emacs-shortcuts.txt

emacs: commands

Some custom ones:

C-x f - find file in project
C-x a - ack/ag in project
C-x t - toggle neotree
C-x m - magit status

C-c TAB - helm buffer list

Common combos:

M-b M-d - move to beginning of word, kill word

M-| enter "pbcopy" - will copy selected region to osx clipboard
M-! then enter command to run on shell

C-x b RET - use back and forth to switch between 2 last used buffers

# Movement
C-v           down a page
M-v           up a page
M-r           cycle point between top, middle, and bottom of current view

# Editing
C-d           kill letter under cursor
M-d           kill to end of word under cursor / next word
C-k           kill to end of line
C-x h         select full document
C-<SPACE>     start marker for highlighting
C-n / C-p     expand highlight down or up
C-w           kill the selected region
M-w           copy the selected region
C-y           paste last thing killed/copied
M-y           cycle through recent kills/copies
M-;           comment/uncomment current line, or selected region
C-x >         indent current line or region 2 spaces
C-x <         unindent current line or region 2 spaces
C-@           expand region
C-x C-t       flip current line with one above it

# Search and replace
C-s           search forward in current buffer
C-r           search backwards in current buffer
C-s C-w       opens search prompt with word under cursor filled in

M-x query-replace
              specify what to search for, and what to replace with
              * will ask you to verify each replace
              * press y (or SPACE) to replace selected item
              * press n to not replace
M-%           Same as above

# Edit utilities
M-u           uppercase word (if at beginning of word)
M-l           lowercase word ( "" )
M-c           capitalize word ( "" )
M-/           autocomplete word based on current buffer
M-$           check spelling of word under cursor (ispell must be installed)
Also available:
M-x ispell-buffer
M-x ispell-region


# Org mode
<TAB>         collapse/expand section
S-<TAB>       collapse/expand all sections
M-S <up/dn>   move subtree up or down
M-S <rt/lft>  demote/promote subtree (and children)
C-c C-t       toggle todo status
S-<rt/lt>     " (need to double check)
C-c C-w       move current item under another (will be prompted)
C-x n s       narrow down on current subtree
C-x n w       to widen back to full doc
C-c o         open personal Todo file
C-c w         open work Todo file
C-c C-x C-a   archive current entry

# lisp & slime

M-x slime     to start up slime REPL
In editor:
C-c C-c       to compile the current function at point, loading in SLIME
C-c C-k       to compile the current file, loading in SLIME
C-c C-z       to switch to REPL

C-c M-o       clear REPL buffer

M-n           slime-next-note
M-p           slime-prev-note

M-.           jump to function declaration
M-,           jump back to where you came from

C-c C-c C-d   describe symbol
C-c C-]       slime-close-all-parens-in-sexp
C-c TAB       slime-complete-symbol
C-c C-t       slime-toggle-fancy-trace (and un-trace)
C-c C-w C-c   slime-who-calls
C-c RETURN    macroexpand interactively
C-c M-d       disassemble a function
C-c I         slime-inspect
C-h m         

In REPL:

,             brings up command list
              choose "quit" or "sayonara" to exit

# Upgrading packages

M-x package-list-packages
              will update list of all packages available
              and show list.
U             mark all packages upgradable to upgrade
x             upgrade all marked packages


# Help
C-h f         find definition for function

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C-l Center on cursor, 2x to take line to top of page

C-f Move forward a character
C-b Move backward a character

M-f Move forward a word
M-b Move backward a word

C-n Move to next line
C-p Move to previous line

C-a Move to beginning of line
C-e Move to end of line

M-a Move back to beginning of sentence
M-e Move forward to end of sentence

M-< beginning of doc
M-> end of doc

C-u NUMBER C-n Down NUMBER lines
C-u NUMBER C-p Up NUMBER lines, etc

<DEL>    Delete the character just before the cursor
C-d      Delete the next character after the cursor

M-<DEL>  Kill the word immediately before the cursor
M-d      Kill the next word after the cursor

C-k      Kill from the cursor position to end of line
M-k      Kill to the end of the current sentence

C-x C-f   Find file
C-x C-s   Save file
C-x s     Save some buffers
C-x C-b   List buffers
C-x b     Switch buffer
C-x k     close current buffer
C-x C-c   Quit Emacs
C-x 1     Delete all but current split
C-x u     Undo

C-s       for forward search
C-r       for reverse search

C-x 2     splits the screen into two horizontal windows
C-x 3     splits the screen into two vertical windows
C-x o     jumps to other window
C-x 1     delete all but one window
C-M-v     scrolls/pages other window

C-space to set a mark, then text between that and cursor you can kill (C-w), or copy (M-w)
C-x C-x to switch mark & cursor positions - like a temp bookmark