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Navigate to the source code of built-in functions and variables

Throughout the day I am constantly using C-h f or C-h v (describe-function and describe-variable) to look up documentation for functions and variables. More often than not, if I don't get all the information I need, I will click on the file link at…
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How to see the source code of a built-in function?

I want to see the source code of the function other-buffer. When I use M-x- xref-find-definitions, Emacs shows:visit tags table (default TAGS). Then I press RET, Emacs shows:File /TAGS does not exist. What should I do if I want to see the source…
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the Name of Function defined in C

I tried to use GDB to debug Emacs. More specifically, I want to observe the behavior of a function written in C. vertical-motion is a built-in function in ‘C source code’. However, the name of a C function cannot contain a - (i.e., minus sign). …
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org-mode setting to preserve spacing in SRC code, with verbatim latex output to pdf

Like this post, when I indent within a SRC code block in org-mode, 8 consecutive spaces are converted to a tab. Moreover, when I export to LaTeX 8 consecutive spaces are converted to tabs in the resultant .tex output. This is a problem as my LaTeX…
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Finding the source file containing the definition of functions and variables

Is it possible to merge find-function and find-variable to a single find-function-or-variable to be able to search both functions and variables at the same time and going to their definition in the same way as for find-function and find-variable?…
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Compiling gccemacs (Emacs 28) from source. To bootstrap or not to bootstrap?

With the following build script on Big Sur + homebrew, I get horribly long compile times when using make bootstrap as opposed to simply make on gccemacs. I've read the Makefile in the src directory - the explanation for bootstrap is pretty stoic. #…
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How can I find the C-source definition of function Fcopy_sequence?

How can I find function Fcopy_sequence in the Emacs C source code?
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Setting R's `source()` options used by ESS

I'm trying to figure out what to add to my .emacs settings file to get ESS to include an option and setting when sending highlighted code to R. Specifically, I want to set source(max.deparse.length=10000) so that it stops truncating the output…
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How do I verify a downloaded emacs source tar.gz file?

I downloaded https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-27.2.tar.gz[.sig] and tried verifying using the following command gpg --keyserver-options auto-key-retrieve --verify emacs-27.2.tar.gz.sig It failed with the following output: gpg: Signature made Thu…
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Finding in certain projects only files with particular extensions when doing a project(ile) grep

I have projects where *.nim files are the source files and *.js files are the "compiled" files. When I issue projectile-grep (or project-find-regexp) in these projects I get both source and compiled JavaScript files returned, but of course I do not…
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How to find where a given function is called from in gtags

I am using gtags and can jump to where a function is defined. Howeve I am not able to find inside a function where it is begin called from. Is there anyway to find where a function is called from?
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Emacs-26 Big Sur (Intel) 11.2 - make fails error 137 macroexp.elc

Xcode: 12.4.0.0.1.1610135815 CommandLineTools: 12.4.0.0.1.1610135815 I've exported CC=clang, but I can't get the emacs-26 branch to compile on my Big Sur Intel machine. See gist here .autogen.sh and configure complete without errors. The make is…
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How do I build emacs from sources on macOS Catalina Version 10.15.4

I typically run gnuemacs using MacPorts. However, I have a friend who does not have admin on his managed mac, so I want to build for him a full release of emacs that will run out of his home directory. He does not have admin rights. I tried…
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How to add a key map in Emacs source code?

I found ESC-prefix and Control-X-prefix defined in keymap.c: initial_define_key (global_map, 033, "ESC-prefix"); initial_define_key (global_map, Ctl ('X'), "Control-X-prefix"); But no matter what I try I can't add a map for Super (Hyper) key. And…
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