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GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable, self-documenting text editor, which can be extended with Lisp code.

Emacs bulk indent for Python

Working with Python in Emacs if I want to add a try/except to a block of code, I often …

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What are the efficiencies afforded by Emacs or Vim vs Eclipse?

I started coding around 5 years ago. I was introduced through Java and Eclipse which both have substantial stigma attached in …

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How to install a Emacs plugin (many times it's a .el file) on Windows platform?

I'm new to Emacs. I found many emacs plugins are released as an .el file. I'm not sure how to …

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How to highlight all occurrences of a word in an Emacs buffer?

Notepad++ has a convenient feature: if you select a word in your text (not necessarily a keyword), the word is …

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Pretty printing XML files on Emacs

I use emacs to edit my xml files (nxml-mode) and the files were generated by machine don't have any pretty …

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Is there a (repeat-last-command) in Emacs?

Frequently, I've dug into apropos and docs looking for something like the following only to give up to get back …

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What is the command to match brackets in Emacs?

What is the command to match brackets in Emacs (the equivalent of the % command in Vim)?

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How to automatically install Emacs packages by specifying a list of package names?

I am using package to manage my Emacs extensions. In order to synchronize my Emacs settings on different computers, I'd …

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How do I byte-compile everything in my .emacs.d directory?

I have decided to check out Emacs, and I liked it very much. Now, I'm using the Emacs Starter Kit, …

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How do I make Emacs show blank spaces?

How can I make Emacs show blank spaces (like a space, a tab, a line-jump, etc). Many other editors like …

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