Questions tagged [emacs]
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How to build local emacs without sudo
I'm on a Linux system, without any admin privileges. There is no /etc/release file so I don't know the distro, but FWIW there's a yum command if that helps narrow it down.
uname -rmo = 4.18.0-513.24.1....
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Emacs top bar doesn't follow system theme in Fedora
I have dark theme enabled in Fedora (Gnome), but Emacs doesn't follow it. How to make it dark?
Emacs window:
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Emacs M-s-b is undefined
Until recently I was able to use the ◆ (super) key on my keyboard as an alt key inside emacs.
I used xmodmap with
remove Mod4 = Super_L
keysym Super_L = Alt_L
add Mod1 = Super_L
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Cannot open files with Emacs after mounting Google Drive on Ubuntu using ocamlfuse
I have installed a FUSE filesystem for Google Drive so that I can mount my Drive on Ubuntu. It's something I have done before on other machines with no problem.
Everything is installed and mounted ...
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emacs tmp file created by previous OS can not be deleted in new OS
I have installed a VirtualBox with ubuntu20.04 and add a share folder from windows11 host.
Then I use emacs and it create a tmp file:
$ ls -lah scripts2/org/.#drawer.org
-rwxrwx--- 1 root vboxsf 30 ...
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Selecting multiple lines in emacs open from Screen Gnu mode
Normally when open files with "emacs -nw" to edit, I can select line by shift+arrow or ctrl+shift+arrow. The selected line or paragraph gets highlighted. But when I open file using "...
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Does Neovim or any of its GUI variants have the option to be embedded in a Window?
Emacs as the ability to be embedded in a GUI window using the --parent-id=xid option which is an X Window handle.
So I have created GUI programs in which can embed an Emacs session for improved ...
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Hunspell does not propose an obvious correct form of a misspelled word
For the misspelled word "perapring" hunspell does not propose the correct spelling "preparing" and only proposes the following words:
persevering
pertaining
innerspring
preferring
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CTL-Y no longer works
Suddenly the highlighting color, when copying changed from gray to yellow.
CTL-Y no longer works, When I try it I get:
Symbol's function definition is void: x-cut-buffer-or-selection-value.
My .emacs ...
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Does Ispell send any of the checked data to a server?
Does Ispell only use local dictionaries, or does it send any of the checked data to a server?
The best answer I can find is that it is up to the implementation, and the only open-source repository I ...
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Emacs org-mode export to LaTeX and PDF produces incorrect double quotes
I am currently finishing up the formatting of a book written in Emacs org-mode. I noticed that me using a specific kind of formatting for dialogue produces odd results when it comes to closing double ...
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Building emacs 29 on openSUSE: `configure` cannot find json library despite it being installed
Im currently trying to build emacs 29.0.90 from source. I've installed every version and permutation of json-devel, json-c, libjsoncpp, etc on the repositories, and even built, tested, and installed ...
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How to access GNU-Emacs binaries located in HOME partition from everywhere?
I built GNU-Emacs from scratch and now I have working binaries of it in my home partition. So ~/somedir/emacs/src has all the binaries. If I issue the following:
PATH=$HOME/tmp/emacs/src:$PATH
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When should TERM be set to alacritty-direct
I am using alacritty 0.11.0 (8dbaa0bb) on Arch.
the default TERM type is alacritty, which works well (truecolors etc) for everything except terminal emacs. In a terminal emacs does not show truecolors....
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Missing Emoji in Emacs and Firefox
I've had this issue on Mojave, and it remains now that I upgraded to Big Sur with a clean install. Can't find anything about it on Google.
All emoji are working just fine everywhere on my system, ...
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