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read-char behaving unpredictably

In a nutshell, the problem I'm having is that evaluating the expression (read-char "some prompt") sometimes fails to show the specified prompt (but works as expected otherwise). Unfortunately, from my perspective, the problem shows up completely…
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How to reset the colors at the end of the Eshell prompt?

I have the following prompt customization for Eshell: (setq eshell-prompt-function (lambda () (let ((c "#fdd")) (let ((bc (lambda (str) (propertize str 'face …
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How to force Yes/y answer to `emacs has changed since visited or saved. Save anyway?` prompt

I am working in a git-repo using zsh shell. On the background, git-auto-fetch plugin is running in order to automatically fetch all changes from all remotes while I am working in a git-initialized directory. Due to this, if the buffer I am using in…
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Change prompt style to minibuffer from GUI dialogs

Emacs by default does not ask if you are sure you want to exit Emacs, so I added this to my configuration to prompt me to answer yes or no before quitting Emacs. (setq confirm-kill-emacs 'y-or-n-p) ;; Confirm before killing emacs I use…
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Set focus to minibuffer window

Some commands use Emacs' minibuffer to prompt for input. I occasionally do something which moves the focus to another window and away from the minibuffer. In these cases I cycle windows with C-x o until I regain focus on the echo area or point and…
user66
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Remove extra prompts in inferior-python-mode with ipython

emacs24.5 -Q M-: (setq python-shell-interpreter "ipython") RET M-x run-python RET Python 3.5.1 (default, Dec 7 2015, 12:58:09) Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. IPython 4.0.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. ? …
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most commands are refused when prompted for querying whether to use a novice-confusing command

When a new user types M-x narrow-to-region, Emacs will prompt for a query: Please type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): _ where the _ stands for a cursor. Thus, Emacs only accepts these 4 character inputs: y, n, ! and SPC. It refused most other…
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Why does emacs recognize my wildcard with finding file but not with searching buffer?

In the linux terminal, i often use wildcards (*) as a shorter alternative to type in the whole file name: if the file is named foo-and-cats I just type in something like fo* in order to pull up the file. This trick also works when i use emacs to…
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Prompt with pre-populated minibuffer input

I need to prompt user for input, but I also would like to prepend the user's minibuffer input with a string. e.g.: user runs my function after the prompt, the text awesome (hardcoded string) is automatically inserted in the minibuffer user can…
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PS1 under term and shell doesn't match system

I find under both shells and terms in Emacs my prompt does not appear as I would expect based on my $PS1 appears as... # Shell under Emacs ]0;slackline@583.datascience.work.com: /home/slackline@samba.sheffield.work.comslackline@583 ~ $ echo…
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call write-file interactively with prompting

I have a function that creates a buffer, with a default file name, and would like the first user action for that buffer be a prompt to write the buffer to a file, allowing the user to change the default, but offering the default in the minibuffer…
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How to automatically select an option in a specific prompt?

When I'm programming Python, I will use rope to rename variables (using ropemacs). rope-rename pops up a dialogue after you provide a new variable name, where you can preview the change, cancel, or perform the refactoring. For example: Choose what…
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Write a function that prompts for a file from within a list

As a starting point, this: (defvar myfoo "~/org/test-file-1.org" "myfoo") ; C-x C-e (defun mybar() (newline-and-indent) (insert-file-contents myfoo)) ; C-x C-e (mybar) ; C-x C-e Iure repudiandae non alias. Rerum quia dicta sunt. Omnis veniam velit…
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Disable yes/no prompting in git-gutter?

I use git-gutter to keep track of git changes in my buffer while editing. I created this hydra for speed up commits a bit more (when I don't feel like using magit - often because this "takes me away" from my current file). (defhydra…
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Non-blocking prompt for user input

I'm using the org-pomodoro, and I have added a function to the org-pomodoro-started-hook that prompts the user for a reminder for what they should do during the break. However, I don't want to call read-from-minibuffer directly from the hook, since…
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