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How do I cut and paste effectively between applications while using EXWM?

For example, I am trying to copy the URL line from Firefox into an org mode buffer. The usual cut and paste keys for Firefox (C-c C-v) do not work, and neither does (M-w C-y). To copy from Firefox (in this example), I have to use the right mouse…
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EXWM - How to close another emacs opened inside exwm?

Inside EXWM (from "term") I opened another Emacs session (git commit opened it). How do I close this Emacs session?
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Having trouble using EXWM with multiple monitors, and with exwm-input-global-keys

I'm not sure how to open more than one Emacs frame in a given workspace; ideally I would have one frame in each of my two monitors. Presently, my issue is that I'm stuck with only one frame in each workspace, and all lie in the same monitor. Here…
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In exwm (Emacs X Window Manager) how can I switch to the workspace where a given app resides?

I'm using exwm-workspace-switch-to-buffer to find already opened applications. My problem is, say I'm in workspace 1, and Firefox is open in workspace 3, if I call exwm-workspace-switch-to-buffer for Firefox, exwm brings Firefox to workspace 1 but I…
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How to install emacs29 with X11 support?

After installing emacs 29 with yay emacs29-git now on startx I get: You are trying to run Emacs configured with the "pure-GTK" interface under the X Window System. That configuration is unsupported and will lead to sporadic crashes during transfer…
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In EXWM `split-window-right` followed by immediate `windmove-right` swaps order of buffers

I have a function (defun bad-fn () (interactive) (split-window-right) (windmove-right) ) If I go to a frame with just one window visiting EXWM buffer A (and buffer B is next), and call split-window-right windmove-right Manually with M-x,…
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How to install and use exwm (the emacs based window manager) in Ubuntu 19.04?

I am running Ubuntu 19.04 on my laptop and want to use EXWM as my window manager, but am not sure how to get it into the list of window managers that one can pull down when one logs in. It seems to only list "officially supported" ones.
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In exwm (Emacs X Window Manager) how can I switch to previous workspace?

Say I'm in workspace 1 and I switch to workspace 3. Currently I have to remember that I was in workspace 1 but I want some sort of functionality to to do this for me. In i3wm I can enable workspace_auto_back_and_forth to achieve this. I there anyway…
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How to increase x-pointer size

I would like to increase the size of the x-pointer (mouse cursor) in Emacs on plain Xorg (I'm running Emacs 28.2 and EXWM as window manager). The standard X solutions work but don't seem to influence the emacs frame and since I have a HDPI display…
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How to make a popup buffer like *Help* accept and return some input upon pressing RET?

What I need to capture some text which is then inserted at point without using the minibuffer (see "why" for why this is not entirely stupid). My idea was to just pop up a temporary window which is not read-only, but where RET is redefined to close…
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EXWM performance and resources compared to other window managers

I think about using EXWM on a Rapsberry Pi4 as a light weight window manager. But how light is it really? I do not understand the underlying technology (X, Lisp, ...) enough to make own assumptions about this.
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Why can't I boot Emacs succesfully with this EXWM configuration in my init file?

I have been using Emacs for the last 5 months. However, tiling window managers is totally a new topic for me. This includes EXWM. Since I am already somewhat familiar with Emacs, I have been trying some tutorials about EXWM. After logging out on…
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Any ways to make a GUI application fullscreen in EXWM?

I'm used to i3wm, as well as a couple other WM, but i noticed that, as far as i know, there isn't any function or keybinding existing in EXWM (by default) to make a GUI application fullscreen (which i3wm and other support). Example: For instance,…
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Launch EXWM only when no another WM or DE are being used

I use EXWM sometimes, but while i do appreciate it, i found myself using other WM and DE (either because i use my emacs config on another computer, since the config is in a usb stick, or other off-topic reasons) but because of the way i use it,…
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Symbol's value as variable is void: command

I wonder why this keybind start not working, it used to work but not today. ;; defun my-exwm-launch (defun my-new-exwm-launch (command) (lambda () (interactive) (start-process-shell-command command nil command))) (exwm-input-set-key (kbd…
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