Version 23 of the GNU Emacs text editor.
Version 23 of the GNU Emacs text editor.
Questions tagged [emacs23]
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Binding Escape key (ESC) in Emacs running in Console (-nw)
I am trying to bind the ESC key to a custom elisp function,
(global-set-key (kbd "") 'my-local-mode)
which works under X but does not when emacs is running in a termial. ESC acts as META. However I have tried evil mode and it is able to…
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How to ignore a local variables list in text?
I'm writing the readme (in org-mode) for a new emacs mode, and in the installation instructions we have how to enable the mode on a per-file basis:
or at the end of your file:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
! Local Variables:
! mode: f90-namelist
!…
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emacs: I need and explanation on dirtrack-list variable
In emacs' shell I am using dirtrack-mode (M-x dirtrack-mode). I get errors in the *Directory Tracking Log* buffer:
Input `user@machine:~/modules/mydir> ' failed to match `dirtrack-list'
In order to solve it I am trying to set the dirtrack-list…
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ido-mode outdated file list
I am using Emacs on Windows 7, and am finding that ido-mode is not picking up some files created since I started using it.
E.g. directory contains:
foo.txt
bar.txt
Open foo.txt in Emacs. Later, create blah.txt in the directory (also in Emacs).
When…
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Separate GUI & CLI themes for Emacs?
To avoid the white background, I changed the default emacs background color to "dark gray" -- it's perfect for working in the GUI at night . . . however, emacs is also my default editor for terminals, and is basically unreadable with the new…
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The js2-mode.el compilation error
I am getting an error when I compile js2-mode.el using byte-compile-file command in emacs.
js2-mode.el:6778:21:Error: Lisp nesting exceeds `max-lisp-eval-depth'
How do I get rid of this?
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kill-ring-save vs. clipboard-kill-ring-save
In the menu-bar of Emacs-23 under [Edit] there is Cut, Copy, Paste which are all explicit clipboard related commands ; the traditional C-w, M-w, C-y are no longer offered, and these no longer have an effect relevant to X.
What is the cleanest way to…
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don't emacs completion and cedet semantic completion use same tag file
I thought that both of emacs default completion an semantic completions does their job based on the same tag file but now I see sth else:
this is the result of emacs default completion via ESC + TAB:
and this is the result of semantic…
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The root's password is exposed in eshell
I have defined the following alias in eshell:
$ alias
alias ff find-file $1
alias l ls -l $*
alias ll ls -l $*
alias sudo *sudo $*
When i run "sudo **" and input the root's password, the password is displayed completely.
Regards!
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setting font size and highlighting comments in emacs
How do I set the font size of comments in emacs. I want the comments to be smaller in size than the rest of the code. I also want it to be highlighted.
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emacs: python auto-complete just doesn't want to work
I couldn't find a specific answer to my question here, so I dare asking it at the off-chance of being directed to the answer ;)
since about two days, I am trying to get the auto-complete-mode to work for python, but I am out of luck :( I have been…
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Emacs 23 on OS X - pseudo terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal
I installed Emacs 23 on OS X (the NS/Cocoa variant) and I got the following error when I tried to run ssh from a shell inside emacs.
"pseudo terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal".
Searching around the web tells me that it…
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Disable Mail in emacs 23
I am wondering if its possible to disable mail in emacs 23. Basically, I occasionally press C-xm and it annoys me that it will create a Mail folder in my home directory. (I also want to remap this to 'execute-extended command).
I have…
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How to make emacs cursor under Windows act like it used to under X?
This is with (emacs-version)
"GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601)
of 2011-03-10 on 3249CTO"
I suddenly noticed that the cursor is like a standard Windows caret, and the sort of editing I'm trying to do is making it hard for me to spot. I am…
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set the window size of emacs on Window 7
I want to set the window size (maybe it is the frame in emacs speaking). I use this for the config. It works, but something happened that confused me. for example, if I set the width 80 and the height 30. When I start the emacs. It initialize to…
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