I have added the following code in my .emacs file:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-i") 'previous-line)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-k") 'next-line)
After that I start Emacs and push C-x C-b to open *Buffer List* buffer. Then I push C-x o to make it active.
After these actions I try my new keybindings and they work strangely! C-i prints No buttons! at the bottom of the frame. C-k moves the point to the next line but prints D at the previous one.
Any suggestions?
If you ask emacs to tell you what the keys are bound to, using C-h c C-k RET and C-h c C-i RET in your Buffer List buffer, you will be told that
C-k runs the command Buffer-menu-delete
TAB runs the command forward-button
Just because you bound those keys to other functions in the global key map does not mean that those bindings are active in any particular buffer, because there may be other keymaps in force that take precedence over the global map.
This is a large subject and you must proceed with caution (in particular, note that C-k is somewhat destructive: it marks the buffer for deletion - but it is conceivable that in a different buffer with a different mode, the map in force might make it much more destructive).
You can read about keymaps in the emacs manual.
I have a problem for execute a personal macro in another session in Emacs. I succeeded to create macro and execute then but, after I want to save it for execute them in another time.
For this I write this code in ~/.emacs
(fset 'psTest
(lambda (&optional arg) "Keyboard macro."
(interactive "p")
(kmacro-exec-ring-item (quote ("^X2^X2^X2^X2" 0 "%d")) arg)))
but when I call my macro in another file [ M- x psTest ], Emacs doesn't execute my macro but writes key in my file
^X2^X2^X2^X2
all my commands:
In terminal:
user#PC $ emacs ~/.emacs
In emacs:
C-x (
C-x 2
C-x )
C-x C-k n psTest
M-x insert-kbd-macro [ENTER] psTest [ENTER]
C-x C-c
In terminal:
user#PC $ cat ~/.emacs :
(fset 'psTest
(lambda (&optional arg) "Keyboard macro." (interactive "p") (kmacro-exec-ring-item (quote ("^X2" 0 "%d")) arg)))
user#PC $ emacs ~/test
In emacs:
M- psTest
Now my macro [M- psTest] write ^X2 in my file instead of execute [^X2] which split the screen.
Where is my error?
Thanks
The problem lies in the sequence "^X2" in your macro definition. It contains two characters ^ and X rather than the single character 0x18 in the charset ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV)) which is used by emacs to refer to C-x but is displayed the same, though probably in a different color. If you replace the former two-letter-sequence with the latter character and evaluate the definition again, it should work.
You can insert the character with
C-x8RET #x18 RET.
PS: To display information about a specific character at point you can use
M-x desribe-char or what-cursor-position, which is bound to C-x = by default.
I agree with Simon Fromme.
To insert the C-x character, you may omit the #x prefix from his answer and type:
C-x8RET18RET
But you may also simply type C-qC-x in case you don't know the hexadecimal value of the ascii code of this or any other character!
Nevertheless, in your case, I would rather search for the function associated to the C-x 2 sequence. You'll easily find it is split-window-below using either:
C-h k C-x 2 RET
or M-x edit-last-kbd-macro RET
Then you can write some code easier to copy/paste/save like:
(fset 'psTest #'split-window-below)
or
(defun psTest ()
(interactive)
(split-window-below))
This might be a good way to start learning emacs-lisp!
I like the option to do C-s C-w and then show all in a separate buffer by using M-s o, but I would really like to keybind the M-s o ('occur) such that I can type C-s C-w C-, or similar-
I have tried the normal keybind:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-,") 'occur)
But it just do the normal occur, not the search buffer occur.
The command that is bound to M-s o during an isearch isn't the default occur command, but a special version called isearch-occur, that automatically invoke occur on isearch hits.
You can bind this to the C-o (or C-, if you prefer) shortcut without overriding other commands using the define-key command with the isearch-mode-map:
(define-key isearch-mode-map (kbd "C-o") 'isearch-occur)
In this way you can use the sequence C-sC-wC-o.
How to check if a org-timer module has been activated or not.
C-c C-x C-j
should actually work. It is the default chord bound to the command M-x org-clock-jump-to-current-clock .
Check your .emacs if you have changed the keybindings. If C-c C-x C-j is unbound and it still does not work you can try and put this in your .emacs:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-x C-j") 'org-clock-jump-to-current-clock)
C-c C-x C-j
See C-h k C-c C-x C-j for docs.
How can I copy a line 10 times easily in Emacs? I can't find a copy-line shortcut or function. I can use C-aC-spcC-eM-w to laboriously copy the line but how can I then paste it more than once?
Any ideas before I go and write my own functions.
you can use a keyboard macro for that:-
C-a C-k C-x ( C-y C-j C-x ) C-u 9 C-x e
Explanation:-
C-a : Go to start of line
C-k : Kill line
C-x ( : Start recording keyboard macro
C-y : Yank killed line
C-j : Move to next line
C-x ) : Stop recording keyboard macro
C-u 9 : Repeat 9 times
C-x e : Execute keyboard macro
Copying:
If you frequently work with lines, you might want to make copy (kill-ring-save) and cut (kill-region) work on lines when no region is selected:
(defadvice kill-ring-save (before slickcopy activate compile)
"When called interactively with no active region, copy a single line instead."
(interactive
(if mark-active (list (region-beginning) (region-end))
(list (line-beginning-position)
(line-beginning-position 2)))))
(defadvice kill-region (before slickcut activate compile)
"When called interactively with no active region, kill a single line instead."
(interactive
(if mark-active (list (region-beginning) (region-end))
(list (line-beginning-position)
(line-beginning-position 2)))))
Then you can copy the line with just M-w.
