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What's in your .emacs?

I've switched computers a few times recently, and somewhere along the way I lost my .emacs. I'm trying to build …

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Emacs 24 Package System Initialization Problems

It seems to me that the new Package system that is built-in on Emacs 24 has some flaws when it comes …

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How do I find which .emacs file has been loaded?

How do I get emacs to tell me the location of the .emacs file it has loaded? My situation is …

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add-to-list 'load-path doesn't seem to work

Whenever I see some installation instruction for an emacs package it always suggests to use add-to-list 'load-path it never works …

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Reload .emacs for all active buffers

A question already has been asked how to reload a .emacs file after changing it. The proposed solutions were to …

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Where I can find the most popular Emacs settings?

While it is fun to customize, the Emacs has 100s of mode and there is lots of customization. I like …

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Finding the Emacs site-lisp directory

I am trying to make my Emacs configuration file written for OS X work on Ubuntu. I have this line: (…

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How to gracefully exit SLIME and Emacs?

I have a question regarding how to "gracefully exit SLIME", when I quit Emacs. Here is the relevant portion of …

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Programmatically setting Emacs frame size

My emacs (on Windows) always launches with a set size, which is rather small, and if I resize it, it's …

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How can I emulate Vim's * search in GNU Emacs?

In Vim the * key in normal mode searches for the word under the cursor. In GNU Emacs the closest native …

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