Emacs Shortcut Cheatsheet - University of Washington

[Pages:1]Emacs Shortcut Cheatsheet

C-x means: hold Control and x at the same time

M-x means: type escape then x, or Meta and x

Starting Emacs:

start emacs! !

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Exiting Emacs:

suspend emacs! !

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exit emacs!

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Files:

read file!

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visit file other window! !

save file!

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insert file! !

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write buffer to file! !

Getting Help:

first time users!!

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second time users!

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help on keystroke!

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help on function!!

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man page!

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Error recovery:

abort command! !

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recover lost file!

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undo! !

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restore buffer! !

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redraw screen! !

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Moving around:! !

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move by character!

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move by word! !

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move by line! !

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move by sentence!!

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goto end of line!!

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move by screen! !

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top or bottom of buffer! !

center screen here!

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Marking:

set mark!

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exchange point and mark! !

mark buffer ! !

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Registers

copy region to reg!

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get region from reg!

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emacs

C-z C-x C-c

C-x C-f C-x C-v C-x C-s C-x i C-x C-w

C-h t C-h ? C-h k C-h f M-x manual-entry

C-g M-x recover-file C-_ M-x revert-buffer C-l

Back! C-b! M-b! C-p! M-a! C-a! M-v! C-x [! C-x l

Forth C-f M-f C-n M-e C-e C-v C-x ]

C-space C-x x C-x h

C-x C-x C-x g

Killing and Deleting: ! !

delete character!!

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delete word! !

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delete rest of line!

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sent! !

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region! !

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yank back (replace line cut)!

zap to ! !

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Transpose

characters!

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words! !

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lines! !

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Back! Forth Delete! C-d M-Del! M-d M-0 C-k! C-k C-x Del! M-k C-w C-y M-z

C-t M-t C-x C-t

Content borrowed and updated (with permission) from Duane A. Bailey's guidelines from 2007.

Searching

forward!!

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backward!

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forward expression!

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backward expression!

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exit search! !

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undo last search char! !

abort search! !

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Query Replace:

start query replace ! !

query replace word!

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Once searching...

replace & search!!

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replace & stay here!

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backup to previous!

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ignore and go on!!

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replace all remaining! !

exit! !

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Multiple Open Windows: keep just this window! ! split window vertically! ! split window horizontal.!! switch to a diff. window!!

Buffers:

switch to another buffer!!

list all other buffers! !

kill this buffer!!

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minibuffer!

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Within Minibuffer:

complete command!!

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show completions!!

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complete and execute! !

previous input ! !

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next input!

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abort! !

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Keyboard Macros:

start defining! !

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stop defining! !

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execute macro! !

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Compile something

Compile window! !

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Find next error !!

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Fun Stuff

dungeon!!

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tetris! !

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hide & seek! !

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psychotherapy! !

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gomoku! !

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robot game!

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the snake game! !

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peg solitare! !

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C-s C-r C-M-s C-M-r Return Delete C-g

M-% C-u M-%

Space , ^ Delete ! Return

C-x 1 C-x 2 C-x 3 C-x o

C-x b C-x C-b C-x k M-x

Tab ? Return M-p M-n C-q

C-x ( C-x ) C-x e

M-x compile C-x '

M-x dunnet M-x tetris M-x blackbox M-x doctor M-x gomoku M-x landmark M-x snake M-x solitare

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