TABLE OF CONTENTS ^x means hold down the control key and press x.
Esc-x means press Esc, release it, then press x (or hold down the meta key and press x).
Use tab key for filename completion in the minibuffer.
| General | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ^x ^c | exit | ^g | panic key aborts current situation |
| ^x u | undo | ^z | suspend Emacs ( fg to restart) |
| Cursor Motion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ^n | next line | ^p | previous line |
| ^a | beginning of line | ^e | end of line |
| ^f | forward character | ^b | back character |
| Esc-f | forward word | Esc-b | back word |
| Esc-< | beginning of buffer | Esc-> | end of buffer |
| ^v | next page | Esc-v | previous page |
| ^1 | redraw screen, centring line |
| Deletion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ^d | delete next character | Esc-d | delete next word |
| Files | |
|---|---|
| ^x ^f | load file |
| ^x i | read file into current buffer |
| ^x ^s | save file |
| ^x s | save all buffers |
| ^x ^w | write named file |
| Esc-x write-region | save region |
| Buffers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ^x b | switch to another buffer | ^x ^b | list all buffers |
| ^x ^k | kill buffer |
| Search and Replace | |
|---|---|
| ^s | incremental search forward [*] |
| ^r | incremental search backward [*] |
| Esc-% | query replace |
| [*]terminate with Esc (leave point on found item) or ^g (point remains where it was at start of search). |
| Cut and Paste (region = from mark to point) | |
|---|---|
| ^k | kill to end of line |
| ^k ^k | kills to end of line then next new line |
| ^w | kill region |
| Esc-w | copy region to kill ring |
| ^y | yank from kill ring |
| Esc-y | yank pop... |
