Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c. Thread reddit / emacs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AutoModerator · 2022-11-09 08:15 This is a thread for smaller, miscellaneous items that might not warrant a full post on their own. [See this search for previous "Weekly Tips, Tricks, &c." Threads.](htt ps://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/search?q=Weekly+tips&restrict_sr=on&sort=n ew&t=all) Don't feel constrained in regards to what you post, just keep your post vaguely, generally on the topic of emacs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vjgoh · 2022-11-10 04:03 Eglot + clangd + company don't insert function arguments for me. Company used to do this for me when I was using gtags. I've checked my config options, and I have ALL of the optional server capabilities turn ON and I've got \`Company Clang Insert Arguments\` set to \`on'. I'm not sure what else to check. (Emacs 28.0.92 on Windows). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AblatedSprocket · 2022-11-10 15:18 The other day I discovered [org-krita](https://github.com/lepisma/org- krita), and brought the code into my config to experiment with, and I noticed that `(call-process "krita")` worked in my non-daemon Emacs, but it doesn't work in my daemon, and I'm not exactly sure why. Any other applications open fine. I'm running Wayland (Sway), and Krita is the only X11 app, so that might be related. I'm curious to know if anyone else has seen similar behavior or has any insight into why I might be seeing this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- igorepst · 2022-11-10 18:00 The daemon (do you use systemd for this?) may have a different environment. Try first of all to provide a full path to the executable ---------------------------------------------------------------------- acosmicjoke · 2022-11-10 18:15 I want to create a command that turns on god-mode, then turns it off automatically after a single command. Any ideas how to approach implementing this? I noticed that most of the time I only need god mode for short bursts of commands, so something like this would save keystrokes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dj_goku · 2022-11-10 20:04 I am using an org-mode file to setup my development environment. I need to copy files from one system to another. The system does have SSH enabled. My current solution is to cat the file in one src block and use it and tangle from another src block. Is there a better solution thank this? I was thinking of maybe trying this \[1\]. \[1\] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48976079/how-to-transfer- files-with-tramp-using-scp-or-rsync ---------------------------------------------------------------------- halewyn · 2022-11-11 00:01 > I want to create a command that turns on god-mode, then turns it off automatically after a single command. Any ideas how to approach implementing this? God mode has a command just for this purpose: `god-execute-with- current-keybindings`. Here is the way I set it up in my config: - Press (bound to CapsLock) once to switch to God mode just for the next command. - Press either or C- to switch to God mode persistently. - Press or C- again to exit God mode. ```elisp (use-package god-mode :bind (("" . god-execute-with-current-bindings) ("C-" . god-local-mode) :map context-menu-mode-map ("" . nil) :map god-local-mode-map ("" . god-local-mode))) ``` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AblatedSprocket · 2022-11-11 02:40 I do use systemd, and I did try using the full path to krita. You bring up a good point about environment, I had an issue a while ago where xdg didn't open files with expected programs which turned out to be environment-related. Maybe something similar here. Thanks for the lead, I'll see what I can dig up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AblatedSprocket · 2022-11-11 02:58 Looks like the environment was the key, I set \`DISPLAY=:1\` in my systemd service and \`call-process\` opens krita as expected. I haven't debugged everything else fully, but fingers are crossed. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction! Hopefully I'll remember this if I eventually get another monitor :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- igorepst · 2022-11-11 06:13 If you think there will be changes in the future, invest some time to find a generic solution ;). You may delay starting the daemon until after the env. is set and import it into systemd: https://github.com/igorepst/dotfiles- reboot/blob/master/packages/emacs/emacs-autostart.zsh + disable the automatic start of the service ---------------------------------------------------------------------- karouh · 2022-11-11 09:23 I have a question. How can I define a key binding that is globally available except for a specific mode? Many thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AndreaSomePostfix · 2022-11-11 14:43 maybe just add a \`(unless (eq major-mode 'your-mode) (do-your- command))\` to the function you are keybinding to? If you didn't write it, you can wrap it: (defun my/command () (interactive) (unless ...))) and bind my/command ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eleven_cupfuls · 2022-11-11 18:14 Bind it globally: (global-set-key (kbd "C-c d") #'the-command) Also bind that key sequence in the mode, but with a do-nothing command: (define-key the-mode-map (kbd "C-c d") #'ignore) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pwnedary · 2022-11-11 20:54 Extended menu item with `:enable` form if you do not want the keybinding to shadow the keybindings of that particular mode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- karouh · 2022-11-11 21:06 Could you elaborate? