Description:
User queries and answers.
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hi-lock mode problem
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It seems that if a file contains more than 10000 characters, and a hi-lock pattern is specified near the end of the file, then this pattern is not recognized by hi-lock mode. Let me give an example. Just put at the end of a file *containing more than 10000 characters *with hi-lock mode enabled (M-x hi-lock-mode)... more »
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compilation-mode not processing color escape codes
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Using compilation-mode, I am calling a compile tool-flow. One of the steps of the compilation outputs colored/bolded text to the terminal. This is done in python using '\033[1;30m' to bold, and '\033[m' to un- bold. Emacs then displays the resulting output as "^[[1;30m<string>^[[m". How can I convince emacs to either (a) display the requested color, or... more »
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comment shading issue
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Hello there, When executing the following tcl file, "tclsh myfile.tcl" ------------------------ ...puts "hi" ------------------------ the output will be "blank". This is because of the # represents comments and the puts 'hi' is considered as a comment because of the \. But in emacs, the "puts "hi" line is not shaded as a comment, as if... more »
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lots of information in Modeline
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Dear emacs users: Sometimes, the text on modeline are too long so they are truncated. Since some text contains important information like new message in gnus, I'm wondering how to show the long text on modeline well. The following is a list what I though: 1. scrolling modeline 2. two-or-more rows' modeline... more »
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Weird "Undefined color: "black " " error message
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Hi, I was editing my .Xdefaults to change the color for xcleardiff and typed 'xrdb -merge .Xdefaults'. Now when I try to launch emacs 23.1.1. $ emacs Undefined color: "black " Any suggestions? Regards John
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Can free variable refers to a lexical environment?
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Hello, I need to make a table factory function in emacs with cl extension. but I'm scheme user. I'm confusing emacs lisp behavior. will you please tell me the emacs lisp's free variable issue. my table factory function is following code: (defun mk-table-instance () (let ((table nil)) ;; create a lexical value `table`... more »
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Gnus - automatically expiring articles
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Hello, I think I'm using Gnus quite wrong, because I cannot get it to auto-expire old articles (which I have read or marked as read with using 'd' in the summary buffer) from mailing lists. For hunting down the problem, I have two questions: 1. Can I find out somehow if the list (e.g. nnml+private:mail.maxima) is... more »
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Sanskrit Unicode Text Processing
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when I configure Emacs for Sanskrit Unicode according to this: [link] at Point 4 I do: C-x C-f to reach the Emacs leim path where you copied the sanskrit.el file and execute: M-x byte-compile-file sanskrit.el I get error as this one: sanskrit.el:33:2:Warning: `"#a"' is a malformed... more »
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