I just reinstalled Emacs from scratch and I am missing a extension that showed hints
about the commands i am typing in the command line. It also showed a history of what i used before.
It looked something like:
M-x list-p {list-packages} {example-command} {example-ex1} {example-ex2}
I have just a basic setup with prelude right now.
I really need this extension. I learned a lot from it.
It's maybe ido-mode (M-x ido-mode) or a bit different emacs-helm
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I know it's possible to make our .spacemacs configuration in ORG mode to be more readable, but i found nothing about it ...
As I've spent some time looking for exactly same thing (but for pure Emacs though), I put here a couple of examples so that people could easily find it on SO:
Emacs configurations written in Org mode
Emacs Configuration in Org-Mode
And the last but the best answer on Emacs.StackExchange
Can you get syntax highlighting for kv files in emacs?
If so, is it straightforward to do?
I'm new to emacs (used Geany 'til now), so please bear in mind I don't know my way around it to well and probably won't understand jargon, etc, but am keen to learn.
The other answer is correct (not sure why someone downvoted it).
It's also available in the melpa repository, M-x package-install kivy-mode.
https://github.com/kivy/kivy/blob/master/kivy/tools/highlight/kivy-mode.el
I don't use emacs , but i think you can understand their installation .
I'm trying to setup and android development on my mac using Emacs and CEDET (I hate Eclipse, and I want to keep using emacs, but I want the auto-completion, so this setup seemed perfect).
However, I want to use emacs in the terminal. I have a problem with the auto-completion. CEDET is trying to use the graphical menu "popup-menu" and I got an error in CLI mode: "Symbol's function definition is void: popup-menu", which makes perfect sense.
My question is, is there any way to use Emacs' termcap menu for CEDET auto-completion?
Thanks!
Thibault.
Edit: you can find my emacs configuration there: https://github.com/tbronchain/emacs
Edit2: here are some screenshots showing 1- What is the CEDET auto-completion in GUI mode 2- the menu I would like to use for CEDET in CLI mode
CEDET = http://bit.ly/1iptfq3
auto-complete = http://bit.ly/1kZVDz9
I got my answer!
I didn't succeed to replace the menu by auto-complete, however, it works perfectly with company! It is a little bit more messy than the GUI menu, but it's still awesome!
Thanks to #Stefan for helping with this!
I will post my full configuration on github when I'll be done with this configuration (I'm trying to optimise the keyboard shortcuts a bit).
Cheers,
Does anyone know of a syntax file to get LESS working in emacs?
You are probably looking for a less-css emacs mode, which is an elisp file that can be loaded in your emacs environment. Another version is also available in github.
I have been a programmer for a decade now, but I believe this is the first time I've ever asked a question on a forum. I just can't figure this out and can't find the answer already online.
I am trying to turn on CUA mode so that emacs is more bearable for a windows user (normal copy paste functions). I am running Windows 7 and installed emacs through the Lisp In A Box package. I understand that I need to add a line to my .emacs file or init.el file. I'm not sure which, but I can't find either in my Lip In A Box install directory. The emacs package install also did not come with any tutorials or help files, so its really hard to pick this up.
I am stuck, any help is greatly appreciated!
The .emacs can be found by looking at the answers to this similar question.
Regarding documentation and tutorials, it looks like the link you provided for "Lisp in a Box" says:
If you are new to Emacs, it is
recommended that you read the Emacs
Tutorial which you can access from
with Emacs by going to the Help menu,
or by typing Control-h, letting go,
and hitting t. A more extensive manual
is also available from the Help menu,
or on the web at
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/.
Which makes it sound like the manual is there, and certainly the tutorial (I made bold the directions to get to the tutorial).
As far as other places to get information, there is a collection of screencasts on the wiki.
Your question doesn't specify whether or not you what to add to your .emacs to activate CUA mode. You can check out the CUA mode documentation on the wiki (which has links to the manual). The minimal installation is just adding this to your .emacs: (cua-mode t).
For GNU/Emacs, you can choose to use any one of the following three file names as the start-up configuration file:
${HOME}/.emacs
${HOME}/.emacs.el
${HOME}/.emacs.d/init.el
It would probably be a good idea to decide on one of the three options and then stick to it - the first one seems to be the most widely used one. In any case, ${HOME} stands for your home directory -- which is likely to be different from the Lisp In A Box install directory!
Coming from a Unix tradition, Emacs understands ~ (tilde) as an abbreviation for your home directory, so you can visit the .emacs file by typing:
C-x C-f ~/.emacs [ENTER]
(Note that the capital C is Emacs standard notation for a combination of the CTRL key and a second key, i.e. here you press CTRL-x CTRL-f which stands for "find-file" and will then ask you for a file name in the bottom part of the Frame (aka mini-buffer).)
If these are your first customizations, you will just see an empty buffer. Enter
;; start CUA mode every time Emacs starts
(cua-mode t)
and save the buffer with C-x C-s.
Next time you start Emacs, CUA mode should be turned on automatically.
What the others have told you is true: Simply adding (cua-mode t) to your dotfile would be sufficient. HOWEVER: Lisp in a box' Emacs doesn't load this file by default.
Therefore, be sure to edit the shortcut so that it does load the dotfile. This is important, because otherwise you would get weird behavior, where you would add the correct line to the dotfile, start emacs, and then not get cua mode. That would suck.
The reason it does this is to ensure that it starts a vanilla emacs everytime, instead of finding, say C:/_emacs and loading that instead, giving you another user's customizations and confusing you.
The flag for not loading an init file is -q or --no-init-file. Also make sure that --no-site-file is not there.
(I realize that this is an old post, but I found this while looking for something related, and I don't want people walking away frustrated over something that doesn't work.)