Pasting:
Often a prefix argument just performs an action multiple times, so you'd expect C-u 10 C-y to work, but in this case C-y uses its argument to mean which element of the kill-ring to "yank" (paste). The only solution I can think of is what kronoz says: record a macro with C-x ( C-y C-x ) and then let the argument of C-u go to kmacro-end-and-call-macro instead (that's C-u 9 C-x e or even just C-9 C-x e or M-9 C-x e).
Another way:
You can also just stay in M-x viper-mode and use yy10p :)
You may know this, but for many commands a "C-u 10" prefix will do the trick. Unfortunately for the C-y yank command, "C-u" is redefined to mean "go back that many items in the kill ring, and yank that item".
I thought you might be able to use the copy-to-register and insert-register commands with the C-u prefix command, but apparently that doesn't work either.
Also C-x z, "repeat last command" seems to be immune to C-u.
Another thought would be to use M-: to get an Eval prompt and type in a bit of elisp. I thought something like (dotimes '10 'yank) might do it, but it doesn't seem to.
So it looks like using C-u on a macro may indeed be the best you can do short of writing your own little function.
Had I a vote, I'd vote for kronoz answer.
You don't need both C-x ) and C-x e in this example.
You can just give the repeat argument straight to C-x ). This stops recording and repeats the macro, in one step. Or you can skip C-x ) and go straight to C-x e, since C-x e will end the recording before doing the repeats.
Which way to choose depends on how you like your repeat count to work. For C-x ) you say how many repeats you wanted in total (so 10 in this case). For C-x e you need to say how many more repeats are left (i.e. 9).
C-a C-k C-k will also kill the trailing newline, so you don't have to put it back yourself later. It's quicker than using the mark, and doesn't need you to change any variables.
Even better (unless you're in a terminal), you can use C-S-Backspace* to kill the entire line, regardless of where you are in it.
[* If you're using X windows, make sure to type shift (not alt) or you may terminate your session!]
Speaking of terminals, M-9 is a nice alternative if you find you can't type C-9.
In Emacs 22 and higher, by default F3 starts a macro and F4 end/repeats a macro. You just hit F3 to start recording, hit F4 when you're done, and hit F4 again to repeat the macro. (F4 also takes an argument.)
Putting this all together, to get 10 copies of the current line:
C-S-Backspace : kill this line
F3 : start macro
C-y : yank the line
C-1 C-0 F4 : make that 10 yanks
Not quite as short as y y 10 p, but pretty close. :)
Here's a function I took from an OS/2 port of Emacs. (Yes, I've been using Emacs for a while.)
;; Author: Eberhard Mattes <mattes#azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
(defun emx-dup-line (arg)
"Duplicate current line.
Set mark to the beginning of the new line.
With argument, do this that many times."
(interactive "*p")
(setq last-command 'identity) ; Don't append to kill ring
(let ((s (point)))
(beginning-of-line)
(let ((b (point)))
(forward-line)
(if (not (eq (preceding-char) ?\n)) (insert ?\n))
(copy-region-as-kill b (point))
(while (> arg 0)
(yank)
(setq arg (1- arg)))
(goto-char s))))
I have that bound to F9 d:
(global-set-key [f9 ?d] 'emx-dup-line)
Then I'd use C-u 10 F9 d to duplicate a line 10 times.
The only way I know to repeat arbitrary commands is to use the "repeat by argument" feature of keyboard macros.
C-a C-space down M-w C-x ( C-y C-x ) C-9 C-x e
C-a : Go to start of line
C-space : Set mark
down : Go to start of following line
M-w : Copy region
C-x ( : Start keyboard macro
C-y : Yank copied line
C-x ) : End keyboard macro
C-9 C-x e : Execute keyboard macro nine times.
That's kind of weak compared to vim. But only because vim is amazingly efficient at this sort of thing.
If you are really pining for modal vi-like interaction, you could use one of the vi emulation modes, such as viper-mode. Check in the section "Emulation" of online emacs manual.
You will want to kill the line: C-a C-k, and then C-y or ?
I don't know of a direct equivalent (C-y 10 times is the best I know), but you may be interested in Viper, which is a vi emulation package for emacs. It's part of the standard emacs distribution.
Based on Baxissimo's answer I defuned this:
(defun yank-n-times (arg)
"yank prefix-arg number of times. Not safe in any way."
(interactive "*p")
(dotimes 'arg (yank)))
Set that to some key, call it with a prefix argument, and off you go.
edit (also modified the interactive call above to be less lousy)
Or, here's a version that can sort of replace yank-pop:
(defun yank-n-times (&optional arg)
"yank prefix-arg number of times. Call yank-pop if last command was yank."
(interactive "*p")
(if (or (string= last-command "yank")
(string= last-command "yank-pop"))
(yank-pop arg)
(if (> arg 1)
(dotimes 'arg (yank))
(message "Previous arg was not a yank, and called without a prefix."))))
the message is kind of a lie, but you shouldn't call it without a prefix of greater than 1 anyway, so.
Not sure if it's a good idea, but I replaced M-y with this, I'll see how that goes.
First you need this key binding in your .emacs:
;; yank n times
(global-set-key "\C-y" (lambda (n) (interactive "*p") (dotimes (i n) (clipboard-yank))))
Then you can do:
C-a C-SPC C-n M-w C-u 10 C-y
C-a C-SPC C-n M-w - select whole line
C-u 10 C-y - repeat "clipboard-yank" 10 times
You get the line with C-k, you make the next command happen ten times with C-u 10, then you paste the line with C-y. Pretty simple.
If you always want C-k to do the whole line, you can set kill-whole-line to t. No more fiddling with C-a or C-e.
There's a lot you can do with fancy kill rings, registers, and macros, and I encourage you to learn them, but yanking a line ten times doesn't have to be tough or strange.