Emacs is an extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. At the core of Emacs lies an Emacs Lisp interpreter, the language in which the majority of Emacs' built-in functionality and extensions are implemented.
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What to use for a plain text editor?
I'm writing instructions for a project and at some point, for a certain condition one needs to modify a simple plain ascii text file.
For windows I can tell them to fire up notepad. I thought on the ...
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What are the advantages of Emacs for Mac OS X users?
Over the past year or so I've seen a movement towards switching to Emacs on Mac OS X, often away from TextMate. While I understand the motivation for switching away from TextMate (TM2 is more or less ...
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How do I make Terminal.app's scrollbars disappear in Lion?
Once I upgraded to Lion, I found out that the vertical scrollbar is always plastered to the right side of the application window.
Because I run GNU Screen within Terminal.app, the right side of the ...
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Emacs on Mac OS X - To Alt or Command?
It's official. I love to hate Emacs on Mac OS X.
No matter what I do, I get a thorn in side.
When I try to write \ using Alt + Shift + 7 I get errors because Alt == Meta in Emacs. If I bind the ...
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Running GNU Screen with 256 colors on OS X Lion
Terminal.app in Mac OS X Lion has a feature that took a long time to get implemented: 256 color support. The colors work fine. The issue I'm having is that when I run GNU Screen I do not have access ...
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Emacs 24 and TextExpander snippets not working
I am using Emacs (Version 24.0.50 (9.0) -- Cocoa) on OSX Lion. Whenever I type a TextExpander abbreviation, the snippet does not successfully expand. I hear the audio notification from TextExpander ...
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How to ssh from iPad with external keyboard and Emacs?
I am thinking about retiring my portable for an iPad + keyboard. (With Amazon/Linode/etc as server.)
I tried the iSSH app and ran Emacs in a terminal (not X Windows), using the Apple external ...
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Why can't I use .app bundles symlinked into /Applications as default in the 'open with' dialog?
I have installed emacs with homebrew, with the --cocoa flag, which makes homebrew create an .app bundle in /usr/local/Cellar/emacs/<version>/Emacs.app. I have symlinked the .app bundle into ...
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How do I send C-/ (that is, control-slash) to the terminal?
I'm trying to run Emacs in a terminal. I've turned on the "use option as meta" in terminal preferences and so it's about 95% working right.
The key sequence ctrl-/ (or in Emacs notation C-/) is ...
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How can I change Terminal so that I don't have to press ESC every time I want to type a meta-modified key?
Currently in emacs/terminal, I have to press ESC every time I want to send an escaped keystroke, eg: to go forwards two words, I have to press:
ESC+f; ESC+f
How do I change the system so that I ...
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Vim mappings / plugin for Xcode
I'm a developer who mostly does web stuff in Ruby and C#, and I'd like to start tinkering with iOS and Mac development.
Over the last few month I've been trying to get fluent in one set of key ...
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Emacs 24 with fullscreen?
Is there a way to use Emacs 24 in fullscreen mode? The Emacs wiki seems to imply that it has been disabled, but that there are some workarounds / patches.
It doesn't have to be "true" full screen, ...
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Mac Terminal support for multiple fonts
I was trying to get emacs minimap to work on the terminal - http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MiniMap
However, the font is the same size as the rest of the screen, which makes it pretty useless. It ...
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Can I get Command-H to hide an Emacs window?
I'm using GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of 2012-01-29 on bob.porkrind.org on a MacBook Air.
Can I set Command-H to hide Emacs? I currently use M-x customize-group ns ...
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Emacs Ctrl-x ctrl-s command not working in Terminal.app
I am having issue when connecting to my school's unix remotely via Terminal (SSH) and attempting to edit code in emacs on my Mac. I have a Macbook Pro running Mac OS 10.6.
I use the emacs that is ...
