I'm a complete newbie when it comes to emacs. I recently installed Doom emacs and I've been really enjoying it. One thing that I'm struggling to find out is how do I quickly access/select on of the actions that are given to me by lsp-mode (I assume it's lsp-ui). I've attached a screenshot - the actions that I'm referring to are on the right-hand side.
Quick side questions:
When I jump to definition (spc-c-d) how do I jump back? Do I just kill the buffer?
Using ivy, how can I easily go through the list? - using control-n is a bit hard
You can come back to the previous buffer using CTRL+O
You can go down or up in the list using CTRL+j or CTRL+k
There are some tricks to get the answer:
first, try to find the action or function you know.
example 1. "M-x action-you-want-to-know"
example 2. "C-h k then-type-the-shortcut-key-you-want-to-search"
second, try to get the answer from project issues
The answer to your question:
1: press "C-o" jump backward
2: Try to input multi keywords in your search field to narrow down the search scope, just like increment search.
If you get too many lines after ivy-search some keyword you input, that means you donot know what you want to search, right?
Related
I noticed there are no equivalent commands in the Idris-dev GitHub Wiki for Atom's Search (Cntl-Alt-S) and Lift Hole (Cntl-Alt-L) commands in emacs. Does anybody know how to set them?
Whoops, looks like those were called "Attempt solve hole" and "extract hole" on there. I've updated the wiki and put those in the right row. Not sure how we got every editor having different names for these things. I call those "proof search" and "extract lemma".
The ide-mode names for these are documented at http://docs.idris-lang.org/en/latest/reference/ide-protocol.html (perhaps we could have that as another column on that wiki?)
And you can also see the actual keybindings for those things in the idris-mode source: https://github.com/idris-hackers/idris-mode/blob/2cd2ace9327248e141c35127b8ef9114a1301a1d/idris-keys.el#L54
My Current Workflow
I need to use 'doseq'
I don't remember it's args.
I go to clojuredocs , lookup 'doseq', and look at the examples.
My Ideal Setup
Inside emacs, I type some magic key combo, I type in doseq,
and it EXTRACTS EXAMPLES FROM A LOCAL MIRROR OF CLOJUREDOCS
and presents it inside my emacs browser.
What I found via Google:
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/450x84/a_clojuredocsorg_for_emacs/
Basically other people also want this.
My Question:
Is there anyway to do this in emacs?
Thanks!
I use cider-grimoire. In Spacemacs, I just type the leader key, followed by hg. Behind the scene, cider will perform a search on conj.io and return the result in another Emacs buffer.
Late to the party, but here it is:
https://github.com/mbuczko/helm-clojuredocs
It is helm-based solution which redirects to the clojuredocs.org displaying documentation of given search phrase (if found). Most useful when used with helm-clojuredocs-at-point function which simply searches for phrase under the cursor.
If you use cider, C-c C-d C-d on a var will show you the docstring for that var. Not exactly what you're describing but for many use-cases the docstring is enough to figure out the arguments to a function.
cider will also show the arguments to the current function (under cursor) in the echo area.
When we're using ctags in vim and want to go to particular definition of variable or function we press ctrl + ], when we want to go back we press ctrl + T.
When we want to autocomplete a name of a variable we press ctrl + N and from a little violet window we can choose the right word.
Is it possible to improve go to definition so that we won't jump in the document, but only the little window with the function or variable definition will appear?
thank you
You want a way to see the function's signature without actually jumping to its definition?
I know about two plugins supposed to provide exactly this feature:
EchoFunc,
Tag Signature Balloons
The last time I tried echofunc it didn't work for JavaScript, at least for me, but it worked well for the few PHP files I've tested it with. I didn't try the other one because it's GVim-only and I use the CLI version almost as often as the GUI version.
But you can also use TagList and/or TagBar: two very useful plugins providing great code navigation based on ctags. Both will display the signature of the tag under your cursor if you hit <Space>.
I'd like to quickly move point to a function in my Emacs buffer. I'd like to run some function and get a prompt asking me for the function name, with completion provided for every function defined in the current buffer.
