code.delx.au - dotemacs/blob - README.md

   1 # General commands
   2 C-x C-c                                         Quit Emacs
   3 C-x C-s                                         Save current buffer
   4 C-g                                             Cancel command
   5 M-x                                             Execute command
   6 C-/                                             Undo
   7 C-g C-/                                         Undo undo
   8 C-x z                                           Repeat last command
   9 M-X 'eval-buffer                                Load current buffer as elisp
  10
  11 # Help
  12 C-h C-h                                         Help
  13 C-h k                                           Help about key binding
  14 C-h v                                           Describe variable
  15 C-h f                                           Describe function
  16
  17 # Search
  18 C-M-s                                           Regex search
  19 C-s                                             Search forward
  20 C-r                                             Search backward
  21 M-s .                                           Search for symbol around point
  22 M-s w                                           Start word search
  23 C-s                                             Find next item (while searching)
  24 Backspace                                       Previous search (while searching)
  25 M-%                                             Search and replace
  26
  27 # Buffers/windows/frames
  28 C-x s                                           Save some buffers
  29 C-x C-f                                         Find (open) file
  30 C-x k                                           Kill buffer
  31 C-x b                                           Select named buffer
  32 C-x C-b                                         Show all buffers
  33 C-x o                                           Switch to other window
  34 C-x 1                                           Switch to single window
  35 C-x 2                                           Split vertically
  36 C-x 3                                           Split horizontally
  37 M-x 'make-frame                                 New frame (X11 window)
  38 M-=                                             Display info about region
  39
  40 # Text formatting
  41 M-/                                             Auto-complete
  42 M-;                                             Comment line or region
  43 M-q                                             Reformat paragraph
  44 M-l                                             Lower case word
  45 M-u                                             Upper case word
  46 M-c                                             Capitalise word
  47 C-x C-l                                         Lower case region
  48 C-x C-u                                         Upper case region
  49
  50 # Macros
  51 F3 , F4                                         Start recording macro
  52 C-u F3                                          Play last macro then append keys
  53 F4                                              Play back macro
  54
  55 # Selecting/deleting/killing text
  56 C-Space                                         Set mark (start selection)
  57 C-Space C-Space                                 Set mark to point
  58 C-u C-space                                     Return to mark
  59 C-M-p                                           Back to start of balanced expression
  60 C-M-n                                           Forward to end of balanced expression
  61 M-@                                             Set mark at end of next word
  62 C-w                                             Kill from mark to point
  63 C-y                                             Yank text (paste)
  64 M-y                                             Scroll through kill ring (paste buffer)
  65 M-z <char>                                      Kill until <char>
  66 C-k                                             Kill rest of line
  67 C-M-k                                           Kill balanced expression
  68 C-S-Backspace                                   Delete current line
  69 C-d                                             Delete next character
  70 M-d                                             Delete next word
  71 M-Backspace                                     Delete previous word
  72 M-Space                                         Collpase to one space around point
  73 M-\                                             Delete spaces around point
  74 C-x C-o                                         Collapse blank lines
  75 '#                                              delete-trailing-whitespace
  76
  77 # Lines
  78 C-o                                             Insert new line at point
  79 C-j                                             Newline and maybe indent
  80 M-^                                             Join to previous line
  81
  82 # Movement
  83 M-m                                             Jump back to start of indentation
  84 M-r                                             Jump to window top/bottom/middle
  85 M-g M-g                                         Jump to line
  86 M-g Tab                                         Jump to column
  87 C-a                                             Beginning of line
  88 C-e                                             End of line
  89 C-p                                             Back one line
  90 C-n                                             Forward one line
  91 C-b                                             Back one character
  92 C-n                                             Forward one character
  93 M-b                                             Back a word
  94 M-f                                             Forward a word
  95 M-a                                             Backward sentence
  96 M-e                                             Forward sentence
  97 M-v                                             Back page
  98 C-v                                             Forward page
  99 M-{                                             Back one paragraph
 100 M-}                                             Forward one paragraph
 101 M-<                                             Top of file
 102 M->                                             End of file