Emacs

• open file C-x C-f
• save file C-x C-s
• search C-s
• M-x minibuffer
• quit C-x C-c
• C-x 1 keel only current window
  • C-x 2
  • C-x 3
• C-h t open help doc
• C-a Home C-e End
• C-v PGDN M-v PGUP
• C-f, M-f, forward char/word
• C-b, M-b, backward char/word
• M-q text align
• C-g quit command minibuffer

Full List

Emacs Commands List

C = Control M = Meta = Alt|Esc

Basics C-x C-f "find" file i.e. open/create a file in buffer C-x C-s save the file C-x C-w write the text to an alternate name C-x C-v find alternate file C-x i insert file at cursor position C-x b create/switch buffers C-x C-b show buffer list C-x k kill buffer C-z suspend emacs C-X C-c close down emacs

Basic movement C-f forward char C-b backward char C-p previous line C-n next line M-f forward one word M-b backward one word C-a beginning of line C-e end of line C-v one page up M-v scroll down one page M-< beginning of text M-> end of text

Editing M-n repeat the following command n times C-u repeat the following command 4 times C-u n repeat n times C-d delete a char M-d delete word M-Del delete word backwards C-k kill line

C-Space Set beginning mark (for region marking for example) C-W "kill" (delete) the marked region region M-W copy the marked region C-y "yank" (paste) the copied/killed region/line M-y yank earlier text (cycle through kill buffer) C-x C-x exchange cursor and mark

C-t transpose two chars M-t transpose two words C-x C-t transpose lines M-u make letters uppercase in word from cursor position to end M-c simply make first letter in word uppercase M-l opposite to M-u

Important C-g quit the running/entered command C-x u undo previous action M-x revert-buffer RETURN (insert like this) undo all changes since last save M-x recover-file RETURN Recover text from an autosave-file M-x recover-session RETURN if you edited several files

Online-Help C-h c which command does this keystroke invoke C-h k which command does this keystroke invoke and what does it do? C-h l what were my last 100 typed keys C-h w what key-combo does this command have? C-h f what does this function do C-h v what's this variable and what is it's value C-h b show all keycommands for this buffer C-h t start the emacs tutorial C-h i start the info reader C-h C-k start up info reader and go to a certain key-combo point C-h F show the emacs FAQ C-h p show infos about the Elisp package on this machine

Search/Replace C-s Search forward C-r search backward C-g return to where search started (if you are still in search mode) M-% query replace Space or y replace this occurence Del or n don't replace . only replace this and exit (replace) , replace and pause (resume with Space or y) ! replace all following occurences ^ back to previous match RETURN or q quit replace

Search/Replace with regular expressions Characters to use in regular expressions: ^ beginning of line $ end of line . single char .* group or null of chars \< beginning of a word \> end of a word [] every char inside the backets (for example [a-z] means every small letter)

M C-s RETURN search for regular expression forward M C-r RETURN search for regular expression backward M C-s incremental search C-s repeat incremental search M C-r incremental search backwards C-r repeat backwards M-x query-replace-regexp search and replace

Window-Commands C-x 2 split window vertically C-x o change to other window C-x 0 delete window C-x 1 close all windows except the one the cursors in C-x ^ enlarge window M-x shrink-window command says it ;-) M C-v scroll other window C-x 4 f find file in other window C-x 4 o change to other window C-x 4 0 kill buffer and window C-x 5 2 make new frame C-x 5 f find file in other frame C-x 5 o change to other frame C-x 5 0 close this frame

Bookmark commands C-x r m set a bookmark at current cursor pos C-x r b jump to bookmark M-x bookmark-rename says it M-x bookmark-delete " M-x bookmark-save " C-x r l list bookmarks d mark bookmark for deletion r rename bookmark s save all listed bookmarks f show bookmark the cursor is over m mark bookmarks to be shown in multiple window v show marked bookmarks (or the one the cursor is over) t toggle listing of the corresponding paths w " path to this file x delete marked bookmarks Del ? q quit bookmark list

M-x bookmark-write write all bookmarks in given file M-x bookmark-load load bookmark from given file

Shell M-x shell starts shell modus C-c C-c same as C-c under unix (stop running job) C-d delete char forward C-c C-d Send EOF C-c C-z suspend job (C-z under unix) M-p show previous commands

DIRectory EDitor (dired) C-x d start up dired C (large C) copy d mark for erase D delete right away e or f open file or directory g reread directory structure from file G change group permissions (chgrp) k delete line from listing on screen (don't actually delete) m mark with * n move to next line o open file in other window and go there C-o open file in other window but don't change there P print file q quit dired Q do query-replace in marked files R rename file u remove mark v view file content x delete files marked with D z compress file M-Del remove all marks (whatever kind) ~ mark backup files (name~ files) for deletion

1. mark auto-save files (#name#) for deletion

• / mark directory with * (C-u * removes that mark again)

= compare this file with marked file M-= compare this file with it's backup file ! apply shell command to this file M-} change to the next file marked with * od D M-{ " previous " % d mark files described through regular expression for deletion % m " (with *) + create directory > changed to next dir < change to previous dir s toggle between sorting by name or date

Maybe into this category also fits this command: M-x speedbar starts up a separate window with a directory view

Telnet M-x telnet starts up telnet-modus C-d either delete char or send EOF C-c C-c stop running job (similar to C-c under unix) C-c C-d send EOF C-c C-o clear output of last command C-c C-z suspend execution of command C-c C-u kill line backwards M-p recall previous command

Text Works only in text mode M-s center line M-S center paragraph M-x center-region name says

Macro-commands C-x ( start macro definition C-x ) end of macro definition C-x e execute last definied macro M-n C-x e execute last defined macro n times M-x name-last-kbd-macro give name to macro (for saving) M-x insert-keyboard-macro save named macro into file M-x load-file load macro M-x macroname execute macroname

Programming M C-\ indent region between cursor and mark M-m move to first (non-space) char in this line M-^ attach this line to previous M-; formatize and indent comment C, C++ and Java Modes M-a beginning of statement M-e end of statement M C-a beginning of function M C-e end of function C-c RETURN Set cursor to beginning of function and mark at the end C-c C-q indent the whole function according to indention style C-c C-a toggle modus in which after electric signs (like {}:';./*) emacs does the indention C-c C-d toggle auto hungry mode in which emacs deletes groups of spaces with one del-press C-c C-u go to beginning of this preprocessor statement C-c C-c comment out marked area More general (I guess) M-x outline-minor-mode collapses function definitions in a file to a mere {...} M-x show-subtree If you are in one of the collapsed functions, this un-collapses it In order to achive some of the feats coming up now you have to run etags *.c *.h *.cpp (or what ever ending you source files have) in the source directory M-. (Thats Meta dot) If you are in a function call, this will take you to it's definition M-x tags-search ENTER Searches through all you etaged M-, (Meta comma) jumps to the next occurence for tags-search M-x tags-query-replace yum. This lets you replace some text in all the tagged files

GDB (Debugger) M-x gdb starts up gdm in an extra window

Version Control C-x v d show all registered files in this dir C-x v = show diff between versions C-x v u remove all changes since last checkin C-x v ~ show certain version in different window C-x v l print log C-x v i mark file for version control add C-x v h insert version control header into file C-x v r check out named snapshot C-x v s create named snapshot C-x v a create changelog file in gnu-style