When I type flymake makes the cursor hang a little. It's kind of annoying. I was wondering if there is a way to tell flymake to do not parse and compile each time I change something, just do it w...

When executing the command shell-command, the output shown in the associated buffer is not colorized. This is particularly annoying when calling a testing framework (outputting yellow/green/red......

I want to give emacs' org-mode a try. What is the shortest path for me to accomplish that? Assume NO previous experience with emacs. (I'm aware that other editors, like vim and textmate, have simi...

I'm working in verilog most of the time, and my favorite editor is emacs. There a feature in vi (vim) I like but I don't know how to do it in emacs I would like to do an exact word search, for ex...

Is it possible to delete specific columns of text (i.e., particular column numbers) in Emacs/XEmacs using only the keyboard? I know that it is possible to select a rectangle of text using the mouse...

Im new to xemacs and linux in general, so consider me a newbie. And i was wondering if there is a reason why elisp wouldn't execute a command or commands instantly. I've the following code in my i...

Is there and equivalent of func-menu for GNU emacs? I used func-menu when I had access to xemacs and I prefer its behaviour to that of the speedbar or sr-speedbar. Specifically: I like that only ...

which is better editor for C++ programming XEmacs or Emacs?

There's a lot of Text editors which support autocomplete during programming, but I want one which can autocomplete while typing normal text as I see a lot of repetition of words I type. Any emacs f...

I would like to create only a syntax highlighting minor mode for Emacs. I have the "Writing GNU Emacs Extensions" by O'Reilly, but it does not go into any depth of detail. Is there a simple t...

I'd like to change the window/frame size of my XEmacs based on the current display resolution. This is useful when I run my laptop either by itself or attached to a docking station with an externa...

Is there an Emacs major mode for MATLAB and / or Octave files? For those who don't know, MATLAB files generally have a ".m" file extension. My primary interest is GNU Emacs but XEmacs tips would a...

with (x)emacs, how could I run the 'compile' command without separately pressing enter to accept the default command? (I can bind the 'compile' to a key but I'd like the whole thing to happen witho...