Questions tagged [emacs-nox]
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error: Package `use-package-' is unavailable
I am starting to build up a .emacs file to be used as a development environment within Docker containers. I get this error when starting emacs-nox in a Docker container.
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading…

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Themes in emacs-nox displaying bottom part of frame black instead of background color
Edit: I tried many themes and it was an issue for all of them so this is not a Zenburn specific issue.
Edit: Docker is not part of the issue as there is the same behavior when this is done using just emacs-nox.
Edit: In response to the comment from…

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Error (use-package): Failed to install magit: Package `magit-' is unavailable
I am starting to build up a .emacs file to be used as a development environment within Docker containers. I get this error when starting emacs-nox in a Docker container.
Error (use-package): Failed to install magit: Package `magit-' is…

learningemacs
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emacs-nox framebuffer access
First of all, I am not familiar with how emacs-nox is implemented internally.
Suppose we can access framebuffer directly (/dev/fb...)
Is it possible to access the framebuffer directly using emacs?
For example, I want to view pictures or pdfs using…

Hee Hwang
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Show Git gutter after linenumbers
I am using emacs-nox and as some of you know there are always some problems if you want to display you line numbers while also using git-gutter.
(Stuff like some extra margin jumping numbers etc.)
Now here is the thing I allways have a space between…

Phillip
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emacs -nw: how can I turn off the reverse video for directories in dired?
How can I turn off the reverse video for directories in dired?
As you see
emacs -Q -nw --color=never . has still too much color:
The only thing I want to have with white background is my cursor.
Everything else should have a black…

Dan Jacobson
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WARNING: the following functions are not known to be defined: x-display-pixel-width, x-display-pixel-height, x-show-tip. emacs-nox
I'm using Emacs in terminal mode. I am not getting any error, what I am getting is just a warning, the following functions are not known to be defined: x-display-pixel-width, x-display-pixel-height, x-show-tip.
I am using emacs-nox but I am doing it…

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Keybinds on xterm and emacs-nox
I've looked on google, stack exchange, GNU emacs manual, xterm manual, etc. and still haven't found an answer that satisfies my problem(s).
Problem:
Using Systems: Ubuntu 16.04, xterm, emacs-nox
I want to bind the keys Ctrl+i Ctrl+m Ctrl+[ and…

John DeBord
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All arrow keys in dired+ buffer mapped to M-O
For some reason when I press Up, Down, Left or Right keys on keyboard in dired+ mode, emacs reads them all as M-O key, which I found out by describe-key command in dired+ buffer. I have no config regarding diredp in my config, just…

sandric
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emacs -nw set key-bindings similar to those of emacs-gui
In emacs -nw, many shortcuts are bound to something different from the "classical" emacs-gui. For instance:
\C-_ is bound to DEL (classically it is undo)
backspace is \C-h thus opens help (classically: DEL)
\C-backspace is bound to DEL …

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How can I re-enable `C-z` in evil mode (to pause Emacs)?
I have been using Emacs for a while and recently started using evil mode. I exclusively use emacs-nox (command line emacs).
The only thing that's missing for me is C-z to pause emacs and bring me back to my bash shell.
For some reason when evil mode…

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Terminal cursor movement stutters when mouse cursor is hovered over terminal
I using emacs-nox with Ubuntu 16.04LTS.
The problem I'm facing is that whenever my mouse cursor is hovering over the terminal window, I experience very stuttery cursor movement.
As you can see in the first gif the mouse cursor is rapidly blinking…

John DeBord
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