Sometimes questions arise: Is the current buffer bookmarked? If yes, what is the name of the bookmark? This is useful to know when bookmarking the same file again at a new cursor position with the same bookmark name.
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M-. (i.e. the Alt dot key combination in Emacs) does xref-find-definitions which only works if you have set up something called a tags table which is incomprehensible and a hassle and therefore unacceptable. It is much easier to use describe-function or describe-symbol, which open up *Help* pages in Emacs.
Some files open fast, others slower. It may depend on the file viewer too. But in Emacs Dired it is possible to extract file contents without opening the file. The inbuilt function for it is insert-file-contents.
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A keychain includes a prefix key (or prefix keybind) and then more keys to launch a command. This is different from a keybind to launch a command. In a keychain, the keys are pressed in sequence, prefix first and then something else to complete the keychain, whereas in a keybind they are pressed at once.
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Keyboard macros in Emacs are ephemeral, but if you use them often, it makes sense to collect them. Here’s how.
Continue reading “Emacs: Collect keyboard macros”Inside Emacs at (info "(eintr)Buffer Exercises") there is the following exercise:
Pandoc handles most text format conversions effortlessly, but there are some major glitches when the source is Emacs Org.
Continue reading “Unwanted numbering of headings, Unwanted TOC, and Wanton Listifying when exporting Emacs Org with Pandoc”The previous post shows the following command to automatically take the selected region, add asterisks around it and rename the buffer accordingly:
Continue reading “Emacs: A better version to automatically rename buffer with region plus asterisks”For some workflows that include keeping an eye on many open buffers, it is sometimes useful to rename buffers. This is where inbuilt function rename-buffer comes in, by default bound to C-x x r.
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In Emacs, it is possible to bookmark a file at a certain location, or bookmark locations in any other Emacs’ buffers, such as in dired (Emacs’ file manager). Bookmarking is a quick way of finding and opening files that you need often.
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