Emacs commands list

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EMACS COMMANDS
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NOTE : Key combinations with the Control key are pressed simultaneously,
but for combinations with the Escape key press [Esc] first and then the other key.

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___NOTATION___

C-x Prefix used to manipulate
RET Return key
SPC The space bar
ESC The escape key, or, equivalently, C-[
M-.. The META character (usually escape key)M-x = ESC-x (But it can also be the ALT key)

[ALWAYS DO C-x BEFORE ANY OTHER COMMAND]

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___FILES, BUFFERS (Opened Windows) AND WINDOWS___

OPEN FILE C-x C-f

CLOSE FILE C-x k (kill buffer)

SAVE CHANGES C-x C-s

SAVE CHANGES AS C-x C-w (Write new file name and press ENTER)

UNDO C-_ (Underbar or underscore) or C-x u

SEARCH C-s

SWITCH BUFFERS C-x b

LIST BUFFERS C-x C-b

EXIT EMACS C-x C-c

UNSPLIT WINDOW C-x 1

C-x 1 -- one window,
C-x 2 -- two horizontal windows, and
C-x 3 -- two vertical windows.


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___HOW TO SEARCH___

>> Now type C-s to start a search. Type the word 'BUFFERS', Now you have searched for "BUFFERS", once.
>> Type C-s again, to search for the next occurrence of "BUFFERS" (finds forwards).
>> Now type four times and see how the cursor moves (it finds backwards).
>> Type to terminate the search.

 

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___MOVING THE CURSOR___

* Move to the Top of the file: [Esc] <

* Move to the End of the file: [Esc] >

* Next screen (page down): [Ctrl-V]

* Previous screen (page up): [Esc] V

* Start of the current line: [Ctrl-A]

* End of the current line: [Ctrl-E]

* Forward one word: [Esc] F

* Backward one word: [Esc] B

* Next Line [Ctrl-n]

* Next paragraph [Esc] }

 

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___CUT, COPY, AND PASTE___

*** First you set a mark
- either at the beginning or the end of the block of text that you want to cut or copy
- then move the cursor to the other end of the block of text and use the delete or copy command.

If you are copying, then move to the location where you want to paste and hit the paste command.

* Set a mark: [Ctrl-spacebar] or [Ctrl-@]

* Delete: [Ctrl-W]

* Copy: [Esc] W

* Paste: [Ctrl-Y]

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___SUBVERSION___

M-x vc-next-action (Where M is the ALT key)

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___READ AS UTF-8___

C-x C-m r utf-8
 
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___SAVE AS UTF-8___

C-x C-m f utf-8 (You will type utf-8 when asked about the coding system)