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General navigating/editing
| Key binding |
Description |
Name
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| C-v |
Move forward one screen. |
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| M-v |
Move backwards one screen. |
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| C-l |
Move text so that the "point" becomes centered. |
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| C-p |
Previous line. |
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| C-n |
Next line. |
next-line
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| C-b |
Backward. |
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| C-f |
Forward. |
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| M-f |
Forward by a word. |
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| M-b |
Backwards by a word. |
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| C-a |
Move to beginning of a line. |
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| C-e |
Move to the end of a line. |
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| M-a |
Move to the beginning of a sentence. |
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| M-e |
Move to the end of a sentence. |
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| M-< |
Move to beginning of entire text. |
beginning-of-buffer
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| M-> |
Move to end of entire text. |
end-of-buffer
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| C-u |
Enter argument for next command. |
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| C-g |
Stop the current command. |
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| C-x 1 |
One window. |
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| <Delback> |
Delete the character just before cursor. |
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| C-d |
Delete the next character after the cursor. |
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| M-<Delback> |
Kill the word immediately before the cursor. |
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| M-d |
Kill the next word after the cursor. |
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| C-k |
Kill from the cursor position to end of line. |
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| M-k |
Kill to the end of the current sentence. |
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| C-<SPC> |
Select beginning of text to kill. |
set-mark-command
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| C-w |
Select end of text to kill. |
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| C-y |
Yanks back killed text. |
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| M-y |
Replaces yanked text with previous kill. |
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| C-x u |
Undo last change. |
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| C-x C-f |
Find a file. |
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| C-x C-s |
Save the file. (I.e., save the current buffer to the file which it is visiting.) |
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| C-x C-b |
List buffers. |
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| C-x b |
Switch buffer. |
switch-to-buffer
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| C-x s |
Save some buffers. |
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| C-z |
Suspend Emacs temporarily. |
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| $ fg |
(In Bash) Resume Emacs. |
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| C-x C-c |
Quit Emacs. |
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| C-s |
Search forwards. |
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| C-r |
Search backwards. |
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| M-x goto-line |
Prompts for number of line to jump to |
goto-line
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| M-x replace-string |
Search and replace. |
replace-string
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| M-x text-mode |
Switch to text mode. |
text-mode
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| M-x fundamental-mode |
Switch to fundamental mode. |
fundamental-mode
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| M-x org-mode |
Switch to org mode. |
org-mode
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| M-x lisp-mode |
Switch to Lisp mode. |
lisp-mode
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| M-x prolog-mode |
Switch to Prolog mode. |
prolog-mode
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| M-x list-input-methods |
Lists possible input methods |
list-input-methods
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| C-x <RET> C-\ |
Prompts for input method. |
set-input-method
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| C-x <RET> C-\ ucs <RET> |
Mode for Unicode input (U+U). (Type U followed by four digits to input special character.) |
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| C-\ |
Switches to default input method (stored in variable default-input-method). |
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| Options > Customize Emacs > Specific Option... |
(Menu item) Prompts for the name of a variable whose value is to be changed. |
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| C-h m |
Help for current mode. |
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| C-x 2 |
Two windows. |
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| C-x 3 |
Three windows. |
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| C-x o |
Move cursor to (o)ther window. |
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| C-x C-x |
Exchanges positions of mark and blinking cursor. |
exchange-point-and-mark
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| C-x d |
Lists directory. (Cf. UNIX ls) |
dired
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| M-x cd |
Changes directory. (Cf. UNIX cd) |
cd
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| C-h f |
Prompts for the name of a function, for which a documentation string is then presented (in a new, Help-mode, buffer). |
describe-function
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| C-h v |
Prompts for the name of a variable, for which a help file is then presented. |
describe-variable
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| (variable) |
Major version of the current instance of Emacs. |
emacs-major-version
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| (variable) |
"Column beyond which automatic line-wrapping should happen." |
fill-column
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| M-x |
Prompts for the name of an interactive function (which will then be executed). |
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| C-u |
Prompts for an argument (Should be used right before M-x to pass the argument to the interactive function (called with M-x)) |
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| M-x goto-char |
Goes to character number %PROMPT in the current buffer. |
goto-char
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| C-x h |
Marks entire current buffer as a region. |
mark-whole-buffer
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| C-x C-e |
Shows the result of executing an Emacs Lisp statement in the command line (at the bottom). Note: there is no need to enter lisp mode to be able to execute this.
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Legend
C = Control key
M = Meta key (e.g., Command key)
M = ESC key in Terminal (ALT key in v. 23.4)
S = Shift key
Org-mode
| C-c C-t |
Changes a TODO item to DONE |
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| <TAB> |
toggle show/hide |
org-cycle
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| M-x org-indent-mode |
"Org Ind" mode (in Emacs v. 23.2 or later) |
org-indent-mode
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| C-c C-c |
Toggle checkbox status. |
org-toggle-checkbox
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| C-c C-x C-i |
Start clock on current headline. |
org-clock-in
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| C-c C-x C-o |
Stop the clock on current headline |
org-clock-out
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Lisp-mode
| C-x C-e |
Echoes the evaluation of the list which immediately precedes the blinking cursor |
eval-last-sexp
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| C-u C-x C-e |
Inserts (at the blinking cursor's position) the evaluation of the list which immediately precedes the blinking cursor |
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| q |
quit/close the debugger/error_message window |
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name of the current buffer |
buffer-name
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name of the file which the current buffer is visiting |
buffer-file-name
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size of the current buffer |
buffer-size
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number of the cursor's current position |
point
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Defines function with name %1, parameter list %2, documentation string %3, interactive list %4 (optional), body %5 |
defun
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Sets a mark at the current position of the blinking cursor. |
push-mark
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References
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