cboutter/emacs_commands.md

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    Simple Edit Commands

Cut C-w

Copy M-w

Paste C-y

Kill Word M-d
Advanced Edit Commands

Selecting and copying words or sexps without moving the cursor (c.f. http://emacswiki.org/emacs/CopyWithoutSelection)

C-M-SPC M-w
Kill rest of line or one or more lines (kill-line)

C-k
Buffers and windows

Create/switch buffers C-x b

Kill buffer C-x k
Rectangles

Kill the text of the region-rectangle, saving its contents as the "last killed rectangle" (kill-rectangle)

C-x r k
Yank the last killed rectangle with its upper left corner at point (yank-rectangle)

C-x r y