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If one sets org-src-fontify-natively to t org source blocks are fontified according to the associated major-mode. That is fine. But, is it possible to emphasize text snippets within the source blocks, ...

The following screenshot shows Emacs 26.3 (GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.14) of 2020-03-26, modified by Debian) editing a Markdown file: Note that on some lines of ...

I am using doom emacs. But I want traditional emacs key binding. I've heard several people that emacs key binding becomes way of life and if somebody takes my key binding away, I cant express myself. ...

I have a large set of my own tags that I've added to org-tag-alist that I use liberally to tag headings throughout my org files. I would like to search throughout my org directory (recursively) on a ...

I have a bunch of recipes under different headline, and each have an ingredient list specified as a table. I would like to access that table as an list in a src block using the headline id, same as if ...

Many of my python files have an import section that looks like this: from datetime import datetime, timedelta from typing import Callable import numpy as np import pandas as pd I'd like to sort ...

One can type normal Roman numerals by using C-x 8 RET. For example, to type Ⅲ one use C-x 8 RET 2162 RET. Furthermore, one can type superscript numbers, English letters and Greek ones by using the TeX ...

I want to write a macro that makes a diffpdf before and after some changes in my LaTeX file (that would be compiled twice by pdflatex). I tried: (defmacro with-diffpdf-after-changes (&rest body) ...

In org-mode I use headings with different font sizes decreasing with the # in org-level-#. In the following Examples, the font size is in brackets and size 5 > size 4 etc. Example: * Heading lvl 1 ...

Following this response: Org-Mode - How do I create a new file with org-capture https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11902620/org-mode-how-do-i-create-a-new-file-with-org-capture? I am trying to make ...

Let's say my capture template is bound to 't': (defun my/captureTemplate () (interactive) (org-capture "r") This won't work as it will show me the whole list of potential templates to ...

Summary. Is there a way to get fully functional REPLs on Windows running in Emacs. I want to avoid the maintenance burden associated with comint. Long version. In many cases I dislike how the built-...

I'm facing a major issue with Tramp and Emacs 27.1 on a Mac (10.15.7), which makes it almost impossible to work on remote files ... As soon as I start to type a SSH or SCP based URL in the mini buffer ...

I have a lisp function which performs a transformation on a buffer. It's usually quick, but sometimes it's very slow when the buffer is big. I can see it's working, because it prints out its progress ...

How do I string together functions and actions in a key binding. Say I want to make a binding that does comment-dwim and then appends "TODO: " to achieve /* TODO: */ in C. (global-set-key (...

Context. I frequently use org-mode timers The org-mode clock (which just displays the clock in the org-mode mode-line) A custom "target time" clock, which shows a point in time (either a ...

I have this (setq org-agenda-files (directory-files-recursively "~/Dropbox/org/journal/" "\\.org$")) but I don't know where to place it in order to make sure that on the event of ...

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, } ...

Based on specific mode, by using a keybinding I want to add a TODO string that is preceded by an unique comment character. For example, (org-mode is exception since ** does not stands for comment and ...

In vi, c w stops at the end of the current word (that movement is normally e, as in c e). This is different from w alone or d w, which go up to the beginning of the next word. A popular Vim ...

I want to store my passwords via pass in Dropbox and then open them with my secret key via emacs. Is it possible in "pass" to enter the path where my .password-store directory is stored. ...

I am using pretty much the default theme color however, I do want to change the highlighted background color inside the parenthesis. Is there any specific Face Attributes setting for this specific ...

When I export an org file to an ascii file, using org-export-to-ascii, I get some annoying lines on the left margin and an indent ,---- | .class{ | background:red; | } This is what I'm after: ....

Is there a way to have a common init.el for several system users? /etc/emacs.d/init.el for example?

If I'm on the commandline, and I'm in the master branch, and I want to create a new branch and immediately start working on it, I'd just do git checkout -b foo. So I'm looking for the magit equivalent ...

This question is related to this one: resize-temp-buffer doesn't work in my code when 2 windows are diplayed into the frame If I open emacs from scratch and I evaluate: (frame-parameter nil '...

