emacs - Is a popular text editor, usually characterized by it's extensibility. Often described as "the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor." Now part of the GNU project, it was originally developed by Richard Stallman in the mid 1970s and development, and ongoing ...
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How to upgrade to Emacs 24.1?
Emacs 24.1 was released recently, and I'm wondering what the recommended way of upgrading Precise's Emacs to it is. I know of the snapshot PPA, but I'd like the final, stable version. I've found a ...
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text editors in ubuntu? vim vs. emac vs. nano
I was wondering the difference between these text editors and which is best used with ubuntu?
What are each of them good for? Are there better ones?
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What differences are there between the various version of emacs available?
Ubuntu (10.10) offers emacs21,22,23 and emacs-snapshot. What are the differences between them and which one does the emacs package install by default? Also, I presume emacs-snapshot-gtk is the most up ...
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How do I download the command-line emacs instead of the GUI one?
I used sudo apt-get install emacs to download emacs. I expected the command-line emacs to start when I ran emacs but instead the GUI emacs started.
How can I download the command-line emacs?
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Emacs keybindings for textboxes in firefox?
I'm so used to emacs that sometimes, when I'm typing something in a textbox in firefox, I sometimes try and do C-p to move up a line. It is seriously annoying to have to cancel a print dialog box ...
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How can I make running emacsclient from the unity launcher reuse an existing emacs window
(I'm actually asking this even though I intend to supply the answer, so this is more by way of providing a tip.)
If you create an emacsclient launcher by copying a .desktop file (e.g. the Emacs one), ...
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How do I enable Emacs keybindings in Google Chrome?
Can anyone tell me how to enable Emacs keybind on Chrome?
I found some links but they are either not clearly mentioning how to do so or not what I want (I don't want external tools to be run for this ...
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How to change font size in emacs?
I download emacs with 'sudo apt-get install emacs'. When I run emacs, I see emacs with too big fonts. I don't know why the default setup to have normal font size in emacs. How can I do that?
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Left Ctrl key not working in VirtualBox
While running an OS in VirtualBox on Ubuntu 10.10 amd64, I find the the left control key is not being properly detected. (The right control key is used by VirtualBox, but the left control key should ...
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Unable to install Emacs 24 from ppa:cassou/emacs
I followed the following instructions to install Emacs 24 on my machine (borrowed from: http://www.mikeyboldt.com/2011/11/30/install-emacs-24-in-ubuntu/):
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cassou/emacs
...
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Help identify this Emacs color theme
I found this screenshot here:
http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Emacs
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How do I integrate git with emacs?
What do I need to install to be able to do something like the lines below in Ubuntu 11.04?
M-x git-status
git-commit-file command (c key)
git pull
git push
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“ctrl+space” has been bound to invoke some input method and does not work in Emacs
In Emacs run in terminal, ctrl+space is a standard shortcut key to select region. But under Ubuntu 12.04, it will invoke some input method for non-English language. I was wondering if I can reserve it ...
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How do I set environment variables in an Emacs session launched from Gnome Panel?
My .bash_env file sets several environment variables, including PATH and EMAIL, but in an Emacs session launched from the Gnome Panel (command: "/usr/bin/emacs23 %F") these variables do not have the ...
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Emacs C-. not working in terminal
I use GNU Emacs, usually like emacs -nw which launches the terminal version (as opposed to the windowed GUI version).
I write school papers in LaTeX so I use flyspell-mode for spell-checking within ...
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Upgrading to 10.10 has made the terminal go crazy
I asked this question on the unix/linux SE and someone suggested I try my luck here.
The problem is this: since upgrading to 10.10, the terminal has gone a little funny. Here's a picture of the ...
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How to install local applications in ltsp thin clients?
I've configured a ltsp server at home and built the thin client. Though, I'd now like to know how to add local applications to the thin client, namely chromium-browser and emacs24.
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Is there an equivalent to MacRabbit's cssedit on Ubuntu?
If there is an emacs pluggin that would give me similar functionality, that would be welcome as well. Thanks!
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Add line numbers to GNU Emacs
How can I add line numbers to Emacs?
Please explain, I'm an absolute beginner.
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An alternative to the Super key on an old keyboard
I've got a classic M-series IBM keyboard that I want to put to a use. However, it does not have a Windows (a.k.a Super) key, that I use for many windows-manager-related shortcuts. On top of it, I ...
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ess won't fully install ubuntu 12.04
The last time I ran sudo apt-get upgrade ess gave this error and now says its not fully installed. I checked and installed all dependencies and couldn't find any other reports of this issue. I also ...
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Difference between launching an application from a keyboard shortcut vs the terminal?
What I have observed:
When I type emacs in gnome-terminal, it launches in the same environment, with variables set in .bashrc. If I use a keyboard shortcut to the command emacs, it opens in an ...
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How do I start emacs?
I am trying Linux again after many years, and I have installed Ubuntu 12.10. I have downloaded the full GNU Emacs24 package, but I cannot get it to launch a text editor.
Can someone tell me what I ...
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What library I need to install if I want to compile emacs
I am trying to compile emacs on Ubuntu 12.04. This is because I want to use emacs 24.2.
But I am getting this error. How can I fix it?
checking for long file names... yes
checking for X... no
...
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How to remap Emacs evil-mode toggle key from Ctrl-Z?
I'd like to remap the toggle key for emacs evil mode. From Ctrl+Z to something that won't confuse me like the CUA bindings (I'd like Ctrl+Alt+`, but I think that terms don't recognize that one).
