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Getting a start-process: Spawning child process: Exec format error while running python (elpy)
I'm running python 3.12 at work on windows using emacs as IDE. At home I'm running linux where my setup works without any issue. However, at work with windows I struggle to get it properly run.
I have ...
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If clocking in on heading that itself is a link to a task, how do I clock into the source-task, and not the heading that is a link to it?
I have a log file where tasks I clock into are automatically linked.
If I accidentally clock into one of the entries in this log file, how can I make it so that I clock into the source task and not ...
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python shell complete not working
To reproduce, in an inferior-python shell, type "a=[0,1]; a[0].[tab]", here [tab] means the tab key, no completion.
In a terminal, the above procedure will pop up a completion list.
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Emacs self-contained shebang pun that doesn't waste a process
Consider the following .emacs file.
(setq viper-mode 't)
(setq viper-inhibit-startup-message 't)
(setq viper-expert-level '5)
(setq viper-want-ctl-h-help 't)
(require 'viper)
If I want to package it ...
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Can I reduce the gutter size of eglot in NW mode?
Either this changed recently, or I just noticed it but now can't un-notice it.
I often run emacs --daemon on remote systems then ssh in and use emacsclient -nw to work inside a terminal. I also do a ...
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Gnus forgetting RSS between sessions
I had a perfectly fine Gnus setup for reading RSS until suddenly half the groups stopped updating. They show as having 0 messages and if I try to refresh them it just tells me the group contains no ...
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dired partial recursive copy
Something that comes up rarely, but is a huge pain whenever it does (and that I suspect dired has an answer for) is when I'd like to recursively copy most of a directory tree, except for a non-obvious ...
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dired create file in inserted subdirectory
I can find a few posts about creating a file in dired, and in each, the answer is fairly straightforwardly C-x C-f, but this misses the goal in 1 key way: even when point is in an inserted ...
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reported bug not showing up on mailing list archive
At what lists.gnu.org calls 08:36 today (so almost an hour ago) I sent an email to [email protected] using M-x report-emacs-bug, then using the copy to mail program function to send it from ...
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add-to-list expressions work when individually evaluated, but not when the whole buffer is evaluated
OS: Arch Linux
Emacs Version: 30.1
Package Management: Elpaca
For reasons pertaining to the use of the literate programming paradigm and the need for variations between usage profiles, my org-roam ...
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Setting theme before the initial frame
If I start emacs with the following init.el
;; Of course, my actual init.el does real work here
(sleep-for 1)
(load-theme 'wombat t)
then the initial frame will first show the light default theme for ...
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Session-specific bookmarks (e.g. via `desktop-save`)
I use emacs's session-capabilities (i.e. desktop-change-dir and desktop-save-in-desktop-dir) to persist various sessions across different projects where each one has its own “.emacs.dektop”-file. I ...
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TAB character in regular expression Isearch
I can't find TAB characters with the regular expression \t.
When I press C-M-s followed by \t, Emacs only finds characters t.
I'm working with version 28.2 on macOS Monterey.
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transient stuck when keyboard hidden
I'm using emacs on android, mostly as an org-mode app that I can sync with desktop using magit.
some background:
In order to use the keyboard in read-only buffers (like the org agenda and transient ...
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Symbol's function definition is void: facemenu-remove-all
This is a complicated question to ask. I encountered a problem when converting
from emacs 26 to emacs 29, found a remedy, and would now like to understand why
the remedy was needed (in emacs 29, but ...
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