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- andyjda · 2022-11-11 21:53 I started using `god-mode`, but I found it hard to get used to it at first: there was no easy way to check what command would be triggered by what key-sequence. I wrote up a `god-mode`\-specific `describe-key`, which translates `god-mode` key-sequences into commands and shows their usual description. I think it's a great way to get familiar with how the package handles keys, and it allows users to invoke `describe-key` without leaving god-mode (previously, most keys would just show information about the generic `god-mode-self-insert-command`) I also reached out to the package's maintainers, and this feature (after some tweaking) [just got added to the master branch](https://github.com/emacsorphanage/god-mode). It was a great way to get familiar with `god-mode` code and its behavior, and I'm happy to have made my first contribution to an Emacs package. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- konrad1977 · 2022-11-12 08:16 Do you have yasnippet installed and active? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- aacb65d2c · 2022-11-13 12:32 Question regarding org mode export to odt/pdf themes. I am new to emacs. I am first trying out org mode for writing technical documentation. I have exported to html using readtheorg theme successfully. I was looking if there are similar latex themes for styling odt/pdf ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lenins_cats · 2022-11-14 02:42 Anyone had any luck inserting yasnippets in vterm? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- terminal_cope · 2022-11-14 15:40 Anyone have any idea how to force lsp on a c++ project to see files as c++? The codebase has headers as `foo.h` and they get interpreted as C, complaining `unknown type name 'class'`. I have ccls and clang installed. I'm really not clear on which is the problem here and not sure how to find out. It's also a Platformio project, FWIW and I'm using `platformio-mode`. Generally things seem to be working otherwise (in the .cpp files). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- oantolin · 2022-11-15 02:13 Does anyone have a good mnemonic to remember which is which among `tab-bar-mode` and `tab-line-mode`? I keep getting the names mixed up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- f1f2c0e5 · 2022-11-15 09:26 I am a beginner in emacs. Started this week. What would be recommended package for modal editing, if you don't know vi commands? I can see god-mode used by people in this thread ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2022-11-15 14:39 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xiaozhuUu · 2022-11-15 15:33 If you get yourself a Japanese keyboard, you get three additional buttons to the left and right of the spacebar which you can bind with (kbd ""), (kbd ""), and (kbd "") ---------------------------------------------------------------------- xiaozhuUu · 2022-11-15 15:38 As a beginner, probably spacemacs in evil mode will work well for you. A short vim tutorial and then you're good to go. Spacemacs has a nice way of introducing you little by little to its keybindings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- pathemata · 2022-11-15 17:05 I use `rsync` in a shell source block. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vjgoh · 2022-11-15 21:40 I made a whole actual topic about it and that was the recommendation given to me there as well. Unfortunately, on my first try, installing yasnippet from packages just made it so I could never complete anything else at all ever. Don't know why. I might go back and try again some day, but I don't really have the time to worry about why my completions have stopped entirely, rather than just live without argument filling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- emilianork · 2022-11-21 05:52 Yes, here's my configuration using C-c d to use yasnippet in any vterm buffer ``` (use-package vterm :demand t :after yasnippet :custom (vterm-max-scrollback 100000) (vterm-kill-buffer-on-exit t) :config (setq emilianork/yas--buffer-name "*yas-snippet term*") (setq emilianork/yas--original-window-configuration nil) (defun emilianork/yas-snippet-start-vterm () (interactive) (setq emilianork/yas--original-window-configuration (current- window-configuration)) (let ((yas-buffer (get-buffer-create emilianork/yas--buffer- name))) (switch-to-buffer yas-buffer) (sh-mode) (yas-sh-mode) (erase-buffer) (yas-insert-snippet))) (defun emilianork/yas-snippet-end-vterm () (interactive) (let ((final-snippet (buffer-string))) (set-window-configuration emilianork/yas--original-window- configuration) (setq emilianork/yas--original-window-configuration nil) (kill-buffer (get-buffer-create emilianork/yas--buffer-name)) (vterm-insert final-snippet) (vterm-send-return))) (define-minor-mode yas-sh-mode "Minor mode to define keys for yas-sh-mode" :init-value nil :keymap (make-sparse-keymap "yas-sh-mode-map")) :hook ((vterm-mode . (lambda () (setq-local show-trailing-whitespace nil)))) :bind (:map vterm-mode-map ("C-c d" . emilianork/yas-snippet-start-vterm) :map yas-sh-mode-map ("C-c d" . emilianork/yas-snippet-end-vterm))) ``` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lenins_cats · 2022-11-22 00:30 >Sorry for the late reply but this is literally exactly what I was hoping to do, thank you so much ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AblatedSprocket · 2022-12-18 17:06 A bit late, but that's a great idea! This makes me realize how bad my tunnel vision is. It hadn't even occurred to me to use my window manager instead of systemd.