Within Emacs, ~ at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file with C-x C-f ~/.emacs. There's further information at HOME and Startup …

You didn't say so, but it sounds like you're starting Emacs from a Windows shortcut. The directory that you see with c-x c-f is the cwd, in Emacs terms, the default-directory (a variable). When you start …

Sep 16, 2009 · Emacs used to be the only editor of the two that was programmable, and while Vim has a lot of weird levels to its programmability, with the addition of Python and Ruby bindings (and more, I …

How can I get Emacs to reload all my definitions that I have updated in .emacs without restarting Emacs?

Apr 4, 2025 · How can I run Ruff in Emacs? I need to enable 2 commands on the current buffer: ruff check --select ALL current_buffer → bind to M-x ruff-check ruff check --select ALL --fix current_buffer …

Dec 17, 2013 · Use Emacs bookmarks. Just create bookmarks normally, when you visit a remote file or directory. Then just use C-x r b to jump to a remote bookmark, whose name you provide (with …

Download the theme folder or download the '.el' file. Since you are on ubuntu you'll need to copy the '.el' file in to your theme-load path. Or create your custom theme-load path as follows Make a directory …

How do you run Emacs in Windows? What is the best flavor of Emacs to use in Windows, and where can I download it? And where is the .emacs file located?

May 4, 2021 · Emacs in a terminal is a much more constrained beast, with fewer keystrokes available to it and the terminal and OS interfering more.

Jul 6, 2009 · What's the best way to achieve something like code folding, or the type of cycling that org-mode uses. What would be the best solution in elisp to create this type of behavior? EDIT: I'm sorry I …