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How to Implement Popup Menu Similar to That Used in Magit

Question I would like to create user interface in form of popup menu, popup menu similar to that used in Magit. Features Definition of Popup Popup in context of this question means little temporary window that contains collection of menu items so…
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How do I open a window that will behave like a *Help* window?

*Help* windows appear to have a special behavior. For example, if I open a help window using C-h f butterfly, the window will open in a separate half-page buffer. If I use the help feature again C-h f tetris, the same help-mode buffer will be reused…
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Emacs Popup with text and picture a la wikipedia suggestion

I'm looking for a way to display both text and a picture in Emacs in a pop-up, as it is done in Wikipedia. Is there already a solution for this?
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gpg password entry in minibuffer, not popup

On a new install Debian Stretch GNU Emacs 24.5.1 gpg (GnuPG) 2.1.18 libgcrypt 1.7.6-beta pinentry-gnome3 (pinentry) 1.0.0 ls - /usr/bin/pinent* /usr/bin/pinentry ->…
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What is the correct way to pop up a window with a message, and locally bind a key in that buffer?

What would be the proper way to pop up a window (preferably in the current frame),with a message? I also want to locally (in that buffer only) the q key to a function that will kill the buffer and the window (similar to what is done in IELM's error…
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Disable all GUI popups and tooltips

Can I disable this kind of a popup? I couldn't find anything besides (setq x-gtk-use-system-tooltips nil), but it didin't help me unfortunately.
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How to actually scroll with popup-tip :scroll-bar t?

Following this blog post, I am interested in using popup.el for my own purposes. In the post, he mentions to add a scroll bar with the :scroll-bar argument. If I include the :scroll-bar t option in popup-tip a scroll bar is displayed, but I couldn't…
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Pop-up documentation with pos-tip or popup?

Is there a package to get a popup of the documentation for the thing at the point? Here's an example that flycheck uses.
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stock alternatives to popup?

I am using popup-tip and popup-menu* from the http://melpa.org/#/popup library in my extension, but I'd like to use something in stock Emacs so that I can remain zero dependencies. The built in popup-menu (i.e. x-popup-menu) and x-show-tip don't…
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Magit popups no longer behaving as popups (in my setup)

I like to have my emacs set up as one full-screen frame with two side-by-side windows at all time. To do this, I've used this code to force emacs not to split windows arbitrarily: (defun never-split-a-window nil) (setq…
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Create hovering popup window

Im switching from nvim to emacs and wanted to know if I could somehow build a hovering buffer like telescope. I know there is consult which has the same capabilities as Telescope, but I want to know how I can create a popup window and style it like…
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company-mode popups and magit current region are dark while current theme is light

I've been successfully using lsp-mode and magit for a while with a light theme (leuven). Today I was messing with something seemingly unrelated (company-mode and auto-complete settings in my ~/.emacs file) and all of a sudden popups in lsp-mode +…
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How Do I Create a Popup Window?

I would like to create a (read-only) popup window with some text in it, such that the user can close it by pressing 'q'. You know - the kind you see when you try compiling and get errors. Any pointers to elisp functions I should look at? Edit: I…
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changing display function in define-word package

How to replace the displayfn from message to a function which displays the result in a temporary window? (I have limited knowledge of elisp.)
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How can I ask a user to choose from a list of options, while showing her a long list with extra metadata?

I'm writing a package which connects to a remote server for a game. I want to show the list of players, along with their score, and let the player choose one of the players. I thought of using completing-read, but I have no idea how to show a…
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