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I'd like to autoformat my python code from the buffer that contains it with a key. I was looking at this tutorial. One can autoformat the code from the terminal with the command: autopep8 --in-place --...

Sometimes I run into a problem with Emacs that goes away if invoke Emacs with the --no-init-flag. In other word, I can deduce that the problem in question is caused by code somewhere in my .emacs file....

Using the org export > latex > pdf workflow, I am wondering if it is possible to include a table of contents or outline embedded in the pdf, without necessarily printing it in the file itself? ...

I defined a custom face (defface my-face '((t . (:background "green"))) "text") that I want to use for font-lock syntax highlighting. (defvar my-font-lock-keywords `( ("^\...

If I set alternate_editor to an empty string, emacsclient runs "emacs --daemon" and then tries to reconnect. However, I want to run it a specific emacs executable that is not in my path. If ...

In markdown I can do following: code-sample inside a quote. Example: > `code_sample` output, which has white font color: How can I do similar behavior in org-mode, where keeping the code-sample's ...

I am following System Crafters series on Emacs from Scratch on YouTube. With my configuration as I have set it up, Ivy doesn't appear in nice left-justified easy-to-read columns. I am trying to figure ...

If I am on top of a URL and pressed cmd+ret (cmd+m), it opens the link on my default browser. I just want to have default behavior of cmd+m, which is new-line. Is it possible to prevent this while ...

When I open a link in Emacs Orgmode to a *.txt or *.org file, the files are opened in a new Emacs buffer. However, I have a self-created set of plain-text *.jot files. If I open an otherwise ...

I know that M-RET creates a \item in emacs (latex mode) even if there is no \begin{itemize} \end{itemize} around. In the case we are not within such environment I am wondering if it is possible to ...

If I installed the correct mode and create a block like this. #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE k8s ... #+END_EXAMPLE I got correct syntax highlighting in the example block, but no syntax formatting. If I enter edit ...

I want to find the max element in a list of numbers. (setq l (list 1 2 3 4 5)) What is an easy way to call the max function on l? So far I have this but this seems convoluted: (eval `(max ,@l)) It ...

The accepted answer to this question says: When the function is invoked, it can test the current mode and do something appropriate. For example, for some modes, or all modes except some modes, it can ...

When I load my custom major mode, Emacs reports an error in the minibuffer about unescaped character literals, but it doesn't say where. I cannot even copy the error message here, since it disappears ...

I want to use a macro to define variables. However, evaluating the macro does not define these vars. I seem to be missing something, but I can't find it. Here's the code: (defmacro delve--build-cmp (...

I've recently switched to doom emacs, and for the most part it's working great. However, when I'm looking at a folder in dired-mode, if I copy a file using C the file is copied but *Messages* contains ...

I am just starting to explore the LSP configuration options. But i am facing very annoying problem with lsp-ui-sideline. I like the options that it provides but hate that it shows up right next to my ...

I have several [[elisp:org-todo-list][todo list]] links in my Org documents. When I use C-c C-o (org-open-at-point), Org mode asks me whether I really want to open that link. While this is good ...

I have a Dockerfile with several errors or warnings, but emacs doesn't display any of them. This worked a good while (two years? maybe...) ago. flycheck-mode is active. I see the errors when I run ...

When doing an org-roam-node-find, using Ivy as my completion system, I get in the minibuffer the name of the nodes, and on the far right the filetags for those nodes. But for some of them the tags get ...

I have GNU Emacs 27.2 on MacOS 11.6. I have MacTex 2021 installed. I have a simple Latex equation in between $ and $. When I do C-C C-X C-L (Latex preview) I get this message: Creating LaTeX preview.....

It seems elpy doesn't work with python 3.10. For instance, see the issue here posted on the elpy repo in github. I had the same problem as that person mentions, and it seems many other people too when ...

I see many examples of EMacs configurations using use-package For example: ;; lsp-mode configs (use-package lsp-mode :delight lsp-lens-mode "🔍" :ensure t :init ;; set prefix for lsp-...

reftex-citep does not suggest any possible completions, even though the variable reftex-default-bibliography is set to the correct bibtex file. What else do I need to do to get reftex to detect the ...

Linux Mint 20.1 Emacs 27.1 I connect to remote Linux host by tramp mode. Success connect. Nice. But when in dired mode I try to open log file (press Enter) I get the next message: gzip: stdin: ...