I generally use etags to navigate around, but sometimes I'm looking for a framework method that's been overridden in several files. In these cases, I can find the file I need but then I'd like to quickly jump to the function there. There is a similar feature in TextMate where you can select a definition from a list in the bottom right of the editor.
Just to jump around functions in the current file? Use imenu. It's the simplest and lightest of all the alternatives listed so far and might be enough for what you want. It's also built into Emacs and has minimum setup hassle. It features graphical and textual interfaces. Anything extra and you'll be better off using one of the other excellent suggestions made here.
speedbar comes standard, and gives you a collapsible menu for each file in the current directory, by default middle clicking on an entry for a function definition jumps to that def. With emacs23 this was changed to the more normal leftclick.
You can use etags-select to select from multiple matching tags. But the answer to what you asked is imenu.
Icicles is probably closer to what you are looking for:
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Tags_Enhancements
It's an enhancement to etags and includes (among other things) the file name with the tag so you can tell if it's the one you are looking for.
try CEDET. It is a bit difficult to set up the first, but here is an excellent tutorial: by Alex ott
And when he gets installed, you can use semantic-complete-jump. pressed tab couple times, and it is also brings up symbol definitions.
If M-. brings up the wrong method, you can type C-u M-. to find the next one with the same name.
global gtags is very good
To navigate within the current file or a set of files that you select, you do not need a TAGS file. You can use Imenu. But it is better to use Icicles imenu commands.
Why? Because they let you use completion. Substring, regexp, prefix, or fuzzy completion. Combine simple patterns to match, or subtract them.
Command icicle-imenu is bound in Icicle mode to C-c =. Butyou can also look up just a command or just a non-command function (non-interactive), using command icicle-imenu-command or icicle-imenu-non-interactive-function.
These commands are multi-commands, meaning that they are actually browsers: you can trip among function definitions using keys C-RET or C-mouse-2 (direct jumps) and C-down (cycle). Hit RET or click mouse-2 to settle down at a final destination.
I use C-M-a and C-M-e to jump between the beginning and end of functions.
Otherwise, open up Speedbar and click the + icon next to a file name to view a list of functions contained in the file. Then click on the function names to jump to them directly.
In vim, visual block can be recall by 'gv' command so that multiple commands can be applied easily. (such as, comment out, then indent, then do_something_fun).
In Emacs, how can this be achieved?
[C-xC-x] only works when current cursor position stays where previous block ended.
If previous block was changed, the closest is to go through 'point-to-register' and 'jump-to-register'.
Just I am curious if there is an Emacs built-in command making this in one shot.
If Transient Mark mode is off, the region is always active. If it's on (which it sounds like is your situation), you can set mark-even-if-inactive to non-nil to allow region commands to work while the region isn't highlighted.
However, note you also can cycle back through previous mark positions using C-u C-SPC -- this will pop the mark ring. Once you're back to where you want to be, C-x C-x will rehighlight the region you want. (It may take a little bit of playing with this feature to get a feel for it, but it's why I can't switch away from Emacs now.)
If I understand correctly what you are asking for, then you don't need to do anything. When you select a region in emacs, it stays selected until you select a new one. So you could select the region and then perform as many actions as you want.
Sounds like you're looking for the secondary selection, which stays put even as the region might change. (It stays put until you move it.)
See:
the Emacs manual, node Secondary Selection
Emacs wiki page Secondary Selection
library second-sel.el:
Also narrow-to-region (CTRL-x n n ) applies every command from then on just to that region- you can't hurt the rest of the buffer, it doesn't even show. After done editing , widen (CTRL-x n w )to get back the whole buffer.
CMM
If you use evil-mode, just press gv like in vim.
Since the answers here and for other similar SO questions didn't help for me (CUA-mode, Emacs 24, not only indent-rigidly), I continued searching and finally found a reselect-last-region defined in this collection of custom function (starting line 670). That worked like a charm for me - and hopefully does for others still arriving here.