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  • 0 days

    can't get C-S-<print> or C-<print> to emacs -nw in xterm

    I have a functional GUI emacs setup employing C-S-<print> and C-<print>.I can't make those chords work in emacs -nw in xterm (using other terminal emulators is out at the moment).I've tried the xterm-extras.el method by adding the following...

  • 4 years

    dired-recent - not show correct recent visited directories

    Steps:
    Nice. Now I want to see history of recent visited directories in chronological way.
    So I use:

  • 6 years

    Can emacsclient focus an existing frame?

    When emacsclient is invoked with the option -c it creates a new frame.
    In both Windows and Linux, this frame is a window at the top of the Z-stack and has input focus.
    With option -n (non-blocking) the command window in which emacsclient is invoked regains this position but the new Emacs frame only takes one step down the Z-order....

  • 4 years

    Doom emacs dired +ranger not obeying evil-mode

    I am using doom emacs and in my init file I have (dired +ranger)
    The problem is when I open dired, I cannot press tab to select for example. I have first to toggle off evil-mode. If I do, I lose all doom key bindings.
    There should be a work around as in regular dired, I didn't have to toggle off evil mode and doom still working!...

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