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How to pass an optional agrument to kill-emacs?

I would like a way to make emacs to return a non-zero exit code when exiting. This page https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Killing-Emacs.html lists the command kill-emacs &optional exit-data as a...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by ianinini

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Tramp can't connect - cannot find ssh

I am trying to use Tramp, but it seems unable to execute the ssh command. Here is the error from *Messages*:Tramp: Opening connection for AWS2 using ssh...Word wrapping enabledTramp:...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by n1k31t4

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Emacs insane CPU load caused by org-superstar-mode

if I try to open a fairly large file in emacs with org-mode enabled (loads of bullets and babel snippets), emacs uses an insane amount of cpu - my cpu...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by mor3dr3ad

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how to set ranger to be default mode in dired in Doom emacs?

I'm new to doom emacs and I like it but I'm still new, so I saw this package called ranger that is a minor mode inside emacs and I want...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by ezio

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Can't get rid of scratch buffer at startup for Emacs 26.3

I am using GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2019-08-29.In my .emacs I specifically asked not to show the startup screen or buffer *scratch*:(custom-set-variables '(inhibit-startup-screen t) '(initial-buffer-choice...

Asked on 09/02/2021

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What ASCII character is C-q C-E?

I did a spurious replacement across many files that shows in Emacs as '^E', equivalently the result of C-q C-E. What ASCII character does that correspond to,...

Asked on 09/02/2021

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M-x man: Can't find the %s manpage caused by loading helm

I'm trying to figure out why Emacs won't display some man pages with my configuration using M-x man. It, however, does display them with emacs -Q. Not all man pages...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by wdkrnls

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Can the ring data structure really be rotated?

According to the doc page describing Emacs Lisp's ring data structure, rings "support [...] rotation". However, the word "rotate" appears nowhere else on the page, and...

Asked on 09/02/2021

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Is it possible to have different color values for a font-lock face in a string?

My font-lock-warning-face has a red color. Which works well in almost all circumstances, it is very pronounced. The problem is, my font-lock-string-face has orange color. So warnings inside strings are...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by geza

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How do I compose an email using Emacs' keybindings?

I'm a little nervous that this question is extremely naïve, but I have been continually (every 10 days or so) seeking its answer for months now. I want to compose...

Asked on 09/02/2021 by user81065

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