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emacs is a popular text editor, usually characterized by it's extensibility and often described as "the extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor". Now part of the GNU project, it was originally developed by Richard Stallman in the mid 1970s, and development and ongoing extension of it continues to this day.

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What should I do when I get 'There are stopped jobs' error?

I face this type of situation many times. For example, whenever I try to open some file in emacs with sudo rights using: sudo emacs tet.c & Instead of asking me for the password Ubuntu just starts emacs process without any emacs window or any …
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How do I download the command-line emacs instead of the GUI one?

I used sudo apt-get install emacs to download emacs. I expected the command-line emacs to start when I ran emacs but instead the GUI emacs started. How can I download the command-line emacs?
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Comparizon between text editors in Ubuntu: Vim vs. Emacs vs. Nano

I was wondering the difference between these text editors and which is best used with Ubuntu? What are each of them good for? Are there better ones?
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Difference between emacs and emacs-lucid packages

After Ubuntu installation(13.10), I found two versions of Emacs 24 in my software center: GNU Emacs 24(emacs24) GNU Emacs 24(emacs24-lucid) I don't understand what the difference between them is and which version is better to install. I am going…
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How to upgrade to Emacs 24.1?

Emacs 24.1 was released recently, and I'm wondering what the recommended way of upgrading Precise's Emacs to it is. I know of the snapshot PPA, but I'd like the final, stable version. I've found a suggestion to install it manually, but I'd like to…
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How to install emacs 24.3 on Ubuntu?

This is my first time using Ubuntu and I dont know how I should install a program on it. I tried using cd the directory where it is and then ./configure it but it is not working!
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How do I enable Emacs keybindings in apps, such as Google Chrome?

Can anyone tell me how to enable Emacs keybind on Chrome? I found some links but they are either not clearly mentioning how to do so or not what I want (I don't want external tools to be run for this purpose).
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Emacs-like keybindings system-wide?

Is there a way to set Emacs-like keyboard shortcuts (at least the subset mentioned below) for the whole OS? This is possible in some apps such as the terminal, Emacs (go figure :) and additionally through special plugins in some other apps…
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Emacs 25 on Ubuntu 16.10?

Is there any way of installing Emacs 25 or 25.1 on Ubuntu 16.10 without having to compile from source? I want a stable install of Emacs and do not wish to install an unstable or nightly build.
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Emacs, which to use?

There seem to be the following versions: emacs23, emacs23-nox, e3, emacs23-lucid, and jove, as choices to download. Where can I find out what the differences are?
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How can I run emacs in gnome terminal without popup interface?

Just like using emacs on putty. I just transfered to Ubuntu from windows.
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How to stop Alt from triggering Global Menu?

I am trying to disable Alt from triggering the global menu when I am using an application (I am using Ubuntu 14.04). My problem is, when I am using emacs, for example, and I hit Alt+h, the help menu is being launched, which I don't want.
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What libraries do I need to install if I want to compile Emacs?

I am trying to compile emacs on Ubuntu 12.04. This is because I want to use Emacs 24.2. However, I am getting the following error. How can I fix it? checking for long file names... yes checking for X... no checking for X... true configure: error:…
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The Ctrl space does not set mark in Emacs

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and use fvwm as the windows manager. The Ctrl+space does not set mark in Emacs. It seems that Ctrl+Space does nothing. I use Ctrl+Alt + F2 to go to the console, and Emacs works correctly there. If I use the Ubuntu default…
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Add line numbers to GNU Emacs

How can I add line numbers to Emacs? Please explain, I'm an absolute beginner.
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