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I want the ability to remove Help buffers from display-buffer-alist. And I am getting and: Symbol’s value as variable is void: \"\\*Help\\*\" Here is the function (defun qhelp-frame (&...
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I am trying to display small dap-ui windows such as dap-ui-sessions in a seperate new frame. I managed to write a function to create a new frame on the second monitor: (defun my-debugger-frame () &...
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When opening a new buffer, I want to ensure that: All non-inferior-ess-r-mode buffers are displayed in a new window to the left of the focus buffer All inferior-ess-r-mode buffers are displayed in a ...
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The aim is to display a buffer named *navigator* in a side window at the bottom. I have following code. ;; the function toggle-navigator is in another directory being imported as a package. ;; it is a ...
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With the following code, emacs split sides windows like: ;; ------------------------------------- ;; | | * | ;; | | h | ;; | ...
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I like to have the Help buffer in a some frame (with some other windows) and I try to reuse this window in this frame even when I am in another frame and issue a help command. I tried setting (setq ...
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I wrote a simple function for Emacs that ends in calling async-shell-command with a music player. All good so far, but the command pops up the standard-out buffer. Its help text reads (among other ...
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I am trying to tame display-buffer to achieve the following behavior: if I have a frame split once horizontally and then run a function that creates a third window (like help, magit, or similar) I ...
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I have the following in the display-buffer-alist list: (("*" (display-buffer-in-side-window ((side . left) (window-width . 110))))) While display-buffer-overriding-...
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Currently I'm using the following display-buffer-alist, which works fine but resets the size on opening a new window. Is there a way to only use the window-height when first creating the window? After ...
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I would like to catch popup buffers with display-buffer-alist by their major-mode instead of matching the buffer name with a regexp. For example I have dired-mode buffers that popup and I can't come ...
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I want to add a rule to display-buffer-alist, that splits the frame to the right when opening a .pdf file if and only if there is a corresponding .tex file in the same folder. According to the ...
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I have recently started using buffer-display-alist to sensibly place windows within a frame. Typically, I'll have one or two windows of code buffers that I actively work in and a bottom "side ...
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I want to use async-shell-command to run a .bat file on Windows. Reading the function documentation it says: (defun async-shell-command (command &optional output-buffer error-buffer) "Execute ...
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I can use display-buffer-alist to configure a command to open in the same window: (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("*grep*" display-buffer-same-window)) The problem in this case, however, is if I ...
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Could someone please explain how to use default-frame-alist to make list-buffers switch to the resulting results buffer? list-buffers uses display-buffer so I am thinking that display-buffer-alist is ...
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For now I can open Help buffer below current one by splitting its window using regex (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist '("^\\*.*\\*$" . (display-buffer-below-selected))) How can I make ...
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I am (really) new in Emacs and ESS, and I am currently trying to customize my environment. The default settings of ESS[R] are convenient for me, since ESS[R] organizes the windows as follows: --------...
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I am trying to set up a 2-pane writing setup in org-mode (similar to this). I'm using org-tree-to-indirect-buffer, and want to have the following functionality: 1. Opening a specific heading in a 2nd ...
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I'm writing a simple minor mode (for personal use) which dynamically sets fringes according to current window width. I added a dedicated function to those hooks: window-configuration-change-hook ...
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I'm trying to add functionality to my spacemacs config. I want to show allAlchemist buffers in another frame. For example Alchemist Test Report or Alchemist Mix. So when I use M-RET t b, spacemacs ...
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I use display-buffer-alist to Configure buffer display. For example I have this snippet to display flycheck errors buffer. (add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist `(,(rx bos "*Flycheck errors*...
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I'd like to have my Emacs frame setup with a neotree window on the left, my active source code or text file taking up the majority of window's space. I'd like to have Emacs put virtually all other ...
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My daily workflow uses multiple frames, and I have a frame that I want to dedicate to ERC buffers. I've used set-frame-parameter to give the frame the name *ERC*. I want display-buffer to always ...
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Q: how can I control where the org todo keywords buffer appears? Entering a todo keyword with C-c C-t (org-todo) opens a new buffer with the keyword options and then closes it again after I select ...
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M-x view-echo-area-messages (bound to C-h e by default) is used to see the *Messages* buffer. I would like to get the following behavior when I press C-h e: If the frame has just 1 window, split the ...
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Despite respectable variety of display-buffer-* functions some of them stand out with lack of flexibility, such as display-buffer-at-bottom or display-buffer-below-selected that exist in absence of ...
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Is there a good way to manage multiple windows in a large frame? I usually have one large frame, split into many windows, and I find that when I (or some command) visits a buffer, the choice of ...
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How do you tell display-buffer-alist to not display a buffer whose name has a particular string in it? The "Display Action Functions" documentation mentions display-buffer-no-window. However, I don't ...
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