I have just installed Emacs 27.9 on a new Mac running Monterey 12.0.1 (using https://emacsformacosx.com) I then installed org-ref by putting the following lines in my .emacs: (add-to-list 'load-path &...

In the markdown-mode I am able to do following: [one, two, three, four] But in org-mode when I do: [~one~, ~two~, ~three~, ~four~] , it printed as it is instead of converting ~varaible~ into code ...

I have a Subversion checkout which works fine (I can do svn st, svn diff etc.) However, Emacs doesn't recognise that the files are in Subversion. E.g. if I do M-x vc-diff I get File is not under ...

I need to assign M-" as a shortcut to some function. How do I do that? Doing this gives error (define-key some-mode-map (kbd 'M-"') 'somefunction)

Text with properties can have faces assigned, how can one face be replaced with another? An example use case for this is highlighting some text or it's background. Seeing as Emacs doesn't have the ...

I've perused a few of the org-mode html-export keybinding shortcuts, i.e., ways to just have one key do, e.g., the entire long-winded C-c C-e h o. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be one fell ...

I'd like to set allowed property values at the top of an org-mode cheatsheet i'm working on. Only two allowed values so far for the CATEGORY property. I'm getting the same "Allowed values for ...

I have this text 1 A 2 B 3 C I want to remove the first column to make it A B C Ok so I need to make a rectangle. Reading about rectangles I see "To specify a rectangle for a command to work on,...

I was trying to setup elpy with python 3.10 and get the following error: Elpy Configuration Emacs.............: 27.2 Elpy..............: Not found (Python), 1.35.0 (Emacs Lisp) Virtualenv........: ...

I am using [[LINK][DESCRIPTION]] format to define hyperlinks in org-mode. Org recognizes plain URIs, possibly wrapped within angle brackets, and activate them as clickable links. The general link ...

I have read https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DeletingWhitespace but couldn't find a way to select a paragraph and remove extra white spaces. For instance: asd asdasd asdasd asdasdasd asdasda ...

I keep notes in orgmode and a GitHub repository can display formatted orgmode. I currently copy a headline to a new orgmode file to 'export' my text for publication on GitHub. However, this differs ...

Is there a key-binding, command, or even evil extension for Emacs, so that I can move from one source block to another? For example,org-forward-heading-same-level, which is bound in my system to C-j, ...

I plan to use csv-mode. In Excel, csv can be shown like the Picture 2. In emacs, C-c C-a yields Picture 1. Can I fix the width of the columns in csv-mode? Picture 1 Picture 2

like asked here: custom bullet style Isn't there any way to use • in Org-mode lists? It would look much nicer than *... I made a shortkey to insert • bullets, but they won't be recognized by Emacs as ...

Emacs org-mode source-code blocks (between #+begin_src conf and #+end_src) support the conf "language"/style with syntax highlighting, but this is not supported when exporting to LaTeX/pdf, ...

I have a custom citation in mu4e to include the date and time: ;; Cite messages with date and time of original (setq message-citation-line-function 'message-insert-formatted-citation-line) (setq ...

I'm currently using DOOM emacs. I enabled 'centaur-tabs' in ~/.doom.d/init.el by using (tabs +centaur-tabs). Configures are: (after! centaur-tabs :ensure t ...

A related question to a previously answered question: pdf-tools now has a nice continuous scroll mode, unfortunately, horizontal split buffers dont work nicely for continuous scroll pdf preview. So, ...

There's frame-list but this lists child-frames, and there's visible-frame-list but this doesn't list iconified frames. It seems like there should be a simple function to return all non-child frames. I ...

In my XTerm, I want to open new Emacs frame as well as buffer, with working directory set to $PWD in XTerm env. I tried emacsclient -t -c --eval "(cd $PWD)", but it doesn't seem to work. Is ...

Let's say I have the following contact in my org-contacts org file : * John Doe :PROPERTIES: :EMAIL: john.doe@gmail.com :PHONE: +44 20 7630 2400 :COMPANY: Ubuntu :NOTE: :END: How ...

I tried to change html preamble by adding a new item to the nav bar, but publish is not updating the navigation bar. I found this question, but I didn't know how to add a "force flag" to org-...

I'm new to DOOM emacs and try to get used to projectile. I found how to set the project name by using .dir-locals.el, which can be done by ((nil . ((projectile-project-name . "PROJECT-NAME"))...

From what I am experiencing, org-id-update-id-locations opens all files in my org-directory and more that it knows of, and if inlineimages is set even loads the images in that process. This creates a ...