Questions tagged [builtin]
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Find and replace a text among the files of a project
How can I do a "find and replace a string" in the files of a project? Is there a standard, built-in way?
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Is Emacs using a TAGS file to locate built-in definitions?
Out of the box, my emacs build can jump to elisp function definitions. For example, I start emacs with no init file, type copy-to-buffer in the scratch buffer, hit M-., and it opens up simple.el.gz with the cursor on the defun for copy-to-buffer.
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ivan
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Recover a built-in function that I accidentally unbound
I accidentally unbound a built-in function (a subr) from its usual symbol. Is there a generic way to recover it?
Of course I could save my buffers and my session, exit Emacs and start another instance. That is, if the function I lost wasn't needed…
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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How do I change behaviour of eshell/rm (rm in eshell) tab completion?
Qestion:
Is there a way to make eshell/rm (especially) either display a completion buffer even for few files or remove the . and .. entries for eshell/rm.
Background (and some ranting):
So I learned the hard way that in eshell/ls and eshell/rm tab…
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see virtual/recent buffers when switching with fido
I've switched from ido to fido and I'm missing the feature of being able to open recently closed buffers that ido-mode provided with ido-use-virtual-buffers. I spent a lot of time searching for how to get this and reading all about icomplete and do…
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Is there a way to check if a symbol is a built-in variable?
This is how you check if an object is a built-in function:
(subrp (symbol-function 'assoc))
=> t
Is there an equivalent way to do this for variables as well?
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How to remove the remaining commands of removed built-in packages?
I've read here that you can delete the built-in packages from emacs at /usr/share/emacs/25.2/lisp in order to get rid of their commands which may clutter the minibuffer every time you want to execute something via M-X or at auto-completion pop ups…
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how to quit describe-key function?
I forgot what a key is bound to, so I decided to run
C-h k
But after pressing C-h k, I've remembered about that key binding and decided to quit. So I pressed C-g. Instead of quitting that command, describe-key described about C-g.…
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where to find a list of all the builtin functions that have been implemented in C?
Is there a list somewhere or a command that can be run to output all the functions that have been implemented in C?
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