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

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 …

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 …

Aug 19, 2010 · This article says that "Emacs has redo because you can reverse direction while undoing, thereby undoing the undo". What does this mean? How can a user 'redo' with 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 …

Mar 18, 2009 · I want to select or highlight a block in Emacs without using the mouse, but doing it from the keyboard like Vim's visual mode. What is the easiest way to do this from a keyboard?

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?

17 Open emacs in X11, goto menu Options, select "set default font ...", change the font size. Select "save options" in the same menu. Done.

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 …

Jan 12, 2009 · Does anybody know a good Emacs mode to edit JSON? An app I am working on uses a JSON based communication protocol and having the data nicely indented and syntax-highlighted …