Questions tagged [emacs23]

Version 23 of the GNU Emacs text editor.

Version 23 of the GNU Emacs text editor.

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How to start in the middle of command input

How can I have emacs start and be in the middle of a command input? Particularly, I want emacs to start in the middle of a command input find-file with a message in the small buffer saying: Find file: ~/ and the cursor at the last character of it…
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How to change/remove Emacs menu items?

I intend to change certain features/functions in Emacs. I'm familiar with different modes however my question is how certain functions are removed from the Graphical Interface - e.g. removing Games from Tools item in Menu bar or add new items to it?
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Add/edit functions of Emacs Editor

I need to implement some new functions on an editor. I picked Emacs - although my main programming knowledge is in Java and C - and I want to add some functions and edit some existing functions of Emacs Editor. I looked at the source code of it and…
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Text Zoom in putty emacs

I'm currently using Emacs 23.1 on a remote server through putty. I would like to be able to zoom out (so I can view all my code when needed). I've tried several methods and none of them have worked. Text-scale-decrease and text-scale-increase give…
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Open remote Server Files in local emacs

I used to be a comfortable emacs user and for close to 10 years I completely got away from using emacs (I know its a shame) but I have a wage memory of setting something in .emacs to open remote files in a server via local emacs. Just to make the…
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What do I need to do in order to get python-mode.el-6.0.5 to find python3.2? (Using OS X Lion)

I get the message that it can't be found when I try to open a python 3.2 interpreter.
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How can one create and manage a phoneto: tag similar to the mailto: tag in emacs with skype?

Under Emacs 23, mailto:foo@foobar.foo is nicely underlined and launches the writing of an email when pressing enter on it. Given a system with Emacs and Skype installed, is it possible to configure tag such as phoneto:+5623689753 which is…
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In emacs "M-q" does not work?

I'm using GNU Emacs 23.3.1. When I press "M-q" emacs says "M-q is undefined". How can I solve this issue? Thanks.
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emacs 23.3b startup over 11 seconds

I've just installed emacs 23.3b (OSX Lion) using brew. The startup takes over 11 seconds (v 22.1 starts instantly). I've blanked out my .emacs and tried with various options such as "-Q" or "--no-init-file" "--no-site-file" but the startup time…
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messy code in emacs vc-mode

commit source code into git repository with emacs vc-mode. I used Chinese characters to write commit message. and push the changeset into github then all of the Chinese characters changed to be irrecognizable ↓↓↓↓↓↓After push into github↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
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locate-file function not found in Emacs?

I want to use the locate-file function in Emacs to find files quickly using file names. This link: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/elisp/html_node/Locating-Files.html says that there is a command function 'locate-file' for this purpose. But when I…
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IBus: Couldn't receive data from agent

I load ibus in Emacs, but I active ibus fail. The note is IBus: Couldn't receive data from agent. Thank
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configuring emacs keys on mac os x

I've attached an external keyboard to my laptop and I've modified my keyboard mappings such that 1. Ctrl is CAPS 2. CAPS is Ctrl I want to continue using the right Ctrl key as Ctrl instead of CAPS. Any pointes on how this can be achieved ?
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Emacs error on 'recentf page in removing duplicates for interactive access to files (ido)

The code is below but seems to have an error because it says when started can't find the remove duplicates function. Anyone have an idea how to fix this?? There is a second code on the same page with the problem. Essentially I can get it working but…
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