Emacs key bindings
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Yeah, kitt finished writing this at 21:22 on 14 November 2004
From: http://www.pdc.kth.se/training/Tutor/Basics/emacs/emacsis.great
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Summary of Emacs Commands
Starting emacs:
start up only emacs
start up with a file emacs filename
Leaving emacs:
suspend Emacs C-z
exit Emacs permanently C-x C-c
Files:
read a file into Emacs C-x C-f
save a file back to disk C-x C-s
insert a file into this buffer C-x i
replace this file with another C-x C-v
write buffer to a specified file C-x C-w
run the directory editor C-x d
Getting help:
starting HELP C-h
get rid of HELP window C-x 1
scroll HELP window ESC C-v
apropos C-h a
show function a key runs C-h c
describe a function C-h f
get mode-specific information C-h m
Error Recovery:
abort partially typed command C-g
recover file lost by system crash M-x recover-file
undo an unwanted change C-x u or C-_
restore buffer to original M-x revert-buffer
redraw garbaged screen C-l
Incremental Search:
search forward C-s
search backward C-r
regular expression search C-M-s
exit incremental search ESC
undo effect of last character DEL
abort current search C-g
Motion:
entity to move over backward forward
character C-b C-f
word M-b M-f
line C-p C-n
go to line beginning/end C-a C-e
sentence M-a M-e
paragraph M-[ M-]
page C-x [ C-x ]
sexp C-M-b C-M-f
function C-M-a C-M-e
go to buffer beginning/end M-
scroll to next screen C-v
scroll to previous screen M-v
scroll left C-x
Killing and Deleting:
entity to kill backward forward
character(delete, not kill) DEL C-d
word M-DEL M-d
line(to end of) M-O C-k C-k
sentence C-x DEL M-k
sexp M-- C-M-k C-M-k
kill region C-w
kill to next occurrence of char M-z char
yank back last thing killed C-y
replace last yank with previous kill M-y
Marking:
set mark here C-@ or C-SPC
exchange point and mark C-x C-x
set mark arg words away M-@
mark paragraph M-h
mark page C-x C-p
mark sexp C-M-@
mark function C-M-h
mark entire buffer C-x h
Query Replace:
interactively replace a string M-%
using regular expressions M-x query-replace-regexp
Valid responses in query-replace mode are
replace this one, go on to next SPC
replace this one, don't move ,
skip to next without replacing DEL
replace all remaining matches !
back up to the previous match ^
exit query-replace ESC
enter recursive edit(C-M-c to exit) C-r
Multiple Windows:
delete all other windows C-x 1
delete this window C-x 0
split window in 2 vertically C-x 2
split window in 2 horizontally C-x 5
scroll other window C-M v
switch cursor to another window C-x o
shrink window shorter M-x shrink-window
grow window taller C-x ^
shrink window narrower C-x {
grow window wider C-x }
select a buffer in other window C-x 4 b
find file in other window C-x 4 f
compose mail in other window C-x 4 m
run Dired in other window C-x 4 d
find tag in other window C-x 4 .
Formatting:
indent current line TAB
indent region C-M-\
indent sexp C-M-q
indent region rigidly arg columns C-x TAB
insert newline after point C-o
move rest of line vertically down C-M-o
delete blank lines around point C-x C-o
delete all white space around point M-\
put exactly one space at point M-SPC
fill paragraph M-q
fill region M-g
set fill column C-x f
set prefix each line starts with C-x .
Case Change:
uppercase word M-u
lowercase word M-l
capitalize word M-c
uppercase region C-x C-u
lowercase region C-x C-l
capitalize region M-x capitalize-region
The Minibuffer:
The following keys are defined within the minibuffer.
complete as much as possible TAB
complete up to one word SPC
complete and execute RET
show possible completeions ?
abort command C-g
Type C-x ESC to edit and repeat the last command that
used the minibuffer. The following keys are then
defined.
previous minibuffer command M-p
next minibuffer command M-n
Buffers:
select another buffer C-x b
list all buffers C-x C-b
kill a buffer C-x k
Transposing:
transpose characters C-t
transpose words M-t
transpose lines C-x C-t
transpose sexps C-M-t
Spelling Check:
check current word M-$
check region M-x spell region
check buffer M-x spell buffer
Tags:
find tag M-.
find next occurrence of tag C-u M-.
specify a new tags file M-x visit-tags-table
regexp search on all files in tags table M-x tags-search
query replace on all the files M-x tags-query-replace
continue last tags search or query-replace M-,
Shells:
execute a shell command M-!
run a shell command on the region M-|
filter region through a shell command C-u M-|
start a shell in window *shell* M-x shell
Rmail:
scroll forward SPC
scroll reverse DEL
beginning of message . (dot)
next non-deleted message n
previous non-deleted message p
next message M-n
previous message M-p
delete message d
delete message and back up C-d
undelete message u
reply to message r
forward message to someone f
send mail m
get newly arrived mail g
quit Rmail q
output message to another Rmail file o
output message in Unix-mail style C-o
show summary of headers h
Regular Expressions:
The following have special meaning inside a regular expression.
any single character . (dot)
zero or more repeats *
one or more repeats +
zero or one repeat ?
any char in set [ ... ]
any char not in set [^ ... ]
beginning of line ^
end of line $
backslash \\
alternative ("or") \|
grouping \( ... \)
nth group \n
beginning of buffer \`
end of buffer \'
word break \b
not beginning or end of word \B
beginning of word \
any word-syntax char \w
any non-word-syntax char \W
char with syntax c \sc
char with cyntax not c \Sc
Registers:
copy region to register C-x x
insert register contents C-x g
save point in register C-x /
move point to saved location C-x j
Info:
Enter the Info documentation reader C-h i
Moving within a node:
scroll forward SPC
scroll backward DEL
beginning of node . (dot)
Moving between nodes:
next node n
previous node p
move up u
select menu item by name m
select nth menu item by number (1-5) n
follow cross reference (return with l) f
return to last node you saw l
return to directory node d
go to any node by name g
Other:
run Info tutorial h
list Info commands ?
quit Info q
search nodes for regexp s
Keyboard Macros:
start defining a keyboard macro C-x (
end keyboard macro definition C-x )
execute last-defined keyboard macro C-x e
append to last keyboard macro C-u C-x
name last keyboard macro M-xname-last-kbd-macro
insert lisp definition in buffer M-x insert-kbd-macro
Commands Dealing with Emacs Lisp:
eval sexp before point C-x C-e
eval current defun C-M-x
eval region M-x eval-region
eval entire buffer M-x eval-current-buffer
read and eval minibuffer M-ESC
re-execute last minibuffer command C-x ESC
read and eval Emacs Lisp file M-x load-file
load from standard system directory M-x load-library
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