emacs configuration

1. Where is emacs configuration file?
2. What is the Emacs init file?
3. Where is Emacs config file in Windows?
4. What is Emacs load path?
5. What is GNU Emacs used for?
6. How do I create an emacs file?
7. How do I reload Emacs?
8. How do I edit an init file?
9. Where are Emacs packages?
10. How do I load a lisp in emacs?
11. How do I add Emacs D bin to my path?
12. Why should I use Emacs?
13. What is Emacs mode?
14. Is Emacs any good?

Where is emacs configuration file?

Your emacs config file is probably in one of three places: in ~/. emacs though this is now a bit outdated and instead it will usually be in. ~/.

What is the Emacs init file?

User's Initialization File or dotemacs or init file is a file to store your configurations/customizations for Emacs written in Emacs Lisp, located at either $HOME/. emacs. d/init. el or (archaically) at $HOME/.

Where is Emacs config file in Windows?

emacs file or . emacs. d folder is in the c:/Users/username/AppData/Roaming . Or some sources will write it as %HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\.

What is Emacs load path?

The value of variable 'load-path' is a list of directories to search, in order, for EmacsLisp libraries that you load. If you do not alter it (directly or indirectly), by default it contains the Lisp source directories for the Emacs distribution.

What is GNU Emacs used for?

Emacs provides commands to manipulate and differentially display semantic units of text such as words, sentences, paragraphs and source code constructs such as functions. It also features keyboard macros for performing user-defined batches of editing commands.

How do I create an emacs file?

To create a new file, use Control-X-Control-F, just as if the file already existed. When emacs asks you for the file name, type in the name you want your new file to have, and emacs will create the file, and display an empty buffer for you to type in. Emacs will perform file name completion for you.

How do I reload Emacs?

You can use the command load-file ( M-x load-file , then press return twice to accept the default filename, which is the current file being edited). You can also just move the point to the end of any sexp and press C-x C-e to execute just that sexp.

How do I edit an init file?

If you want to replace the init. rc file by pushing a new edited file using adb you should have a root user permission to change the system from read only to read and write. Another way is to download the source code of android x86 and then edit init.

Where are Emacs packages?

Once installed, the contents of a package are placed in a subdirectory of ~/. emacs. d/elpa/ (you can change the name of that directory by changing the variable package-user-dir ). The package subdirectory is named name - version , where name is the package name and version is its version string.

How do I load a lisp in emacs?

To load an Emacs Lisp file, type M-x load-file . This command reads a file name using the minibuffer, and executes the contents of that file as Emacs Lisp code. It is not necessary to visit the file first; this command reads the file directly from disk, not from an existing Emacs buffer.

How do I add Emacs D bin to my path?

So you should:

1. clone doom-emacs to ~/. emacs. d.
2. switch to develop branch.
3. copy ~/. emacs. d/init-example. el to your doom-private-dir/init. el (and maybe edit it)
4. run doom quickstart.
5. start emacs and run all-the-icons-install-fonts and restart emacs to pick up changes.

Why should I use Emacs?

Here are some other reasons I use Emacs for certain things: I use it for almost any typing or editing of text of more than a couple of lines, including writing emails. I'm even typing this comment in Emacs! ... Editing text in Emacs is much more convenient than anything I can do in a puny browser textarea!

What is Emacs mode?

Emacs modes are different behaviors and features which you can turn on or off (or customize, of course) for use in different circumstances. Emacs modes are simply libraries of Lisp code that extend, modify, or enhance Emacs is some way. ...

Is Emacs any good?

Emacs is very good for any kind of plain text file editing (I'm not talking about editing images or video files here), even for regular people (who is not a programmer). For me, Emacs is the best editor. ... Emacs is completely open to the public. You can view the source code of Emacs in a mirrored repository on GitHub.