Emacs Quick Reference



MOTION
c-E 		! end of line
c-A 		! beginning of line
c-F 		! forward one character
c-B 		! back one character
m-F, m-B 	! move by words
c-V, m-V 	! move by screens
c-N 		! down one line
c-P 		! up one line
c-m-F 		! forward one lisp form
c-m-B 		! back one lisp form
m-sh-< 		! to beginning of buffer
m-sh-> 		! to end of buffer

WINDOWS
c-X 1		! one window
c-X 2		! two windows
c-X o		! other window

MARKING
c-space 	! mark beginning of region

YANKING
c-Y 		! yank back last thing killed
m-Y 		! after a c-Y, yanks previous

REGIONS AND REGISTERS
c-X /		! store locn of point in register
c-X j		! register to point
c-X x		! copy region to register
c-X g		! insert contents of register
c-X r		! copy rectangular region to register



MISC
m-X undo
c-X u		! undo
c-X c-X		! exchange mark and point
c-X <ESC>	! redo last command
m-P     ! to cycle back
m-X exit-minibuffer


FORMAT
c-O 		! open a line
c-X c-O 	! close up blank lines

DELETION
c-D 		! delete char under cursor
m-delete, m-D 	! delete words
c-K 		! delete to EOL
c-W 		! kill region 
m-W 		! save region on kill history w/o deletion 
c-G 		! abort a region

BUFFERS
c-X c-B 	! list of ZMACS buffers
c-X c-S 	! save file
c-X c-W 	! write file
c-X c-F 	! retrieve file / create new buffer
c-X c-C 	! leave buffer without saving
c-X K   	! kill a buffer
c-X B 		! toggle buffers
c-X i 		! insert file
c-X s		! save some buffers
m-X dired	! enter dired; ? for help, f to select file
m-X list buffers	! list buffers


SEARCHING & REPLACING
c-R ! reverse search; c-R to repeat ; c-G to end and return
cursor to original locn.
c-S ! search forward

POSITION
m-X  goto-line
m-X  what-line
m-=		! number of lines in region
c-X =		! character position, code, more



HELP
c-h k		! describe key
c-h m		! describe major mode
<TAB>		! minibuffer complete
sh-/		! list completions


KEYS
m-X define-key
m-X global-set-key
m-X global-unset-key
m-X local-set-key


MAIL
m-X mail
c-C c-S		! send mail

TEX
m-X latex-mode
m-X validate-ex-buffer
m-x tex-region
m-x tex-buffer


LISP
c-m-h		! mark defun
c-X <esc>	! redo last command
<esc> p	! cycle through previous commands