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Open Mail Attachment with Unix-standard programs
I use emacs as my standard text editor. When someone sends me a mail attachment that contains text (for example a LaTeX file *.tex), Mail does not know how to open it and asks me to select an ...
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how to get ls to list files in case-insensitive order?
How do I get the ls shell command to list my files in:
case-insensitive order
with the directories at the top?
The reason I ask is: I want Aquamacs Emacs dired to list my files and directories ...
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How to get a “modern” emacs that runs in a terminal on os x lion?
I just installed Prompt on my iPad so I could possiby do some real work on my iMac via ssh. so far Mutt and Vim and emacs seemto work responsively enough for me. I've made a few tries at emacs ...
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How can I match the text color and background color in Terminal?
I use emacs/org-mode which uses color for hiding some of the headlines as is shown here.
This works well with Aquamcas, but when I run emacs in text mode, I still see the stars in the headline as I ...
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Opening emacs from TextMate
I want to launch emacs from TextMate, I tried the method with OTC in here, but it would be great if I can learn other methods that I can launch emacs from TextMate.
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Compiling (NS/Cocoa) Emacs on OSX with SVG support
Can anyone explain how to build Emacs --with-ns and SVG support on OS X?
Notes:
--with-rsvg isn't working (when librsvg is installed, ie. via Homebrew)
FYI, The Emacs Mac port uses webkit to ...
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How to have ctrl-left/ctrl-right move over words in Lion
Had a quick question about having emacs-like word skipping in my terminal. I had set this up pre-upgrade to Lion and had ctrl-left & ctrl-right set to \033b & \033f respectively. ...
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App for editing files in my Dropbox?
My current setup is Dropbox with a directory called /Docs, in which I have my emacs .org outline files.
If you don't know about Emacs and org-mode, these files are plain text, just formatted with ** ...
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Making MacBook command-key the Emacs meta-key under VMware/Windows
I can configure emacs under OS X so that the key nearest the space bar (the key labeled Command ⌘) is my Meta key by running
(setq mac-command-key-is-meta t)
How can I configure the same key to be ...
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What are the control keys available when working in a text field?
I know that ctrl-e will move to me to the end of a line, and ctrl-a to the start.
I also know that ctrl-n will move down a line.
What other ctrl-key combinations are there?
Is it possible to move ...
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Weird keybindings in Mac OS X Terminal.app
I am trying to use the key "shift-tab" in emacs running purely under Terminal.app, but got an error saying there is no keybinding for "M-[ z" (where M is the meta key, set to be the option key under ...
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Hiding emacs backup files in Finder
I would like to find a way to hide all the *~ files in Finder, which are used as backup files by Emacs. Is there a general approach to make Finder hide all the files with their names matching certain ...
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Configure emacs to cut and copy text to Mac OS X clipboard
Can I configure emacs, so that I could copy/cut text from emacs (default Terminal version) and paste it somewhere else (into X Window program)?
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On OS X Lion 10.7.4 in Terminal.app I cannot type `C-M-@` or `C-M-%`, why?
On my MacBook Pro running OS X Lion 10.7.4, there seems to be a keyboard issue. I first noticed this problem when I tried to use the default keybinding to execute mark-sexp and query-replace-regexp in ...
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Is there an xkeymacs equivalent in Mac?
In PC, the utility of xkeymacs.exe enables one to use emacs key in every case. Does Mac have the similar utility? For example, is there a utility that I can use key 'C-x C-s' to send the key ...
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What is the easiest way to install emacs-ess on OSX?
I am interested in installing Emacs ESS mode. I can follow the instructions here but I would like to know if there is an easier way (without installing a completely new instance of Emacs like the one ...
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Emacs copy a paste line with comment adds extra space / line
I work in emacs in a termal tab, and instead of using the built in copy and paste shortcut commands I generally just highlight (with the mouse) to copy and paste. This works fine for normal ...
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Why can I use Emacs shortcuts in many OS X programs?
