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I would like to split Emacs over a double monitor. How do I do that?
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Trying to install emacs in Software Center Ubuntu 12.04 got this error.
installArchives() failed: Selecting previously unselected package emacs23.
(Reading database ...
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My ~/.emacs start-up file is stored in my AFS home directory. Often when I login to a linux machine I will forget to renew my AFS credentials before attempting to edit a local (non-AFS) file with Emacs.
When this happens Emacs will attempt to load ~./emacs but cannot because it is in AFS space where…
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If I use the following .emacs file, I am able to go to the beginning/end of the current line using the home/end keys as I would expect.
(keyboard-translate ?\C-h ?\C-?)
(add-to-list 'load-path "/home/sam/programs/go/go/misc/emacs/" t)
(require 'go-mode-load)
(global-set-key [kp-home] 'beginning-of-line)…
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When I try to compile GNU Emacs 23.1 on my machine with Mac OS X 10.6.3 I repeatedly get the following ending:
Directories: /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/. /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./calc /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./calendar /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./emacs-lisp /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./emulation /src/emacs-23.1/lisp/./erc…
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I have seen a few suggestions on making emacs portable (on Windows). I have this in my site-start.el:
(defvar program-dir (substring data-directory 0 -4))
(setq inhibit-startup-message t)
(setenv "HOME" program-dir)
I changed the HOME variable so that not only my .emacs init files (and other init…
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I have dual monitor setup and I was wondering if there's a way to specifiy an overlap between the 2 displays. Ideally, the area where the 2 monitors cross over would be repeated on both monitors (ven diagram-ish). Currently the display settings can only work when they're adjacent. On a side note,…
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I currently have a Dell Studio XPS 13 laptop connected to a 24" HP monitor (w2448hc). Im thinking on getting a second one, however am wondering what i need for the setup (hardware wise).
Also I was wondering it there is any down side to it, or something i should be aware of. For example, image quality…
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I currently have a Dell Studio XPS 13 laptop connected to a 24" HP monitor (w2448hc). Im thinking on getting a second one, however am wondering what i need for the setup (hardware wise).
Also I was wondering it there is any down side to it, or something i should be aware of. For example, image quality…
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Recently I put my second monitor on my computer.
I have now two connections on my ATI graphic card: a VGA and newly added a DVI one. like this:
Sine that, I need to start my computer with monitors powered ON, because if I do it after, thay does not "get up" and says that is "no video entry".
Also…
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Hi All,
When I RDP into a win2k3 machine with the dual mon settings, I've noticed that there are a couple of usability problems:
1) Dialog boxes are popped up right in the middle of both monitors making it hard to read.
2) Windows are maximized to both monitors instead of just one.
3) The task…
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