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Questions tagged [spacemacs]
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Spacemacs - How to open shell in a separate window?
Is it possible to launch shell in Spacemacs like a separate window beside my main window with code?
I would like to use it for various tasks like running tests, tools and apps etc
I mainly plan to use it for Python coding so any Python-specific tips…

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How/where I can set eslint config file in spacemacs
I have project with eslint already setup and I would like to use it in Spacemacs. Unfortunately Spacemacs seems to ignore .eslintrc.js file in project root.
I'm on Windows 10 ...
Can anyone help?

Piotr Pasieka
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Spacemacs: Search for file in multiple projects
I know I can use "SPC p f" to search for a file in the current project, which means git repository for me. Now, in my current project we have multiple git repos, and I'd like to search for files in all of them. Luckily, they all reside in the same…

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Spacemacs using the mouse to copy paste
I quite often use the mouse to highlight text and then press cmd-c (Osx) to copy the highlighted text. However it seems that the cursor is not updated when I do this and so instead of copying the highlighted text to the register it copies from…

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Installing packages in spacemacs
What's the best way to install packages in spacemacs?
1. Using M-x package-install
2. Include the packages to be installed in dotspacemacs-additional-packages
3. (use-package )
I couldn't find a definite answer anywhere.
Using the package-install…

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Spacemacs yellow line
I am a novice when use Spacemacs. when edit c++ files. there are yellow highlight lines. so I want to disable the yellow highlight and what does the yellow hightlight means?

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Opening emacsclient in terminal works but won't work with Automator
So I'm getting some pretty strange behaviour when I try to use an Automator service to open new emacs (GNU Version 25.2 with spacemacs) buffers.
In my terminal, the command emacsclient -a '' -c works as expected, opening a new buffer through…

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Spacemacs find text (SPC /) not working
I recently installed Spacemacs on Windows. The "smart search" command SPC / does not work. When I press SPC / I get the error:
Wrong type argument: commandp, helm-do-grep
There seem to be some issue that mention this -…

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Is there a way to use Rmarkdown in Spacemacs?
I know that Emacs has the polymode package that allows coding in RMarkdown. However, it seems that Spacemacs is still missing the equivalent of a polymode layer.
I have been trying to install it directly into Spacemacs, with no success. Therefore my…

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How can i make the spacemacs compilation buffer split horizontally?
I am setting (setq split-width-threshold 100) in my dotspacemacs/user-config, in order to make various buffers split horizontally when the window is wide enough. This works as intended for magit status etc.
However, the compilation log buffer seems…

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How to collapse Clojure docstrings in Spacemacs
I am using Spacemacs to write a program in Clojure. I would like to be able to collapse docstrings. I've tried selecting the docstring and pressing z a, however, that ends up collapsing the entire function body.
Specifically, I would like to be able…

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Why would you prefer spacemacs over emacs running on 'evil' mode?
I like the eye-candy, but spacemacs does come with a greater speed penalty. What makes spacemacs worth keeping?

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How to Integrate prettier-js.el into spacemacs
I'm trying to get prettier working in spacemacs.
I have (prettier-js :location (recipe :url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prettier/prettier/master/editors/emacs/prettier-js.el" :fetcher url)) which is somewhat working, but then in Messages I…

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Emacs Helm: what actions can I do in a helm buffer?
I have 2 questions:
In a helm buffer like helm mini or helm ag, there are usually too much candidates. In evil mode I can use C-d or C-u to scroll down or up. Can I do such things in helm buffer?
Sometimes when I enter a file path/name, there is…

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How do I remove the annoying underline in flycheck (using eslint)?
I am using spacemacs and flycheck-eslint as linter to check my React code.
Here is my project's .eslintrc,
{
"extends": [
"eslint:recommended",
"plugin:react/recommended"
],
"parser": "babel-eslint",
"env": {
"browser": true,
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