
I run a function in Emacs which first writes the current changes to a separate temporary file, then delegates to an interactive shell command which ...
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Corfu: Why does <tab> shows a corfu popup?
I have this configuration:
(setq tab-always-indent 'complete)
(global-corfu-mode 1)
Nothing else should have grabbed the <tab> key. When I do C-h k, then <tab>, I get that it is bould to ...
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Docstring text substitution for nadvice macros `add-function` and `advice-add`
Starting with Emacs 29, the doc strings of macros add-function and advice-add are constructed, using substitution of a common part into a "<<>>" placeholder.
C-h f add-function:
...
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Filter out command completions with specific prefixes
I am using command completions, and would like to 'filter' out certain built-in packages. For example, typing "text";
In these completions, I would like to filter out/hide the entries that ...
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Configuring org-msg to use Lualatex in emails
I'm using Lualatex with a custom package and have org-mode configured to it using
(setq org-latex-compiler "lualatex")
I also put all the Latex-packages I usually need into a custom one and ...
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desktop-save mode prevents Emacs from refreshing
I'm using Emacs 29.1 on Windows.
I've found desktop-save is problematic. My configuration is:
(use-package desktop
:init
(setq desktop-dirname "~/.emacs.d/desktop/"
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org mode, collect today's tasks into a buffer and edit them
In short, is there a agenda-like view that is also editable (without going to the original org file)
For instance, I'd like to create a view which shows all the todo items which have deadline today. (...
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How to disable automatic appearance of *Warnings* buffer in Emacs?
I use Emacs (version 28.1 on Windows 11-64bits) with AUCTeX to work with my LaTeX documents. The directory of files on which I'm working is synchronized in real time with a Dropbox cloud. This means ...
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Syntax highlighting for source blocks inside special blocks
Syntax highlighting doesn't work for source blocks that are nested inside special blocks:
#+BEGIN_test
#+begin_src js
return 14
#+end_src
#+RESULTS:
: 14
#+END_test
#+begin_src js
return 14
#+...
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Strange behavior of win desktop shortcut
The emacs installer puts a shortcut on the desktop that works perfectly.
If I open the emacs/bin folder, choose emacs.exe an the "Send to desktop" it creates a different kind of shortcut. ...
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disable built-in flymake completely
I'm running emacs-29.1 on ubuntu-23.10 (installed from https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ubuntuhandbook1/emacs/ubuntu/), and it has flymake built-in and default to running. There are similar questions ...
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How to ignore some directories with find-grep-dired?
When I search with find-grep-dired it also searches /Library/ directory and finds hundreds of cached links. Is there a way to ignore /Library/ directory?
I found this :
M-x customize-option
<return&...
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Allow writing to help buffer
Because a help buffer is always read-only, one has to change buffer-read-only to nil.
But consider the two functions below. maces1 should be the appropriate implementation because it set buffer-read-...
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Org mode not returning last evaluated line of lisp
I can't figure out why evaluating this lisp code with C-c C-c doesn't return 832040 and instead returns the function name FIB:
#+begin_src lisp
(defun fib (n)
"Return the nth Fibonacci ...
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how to load a file in init.el
I have a
~/.emacs.d/init.el
which includes:-
(load-file "blabla.el")
blabla.el is in ~/.emacs.d/
When I start emacs I get this error:-
File is missing: Cannot open load file, No such file or ...
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The mystery of the global font-size change shortcut
The official Emacs documentation says:
...to change the sizes of the fonts globally, type C-x C-M-+, C-x C-M-=, C-x C-M-- or C-x C-M-0,...1
Unfortunately, when I type C-x C-M-+ on my laptop's ...
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Move cursor down on auto-insert
#+SETUPFILE: ~/.emacs.d/org-templates/level-2.org
I have the above line auto-inserted on new org files. Is there a way to make the cursor move to the next line? Now it stays at the beginning of the ...
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How to see if a keybinding is used in any mode? [duplicate]
For example, I once set <C-j> as <C-x>, only to find out <C-j> is used for org-forward-heading-same-level in org-mode.
I know <C-h> k shows a keybinding's usage in current mode....
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Turn off show-trailing-whitespace in Echo Area
When I run
(setq-default show-trailing-whitespace t)
on startup, the Echo Area is affected. I can usually turn this off with hooks, e.g.
(add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook
(lambda () (setq show-...
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Getting dired to open an xterm instance without waiting
I like to use dired-do-shell-command to open audio and video files in an independent terminal using the default command
gnome-terminal -- mplayer *
and this works great. But now I've changed my ...
