Emacs

Summary

Keys for the emacs Editor. Memorize the keys!

Basics

Action	Shortcuts
Quit	C-x C-c
Open File	C-x C-f
Save	C-x C-s
Undo	C-/
Search (incremental)	C-s (then start typing search string)
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More

Question	Answer
Help (tutorial)	C-h t
Help (other options)	C-h ?
Switch to buffer (or file)	C-x b tab (then start typing name and press tab again)
Close buffer	C-x k enter
Cancel current command	C-g
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Misc

Cursor movement

The arrow keys can be used to move the cursor. Optionally, you can use the following keys to move the cursor as well.

Question	Answer
back (left)	C-b
forward (right)	C-f
previous line (up)	C-p
next line (down)	C-n
beginning of line	C-a
end of line	C-e
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More

Keys to navigate the file or terminal in addition to using the arrow keys.

Question	Answer
forward word	M-f
backward word	M-b
page down	C-v
page up	M-v
beginning of file	M-<
end of file	M->
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More

Question	Answer
View current dir	C-x C-f . enter
Split window	C-x 2
Jump to next window	C-x o
Close frame	C-x 0
Expand frame	C-x 1
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