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Emacs incremental completion and selection narrowing framework.

Emacs incremental completion and selection narrowing framework. https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm

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How to tell grep to ignore folders in Spacemacs project keyword/symbol search?

In spacemacs you can spc s p to find keywords within your project, in my case Spacemacs uses grep as it is the first search tool it finds according to its dotspacemacs-search-tools configuration. My problem is that in projects where I have a folder…
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Emacs helm with multiple sources

I use helm for Emacs with several sources and wonder how I can extract the list of all entries that the user has marked with Ctrl+Space. As an example, execute the following in your *scratch* buffer (require 'helm) (defun helm-test-action…
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How to use helm-semantic-or-imenu for code navigation with type annotated python code

I would like to use the helm-semantic-or-imenu command to navigate components of type annotated Python code, but whatever code analyzer is used to dentify the components doesn't seem to recognize the type annotated python code. Functions with the…
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How to have helm-find-files prompt with "~/" when appropriate, instead of expanded path?

helm-find-files seems to always display an absolute path such as "/home/joebob/foo" instead of "~/foo". After many many years of seeing relative paths when finding files in emacs I find it oddly disturbing to be confronted with the absolute path. A…
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Emacs freezes when using Ivy or Helm with Dired

I'm using Emacs on windows 10. When i use Dired I can open (C-x C-f) files without any problems. But when I use helm or ivy for opening files, it gets really slow and takes more than 10 sec to change a directory. And when I want to change partition,…
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opening emacs buffer in new horizontal or vertical split window using helm

How would I bind a key to open up a buffer or file in helm in a new vertical or horizontal split? (BTW, I'm using spacemacs). With ido I use the handy ido-other-window package to open existing buffers or files in the ido list to new window splits.…
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How to change helm styling with font-face?

I trying to change helm-source-header style with code below: (set-face-attribute 'helm-source-header nil :background "gray30" :height 90) After Emacs initialization i have an error: error: Invalid…
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Emacs: "C-x #" killing buffer

I've been searching for an answer to this issue, I found Emacs Client: difference between C-x k and C-x # and Emacs C-x C-c overriding save-buffers-kill-terminal if within last open frame but it not exactly related. Here's the issue: I have emacs…
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Search in current folder with helm-do-grep

I have so small problem about in Emacs. I bind helm-do-grep command for Emacs. It's really useful. I want to search something in current folder. I searched some codes about that both of them are working but I don't have ability to fix them like what…
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Navigating file using helm

I am trying to set up a function using helm to navigate a beamer file following the suggestion at : "http://blog.jenkster.com/2013/10/a-tip-for-navigating-clojure-files-in-emacs.html". I tried: (defun helm-beamer-headlines () "Display headlines…
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emacs helm-git-grep is super slow on windows, alternative?

I can use whatever version of emacs on windows, just want to use helm-git-grep or similar alternatives on windows. Anyone using emacs on windows has a tip for git-grep functionality?
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How do I save helm's interactive buffers?

Emacs's helm is a very useful elisp package. But sometimes I want to save helm's interactive buffers in a file, such as helm-for-files buffer, helm-M-x buffer. Is there any way to do it?
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Syntax to set several folders for helm-ag

I have set up a function using helm-ag to search within a specific folder: (helm-ag "~/Documents/Dropbox/myfolder")) However, would it be possible to add several folders where helm-ag would search simultaneously? Thank you"
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Emacs, steal helm configuration from spacemacs

I've tried spacemacs and really like their helm configuration. I'd like to copy helm configuration but can't find how. Where is their helm configuration located?
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Binding `helm-toggle-visible-mark-forward` to a key in `helm-map`

Setup I have these key bindings of Helm commands: (define-key helm-map (kbd "C-a") #'helm-select-action) (define-key helm-map (kbd "C-n") #'helm-next-page) (define-key helm-map (kbd "C-p") #'helm-previous-page) (define-key…
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