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Macro breaks only in `eval-expression` (`M-:`)
I have a macro which unpacks a list into variables, as if by setq:
(unpack (a b c) '(1 2 3))
is roughly comparable to
(setq a 1)
(setq b 2)
(setq c 3)
The way I did that initially was by having the ...
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Org mode keyword completion with pcomplete showing uppercase and lowercase duplicates
Invoking complete-symbol after #+ in an Org buffer uses pcomplete to display the following completion candidates list:
ORG:
org:
BIND:
bind:
DATE:
date:
etc.
I would like to remove the duplication of ...
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Cannot save as root with tramp: “Unlocking file: Permission denied”
I'm using Emacs 27.1 in the terminal with tramp version 2.4.3.27.1. This is on a remote server over SSH.
I can load files as root using tramp paths such as: /sudo:root@hostname:/etc/hosts or /sudo::/...
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How to create separate buffers from the ouput of grep?
Is there any way to create separate buffers for each file grep locates when running something like
grep 'blabla' *.c
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color org-agenda entries by level
My org agenda (I use it as a todo-list without dates with the alltodo type, generating a list of all todo entries for each file) has many entries with many subheadings (which can again have multiple ...
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reopen-with-sudo command that works through tramp?
I have tried to define this command:
(defun etc-reopen-with-sudo ()
(interactive)
(let* ((vec (tramp-dissect-file-name (buffer-file-name (current-buffer))))
(method (tramp-file-name-method ...
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Quail-based Japanese conversion error
The following error that I am reporting appears both in emacs-27.2 and emacs-28.2.
This question is written under the assumption that the reader is familiar with Quail and with Japanese syllabary.
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Magit error: Wrong type argument: listp
I recently updated magit and since then I haven't been able to create commits with it.
When I try to create a commit in the magit-status interface, I get the error:
command-execute: Wrong type ...
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How can I make magit aware of an upstream branch?
I have a preexisting (github) repository with 2 branches: master and release. I successfully set my own local copy of the master branch to origin/master but when I try to set the release branch (using ...
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Changing context does not update the mu4e-main buffer
I managed to set up mu4e with two accounts, however I'm having issues switching context.
I press ; and select the context I wish, and I can also see in the modeline that the context has changed. ...
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buffer-read-only when using button
I cannot understand why the following gives an error. What can I do to solve the problem when I press on the button.
(buffer-read-only #<buffer *Help*>)
insert("> Graphic Organisation \...
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Why is emacs looking in `~/` for `.emacs`? [duplicate]
I'm using /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/.emacs
as my initialisation file. When I start emacs I get:-
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘~/.emacs’:
Why is emacs looking in '~/...
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Emacs ignores display-fill-column-indicator-character settings
I have these settings in my init.el:
(global-display-fill-column-indicator-mode 1)
(setq-default fill-column 120)
(setq-default display-fill-column-indicator t)
(setq-default display-fill-column-...
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Search path for lisp files
When starting emacs using the initialisation file
/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/.emacs
what is the default search path for lisp files if I use the default value of load-path (I don't change the ...
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Is the '$' (end of line anchor) somehow concurrent with the '\n' (newline)? Please explain these results
In normal regex, I would expect the following to be true:
(should (equal (string-match "^abc$\nx" "abc\nx ") 0)) ;; nope! nil
(should (equal (string-match "^abc\n$x" &...
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Save LaTeX/AucTeX generated auxiliary files to a separate directory EXCEPT for the PDF file
I am using AucTex in Emacs to compile my LaTeX files. Is there a way to keep just the PDF file in the current directory and send all the other auxiliary files to a separate folder? I have set TeX-...
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Why is Doom Emacs GUI not accepting keyboard input?
Noob question. I downloaded Doom Emacs following the installation instructions in the documentation. Now when I run the emacs command, it opens up the Doom Emacs window. Unfortunately, as I try ...
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moving cursor forward-sexp goes one char further in evil mode
When I want to highlight the following region
(a ( b ( c ) ) ) )
I get
(a ( b ( c ) ) ) )
I mark the beginning and do forward-sexp (or sp-forward-sexp, which results in the same outcome)
In, insert ...
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Can someone help me with lsp C++20 features recognition?
Lsp clangd does not recognise c++20 features in my Emacs. I use flycheck and it highlights something as
import <iostream>
std::format is not supported either and so on. Can someone tell me how ...
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