In ...
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Emacs 24 in Ubuntu 12.10
I am running Emacs 23 on Ubuntu 12.10. I see that there is a package called emacs24; will installing this package overwrite my current installation?
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How do I get emacs 24? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to upgrade to Emacs 24.1?
emacs24 seems to bring quite a lot of minor improvements over the last version. I know there are already ppa's to easily install it but are ...
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Installing programs without apt-get
I would like to install some programs on a computer which uses a proxy
to access to the Internet.
I tried to configure the proxy access but for reason that I do not
understand this does not work.
I ...
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root running emacs
Today, after about 20 minutes of logging in my Ubuntu 10.4, I notice the CPU and hard disk usage going up. top revealed that root was running emacs23.
It is basically the same behavior described at ...
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Using Emacs as Terminal in Ubuntu
I want to know whether there is any way I can use Emacs as Terminal in Ubuntu. Means, I want to do the basic works with Emacs that I usually do with Terminal in Ubuntu, like 'sudo apt-get update'. ...
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Application specific environment variable settings
I'm trying to work around a known bug in Ubuntu 9.10, where using the scrollbar in emacs causes text to be highlighted, and the cursor to move. This page here shows that you can fix this by setting an ...
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Force apt to remove all emacs*
I have a bug-problem with the apt-packages of emacs:
>>Error occurred processing debian-ispell.el: File error (("Opening input file" "no such file or directory" ...
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How can I add 'emacs' to one of the 'Show other application' in file explorer
In file explorer (Nautilus) under Ubuntu, I can select a file and right click and scroll to:
open with other application
My question is how can I add emacs to that list of "other application"
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Debugging/monitoring emacs
I'm using GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.0) and start my Emacs session inside GNU screen. Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 and the version of emacs-snapshot there I ...
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Emacs-AUCTeX-Okular
I have Tex live 2011 installed with Emacs 23. AUCTeX and Okular. I have also configured Emacs/AUCTeX to work with Okular supporting forward and inverse search.
But. Here's my question. If I have ...
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Why is the meta key is not working when using Emacs?
Suddenly, I am not able to use any combination of meta keys. The Alt key is not working at all in my emacs. Can anyone help me on this issue?
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How do I resize my emacs22 window?
I tried searching for answers but can't find any.
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and have emacs22 installed:
ii emacs22 22.2-0ubuntu9 The ...
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Settings for Gnome-Shell Window Focus + “It's all text” Firefox Extension + emacs [closed]
I have the following setup:
Ubuntu 11.10
gnome-shell
emacs 23
Firefox with "It's all text" extension
The purpose of the "It's all text" extension is so that I can edit firefox text fields in an ...
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How can I run emacs in gnome terminal without popup interface?
Just like using emacs on putty. I just transfered to Ubuntu from windows.
I also got error message when I tried to open a matlab .m file using emacs.
Code: emacs job.m
701 $ emacs job.m
Warning: ...
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Open all files in project with long lines in an editor
I'd like to edit all text files under a certain directory that have one or more lines that are over a certain threshold in length. How can I do that?
To keep things simple, let's assume that all the ...
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emacs keybindings in ubuntu 12.04
I am trying to get Emacs-like Keybindings in GTK, Firefox, Chrome, etc. I have followed the directions recommended here (and in lots of places) but to no effect.
In other words, I added ...
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Emacs ignores .Xresources
I have some settings in .Xresources for emacs. Namely:
Emacs.font: Monospace-10:antialias=True:pixelsize=14
Emacs.menuBar: off
Emacs.toolBar: off
Emacs.verticalScrollBars: off
This worked fine on ...
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How do I get the super key working properly in Emacs?
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with emacs 23.
When I am in org-mode and I hold down control, windows key and hit return, I see:
"C-s-return is undefined"
In org-mode it tells me that C-S-RET will insert ...
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How to swap X-Server with Emacs org-mode?
I'm quite impressed of emacs' org-mode. So I want to use it for note-taking during lectures. To use it "distraction-free" my idea is the following:
I want to register a bash-command, which swaps the ...
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Keeping emacs from splitting the window when openning multiple files
Whenever I open more than one file at the same time with emacs, as in:
emacs foo.dat bar.dat
The window that opens will be split between the two files (a buffer for each file). I would like to ...
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How do I load ecb at emacs start up?
I am having trouble loading ecb at emacs startup.
d@d:$ apt-file search ecb.el
ecb: /etc/emacs/site-start.d/55ecb.el
ecb: /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ecb/ecb.el
emacspeak: ...
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How to use ESC key for Emacs
When typing Esc within an Emacs window under Unity (Emacs 23 standard package), the sound is turned on/off, but Emacs does not receive the key.
How can I change (probably) unity such that the Esc ...
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Is it possible for emacs to appear on right side of the desktop area when invoking it from the command line?
My standard programming mode is to have a bash shell open on the left side of my desktop and to have emacs open on the right side. However, when I type emacs "filename" in to my shell, it comes up on ...
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Emacs gives warnings in lubuntu
I am running lubuntu-desktop (quantal quetzal) which I installed after having started with the standard ubuntu install. It all works fine but when I run an application from the command line I get ...
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New to emacs — my key bindings are different from what is described in the tutorials. How to fix this?
I'm using emacs v24 [GNU Emacs 24.0.94.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.3.20)
of 2012-03-26 on meitnerium, modified by Debian] on Kubuntu 12.04.
My basic problem is that emacs is not behaving ...