By mistake, when using Notes, I started killing and yanking instead of cutting and pasting and it worked. Same seems to be true for Pages. What gives? I don't think I have ever tinkered with the ...
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What makes TextMate a good editor? [closed]
I'm always reading about developers praising TextMate as the editor. What's so awesome about it?
Please note that I'm a long-term Emacs user.
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How Do I associate all files with Emacs? [duplicate]
I'd like to be able to open any file with emacs as a choice when I right click it, regardless of environment.
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generate Keynote presentation from text or Markdown?
Is there a way to automatically generate a Keynote presentation from a source file written in text format, Markdown format, or org-mode?
I know that Pandoc and other tools can generate HTML-based ...
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Make meta + arrows count underscore as words?
I find myself using the meta + arrow keys constantly.
When I am editing code, it would be nice if I could count underscores as words so that when I decide to rename a variable it goes to the ...
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Cocoa emacs — open in current space?
I usually use several different spaces (desktops?) for various different tasks.
Unfortunately, cocoa emacs 24.1 (9.0), even when using emacsclient (I do a server start in my init.el file) always ...
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“this Emacs binary lacks sound support”
I'm trying to get Aquamacs Emacs to play a sound.
I have this:
(add-hook 'org-after-todo-state-change-hook 'my-org-after-todo)
(defun my-org-after-todo ()
(play-sound-file ...
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How to get Ctrl+return key binding for emacs in iTerm2 working?
I have Control+Return key bound to a function that I use very often. This works when i run emacs in x-windows. But when I run emacs in iTerm2 control+return just has the effect of line-feed (i.e as if ...
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Gnu-info page exists, but is visible from neither emacs nor terminal
After installing gnuplot on Lion using 'brew gnuplot', the gnuplot info page appears at /usr/local/Cellar/gnuplot/4.4.3/share/info/gnuplot.info
But in the info index page (M-x info) in emacs, I see ...
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How to make emacs style ASCII-art table in Mail?
Is there a app available to do this?
+-----------------+--------------------------------+-----------------+
| Command | Description | Key Binding |
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Sluggish cursor movement in emacs in Lion Terminal?
On upgrading to Lion, I noticed that cursor movement in emacs (^-N, ^-P and so on) while running in Terminal has become sluggish. Cursor movement in vi seems fine and cursor movement in Emacs.app ...
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How to use Aquamacs on a non US keyboard?
I occasionaly use Aquamacs on my Macbook Pro. I have also bought an Apple keyboard with a US english layout, because it is not practical to program on a Mac with a french (or more generally probably ...
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How can I fix a missing color in emacs?
I used homebrew to install emacs, replacing an older version of unknown provenance. At startup emacs complains Unable to load color "dark cyan" and some text in my elisp files is invisible: I see ...
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How to use Cocoa Emacs as editor for Mutt
I'm taking yet another run at Emacs. I've installed Cocoa Emacs, and so far so good. Now I'd like to use Cocoa Emacs as my editor for Mutt. With MacVim, it's trivial to use Macvim, i just put:
...
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“Too many open files” - how can I set the ulimit -n value for emacs on Lion?
I've seen other questions covering the topic of how to set the file limit on Leopard/Lion.
For example:
How to properly increase ulimit -n on Lion?
Too Many Open Files
But after reading ...
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Vim/Emacs keybinding for `Preview.app`
Does anybody have ideas about using emacs/ vim key binding for Preview.app to browser pdf files and how?
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Individual terminal tabs running emacs become buggy/corrupted over time
I generally work with a terminal window with a half-dozen tabs open, and that window lives for a week or so. Every once in a while, tabs (running emacs) become corrupted or something [every other ...
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Any text editors that are emacs-like in extensibility but Apple-like in visual aesthetic and design? [closed]
Basically I want a text editor that is:
Simple in visual design and uncluttered (like Byword)
Powerful and extensible like emacs (with hooks, etc, so I can customize it to my needs). When I say ...
