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org-plus-contrib and org with `require` or `use-package`

How can I ensure I'm downloading and using org-plus-contrib from the org-mode repository using require or use-package? Package.el downloads the package, compiles everything and then says it can't load org-plus-contrib. This thread on the mailing…
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Gradually learning the keybindings provided by AUCTeX

If I do M-x forward-char, Emacs gives a very useful message You can run the command "forward-char" with C-f. Considering the fact that Emacs can find all LaTeX keybindings in the file latex.el under LaTeX-math-default provided by AUCTeX, is it…
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Preview fields in org table

Sometimes it is convenient to set a manual column width when creating a table in org-mode. This makes it so that columns do not have to grow to the size of their longest entry. When an entry in and org-mode table is longer than the column it is…
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Make emacs lock display of the first line of a file

How can I make Emacs always display the first line of a file which contains header information (such as a CSV) as I scroll down past where it would usually no longer be visible?
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How can I automatically insert a prototype in foo.h from foo.c?

Suppose I'm writing a C program in a file foo.c: int add_numbers(int x, int y, int z) { // Very complex implementation here. return x + y + z; } I want a command that will insert a corresponding function prototype in foo.h: int…
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How do I make tramp+eshell use my environment customized in the remote ~/.bash_profile

I have set up custom $PATH in my ~/.bash_profile on a remote machine (for programs installed user-locally by nix and cabal). I use eshell and tramp to issue commands on the remote machine (cd /remotehost:somedir; then commands). (I chose this method…
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The syntax highlight and indentation of source code block in exported html file for org-mode

When I insert C code block inside an org-mode file, the syntax highlight and indentation of the source code are customized as I wanted. When I export it into a html file, the syntax highlight in the html file is exactly the same as in Emacs. But…
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Make use of an empty echo area to display information

The echo area is empty most of the time, which makes me think that I could use it to display some information. For example, org-clock displays the current task, the remaining time and the total elapsed time on the modeline. This information is not…
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How to make eww default browser in Emacs?

When I click on links in my org-mode buffer it opens up my external browser. How can I make Emacs default to eww (and let me open up an external browser from there if I wish)?
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How to convert a series of lines into a working HTML list?

Right now, this is a task I find a lot easier in something like gedit, because I can just replace "\n" (the line break) with "\n
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    Is there a way to detect that emacs is running in a terminal?

    When I run emacs in a terminal (using the -nw option) my theme is broken and some key-bindings don't work. So, I need to disable the theme and some keybindings when running in a tty. Is there a way to do that?
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    Difference between [mouse-1] and [down-mouse-1]

    I noticed two keys: [mouse-1] and [down-mouse-1]. When I use describe-key with a single click, it shows: There were several key-sequences: at that spot runs the command evil-mouse-drag-region at that spot runs the…
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    How to run a previous command in an Emacs shell?

    Of course when I am in Terminal and I press the up arrow key, it goes to the previous command. However, when I hit the M-x keys and type shell an integrated shell comes up in Emacs: However, if I type a command and press up, this happens: How do…
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    Is there a gccemacs (native-comp) build for MS-Windows?

    I use the official binaries (28.0.50 prerelease) for MS Windows. I am using gccemacs on my home Linux machines, and feel like native-comp on Windows would be really useful for me at work. However, I don't have a MingW toolchain installed. Is anyone…
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    How to find out what my AUCTeX version is?

    How can I find out what my AUCTeX version is? I have Googled this question to no avail.
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