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Questions tagged [configuration-files]

Questions specifically about configuration files other than the init file. Do not use this tag for questions about how to configure something, only for questions specifically about the configuration files.

Use this tag for questions about configuration files for Emacs features and add-ons. For questions specifically about .emacs or .emacs.el or .emacs.d/init.el, use the tag instead. For questions that ask “how do I configure X?”, just use the tag(s) for X: use this tag only for questions where the configuration files themselves are the issue.

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How to reload .emacs.d/ configuration without restart

When I change any custom configuration file in the .emacs.d/elisp/ directory, I have to quit Emacs and then start it again in order to get my changes applied. Is there any better way?
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How to share `abbrev_defs` across multiple systems

I keep my abbrev_defs file in a git repository so I can share my abbreviations across systems. Unfortunately, the count feature of abbrev-mode leads to little changes in the :count property of defined abbreviations in this file that makes merging a…
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Where would be the most appropriate directory to put my own Emacs-lisp files in Spacemacs?

I want to create an Emacs-lisp file to store my org-mode configuration. This file will be loaded by dotspacemacs/user-config. My question is where would it be the standard directory (if any) where I whould store this file? I was considering…
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Spacemacs modeline color mismatch

Problems with my modeline separator aren't quite the "Ugly separators" problem as seen here. But the color is slightly off, as in this screenshot. I can solve it with this piece of code. But then everything just looks more drab. (setq…
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two different config files for Emacs

I am looking for method to use two different config files - init files. First config: when I am coding in full Emacs windows (open file as emacs namefile this define ~/.emacs_conf2) Second: when I would fast open file (without all packages, only…
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specify global-abbrev-table in a separate file

I know one can define where abbrev files are saved with something like this (setq abbrev-file-name "/home/zeltak/.emacs.d/abbrv/personal_abbrv.txt") but this file has several section like (define-abbrev-table 'Buffer-menu-mode-abbrev-table '())…
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Is there a way to make emacs adhere to fdo spec?

There's freedesktop.org spec for config placement. Most of the software adheres to it placing config files into ~/.config, cache files into ~/.cache etc. This greatly simplifies backups, config management etc. One of the few unfortunate exceptions…
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.bashrc environment variables not picked up by Spacemacs?

I've added a few environment variables to my .bashrc file, some of these are paths to customized bin/programs, such as: export MY_ENV_PATH_VAR=/home/user/path/to/bin I've refreshed spacemacs' .spacemacs.env file by running SPC f e E, however these…
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How to load dotspacemacs/user-config from a different file?

My default spacemacs dotfile defines dotspacemacs/user-config, and I suppose my user config is supposed to go inside this function. However the file itself is quite large and I'd like to isolate my own settings in a separate file. I've put my…
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Doom emacs config does not fully load at start up

I am on Doom emacs, and have placed various scripts in my config file. These are mainly new keybindings and options for packages, e.g. (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "s-;") 'org-agenda) ; and (setq org-agenda-span 30) As you can see, most of these…
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Change location for straight.el working directories?

I’d like to put my dotConfig files into DropBox, including my .emacs.d folder. I’d like to use these across computers and across OS’s. I’ve split out part of my init.el into per-computer files (whose location is specified with an environment…
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Emacs PDE seems to ignore PERL5LIB environmet variable to use @INC

I'm using emacs 26.3 under FreeBSD 12 environment and try to use PDE. My problem is that in the runtime environment the modules (@INC array) are properly addressed by the PERL5LIB variable. But using emacs and PDE or flycheck, flymake the local…
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Storing and Loading Non-Static/Multiple Configs

I'm writing an emacs wrapper to a set of scripts that require a lot of config settings to run. These can be variously environment variables, command line parameters and so forth. They should be user visible and tweakable. They will store things…
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Can i export LaTex to a .tex file?

I'm cofiguring emacs with org. Principally I wrote in emacs using .org file so i want a standard header file where i define al my "use package" file in…
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require 'modename vs require 'modename-install

I hope to use org files for my configuration. And I found some use (require 'org-install), and some use (require 'org). Any differences?
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