In org mode, I am trying to resize inline images to fit a 100px x 100px square, which would be particular useful in the cases in which an image is much taller that wider, or vice versa. In other words ...

I use hs-minor-mode currently. When point is on class Foo... a M-x hs-hide-level will fold all methods of that class. This is exactly the state I need for all *.py files when I open them. Is it ...

I am new to org-mode (and to Emacs in general) and am trying to set up org-capture. I would like to define a todo capture item whose template is located in the file ~/.emacs.d/org-templates/todo.tmpl....

Having searched for advice on how to change the load-path, I found this answer in the EmacsWiki: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/LoadPath I have evaluated a similar command in the minibuffer: (add-to-...

In vim, assume :r!ls | grep foo is in the register l. You can then do: @l to exec ls | grep foo and insert the contents matching foo in to the current buffer. In evil-mode I get: Usage: grep [OPTION].....

How can I look up what key(s) are bound to a particular definition in a keymap? Basically the converse of lookup-key. where-is-internal is almost the answer I'm looking for, but it doesn't seem to ...

I am using GNU Emacs 26.3 under iTerm2. My goal is to keep minibuffer size as compact/minimum as possible. Default height view: Sometimes minibuffer's height increases and remains as it is. The empty ...

In my configuration, I have: (setq org-log-done 'time) However, for one particular subtree, I want to suppress this behavior. So, closing any items here will not record a time. Can this be done by ...

I am on Doom emacs, and have placed various scripts in my config file. These are mainly new keybindings and options for packages, e.g. (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "s-;") 'org-agenda) ; ...

Trying to get org-journal working, but it wants to auto-complete nearly every word I type, then require two space bar hits to advance to type next word. I tried this and it works (add-hook 'org-mode-...

Can I let-bind diplayed windows and their size/posizion? Is there a variable that stores these infos? I need to run a script that will change the diplayed windows, opening some help temp buffers. At ...

I want to call org-update-radio-target-regexp as soon as org-mode recognises that a new <<<radio target>>> has been created (which seems to happen as soon as the third ">&...

I'm trying to calculate the euclidean distance between two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) which is sqrt( (x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2 ) Is there a way to calculate this easily with Emacs calc? (I looked in the ...

I have a contacts.org with following structure: * Family ** Person 1 :PROPERTIES: :TITLE: :ALIAS: :COMPANY: :ROLE: :EMAIL: :MOBILE: :WORK_PHONE: :ADDRESS: :URL: :BIRTHDAY: :ITOLD_THEM_EMAIL: :...

I'm searching for a way to display messages while replacements are proposed to the users of a script. I tried to write a macro but I'm in trouble with this code: (defmacro with-user-explanation (...

in mac osx 's terminal.app, open emacs. key binding C-M a works, will call c-beginning-defun but, C-M e does not work: nothing is displayed, and C-h k for this key also shows nothing.

I have a problem with the export of external links in org files to pdf and html files. Let's say I have the two org files in the same directory: file1.org = here is the label of file1: <<label&...

When I use emacs serial-term mode Can I invoke F12 or other function keys as minicom's F12? I tried below... but it doesn't work (global-set-key [f12] nil) Thank you in advance!

I have downloaded my emails using getmail and indexed them by mu. The problem now is that my mu4e has around 50000 emails that are marked as unread: is there a simply way to mark the entire Maildir as ...

System Info Windows 10 emacs 27.1 64-bit Description Basically, when I open a new org file, it appears to be a plain text document. However, I can clearly see that org-mode is activated, and this ...

I can use (org-entry-get (point) "myproperty") to get the value of the myproperty property for the current org-mode entry. What about tags? Since a tag is either present or not, I was ...

I am using emacs, previously I updated my spacemacs and behavior of spacemacs/helm-persp-switch-project command has been changed. Old Flow Start(execute spacemacs/helm-persp-switch-project) If ...

I have maxima 5.44.0 installed on my machine (Manjaro Linux) and it runs fine in a shell, and in Emacs 27.1 when I launch M-x maxima. I've added (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-...

I have a early-init.el file with: (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/el-get/el-get") (unless (require 'el-get nil 'noerror) (require 'package) (add-to-list 'package-archives ...