Questions tagged [start-up]
About starting and initializing an Emacs session
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Why is recentf-open-files emitting these messages
I'm moving from Emacs 24 on Windows to Emacs 30.1 in server mode on Ubuntu via Snap so I'm having to deal with a huge number of things changing all at once. The problem I'm bothering you with occurs ...
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Where does emacs store the options when I choose Options from the menu
I have installed a fresh copy of emacs on a new linux machine. Instead of creating an init.el file in the ~/.emacs.d folder, I just used the menu and set some options and set a default font. I exited ...
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Disable echo area during startup
I load some extensions during startup and I am annoyed by the startup log messages displayed in the echo area: Loading delsel (native compiled elisp)...done Loading desktop (native compiled elisp)......
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Find out name of file that is loaded during startup
I'm writing a package with several different files, in which the placement of the root directory is important. Since I don't know where other users will put the package, I thought I'd be clever and ...
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Yesterday, I set up SSH. Today, Emacs crashes on boot. How to fix?
Yesterday, I didn't change anything in Emacs. All that I did was set up SSH through ssh-add and ssh-keygen. Today, Emacs crashes moments after opening. I suspect the two are related. How can I debug ...
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emacs opens from Windows start menu but not terminal
I upgraded a few months ago to Emacs 29.1. Everything appeared to work until I tried to open Emacs from a terminal. Here is the error message Warning: arch-independent data dir 'c:/Program Files/Emacs/...
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Strange behavior of win desktop shortcut
The emacs installer puts a shortcut on the desktop that works perfectly. If I open the emacs/bin folder, choose emacs.exe an the "Send to desktop" it creates a different kind of shortcut. ...
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How does startup.el work (on Debian 12)
I'm using the emacs/stable,stable,now 1:28.2+1-15 Debian package with Doom and am trying to change startup behavior. I made backups of startup.el.gz and startup.elc located at /usr/share/emacs/28.2/...
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