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Discover Your Keybindings In Emacs
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An extremely useful thing to know in emacs is how to discover what keys are bound to which commands on your own.
If you know the name of the command -- goto-line. If you type 'C-h w' (Control+h and then w), Emacs will as you "Where is command: ". Type goto-line and hit enter, and it will tell you what keystrokes (if any) are bound to that command.
There are a bunch more similar features. 'C-h k' does the inverse -- asks you for a keystroke and then tells you the command it runs; 'C-h b' shows all current keybindings; 'C-h a' will search for a string, so you might type 'C-h a goto' to search for commands with "goto" in the name; 'C-h v' describes variables; 'C-h f' describes functions; etc.
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