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Emacs Shortcuts

7 categories ยท 41 shortcuts

01

Basics

6 shortcuts
  • Save fileC-xC-s
  • Quit EmacsC-xC-c
  • Open fileC-xC-f
  • Cancel commandC-g
  • UndoC-xu
  • Undo (alternative)C-/
02

Movement

8 shortcuts
  • Forward charC-f
  • Backward charC-b
  • Previous lineC-p
  • Next lineC-n
  • Beginning of lineC-a
  • End of lineC-e
  • Scroll upM-v
  • Scroll downC-v
03

Editing

7 shortcuts
  • Delete charC-d
  • Kill wordM-d
  • Kill lineC-k
  • Yank (paste)C-y
  • Yank previous killM-y
  • Kill regionC-w
  • Copy regionM-w
04

Search

5 shortcuts
  • Search forwardC-s
  • Search backwardC-r
  • Query replaceM-%
  • Regex search forwardC-M-s
  • Regex search backwardC-M-r
05

Buffers

5 shortcuts
  • Switch bufferC-xb
  • List buffersC-xC-b
  • Kill bufferC-xk
  • Previous bufferC-xleft
  • Next bufferC-xright
06

Windows

5 shortcuts
  • Delete windowC-x0
  • Delete other windowsC-x1
  • Split belowC-x2
  • Split rightC-x3
  • Other windowC-xo
07

Macros

5 shortcuts
  • Start macroF3
  • End macroF4
  • Execute macroC-xe
  • Execute macro N timesC-uF4
  • Edit macroC-xC-k