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

Permanently summing a column in an Org-mode table

In an Emacs Org-mode table, when you have a column full of integers I know you can do C-c + followed …

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Is it worth investing time in learning to use Emacs?

Right up front: I do not want to start a religious war. I've used vi for as long as I …

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How do I write a regular expression that excludes rather than matches, e.g., not (this|string)?

I am stumped trying to create an Emacs regular-expression that excludes groups. [^] excludes individual characters in a set, but I …

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Close all buffers besides the current one in Emacs

How do I close all but the current buffer in Emacs? Similar to "Close other tabs" feature in modern web …

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Move line/region up and down in emacs

What is the easiest way to move selected region or line (if there is no selection) up or down in …

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Emacs code completion for C/C++?

Emacs wiki Xrefactory CEDET ? What can you recommend me ?

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How to gracefully shutdown emacs daemon?

On login to Ubuntu, I start an Emacs (version 23) daemon using Ubuntu's Startup programs. I then start Emacs clients whenever …

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Compare markdown or org mode

I use Emacs for years, and nowadays, I write a lot of files in org mode, such as notes, plans/…

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How to swap the buffers in 2 windows emacs

I am using emacs I find that sometimes I have 2 files separated into 2 windows. For example: I open 1 file using …

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How to create new file from dired mode?

I want to create a new file in dired mode. Is there "create new file" command in dired mode ? For …

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