Emacs Shortcuts + Commands

emacsCoreCommands.md

Emacs Commands

Text

• C-f: move cursor forward one char
• C-b: mover cursor back one chart
• C-n: mover cursor to next line
• C-p: go to previous line
• M-f: forward one word
• M-b: move backward one word
• C-a: move to beginning of line
• C-e: move to end of line
• M-a: move to beginning of sentence
• M-e: move to end of sentence
• C-v: down one page
• M-v: up one page
• C-l: center on current line
• M-<: Move cursor to beginning of file
• M->: Move cursor to end of file

Editing

• C-d: delete char
• M-d: delete word forward
• M-del: delete word backwards
• C-k: delete line
• M-u: make uppercase
• M-c: make first letter uppercase
• M-1: make lowercase

Marks

• C-Space: Set mark start
• C-W: delete marked region
• M-W: copy marked region
• C-y: paste
• M-y: yank/paste earlier text
• C-x C-x: swap cursor and mark

On Buffers

• M | An asterisk means it has been modified since last sav
• R | A % sign if read olny
• Buffer | Name of buffer
• Size | Size of buffed
• Mode | Mode of buffer
• File | Name of file for buffer

Files

• C-x C-f: find file
• C-x C-s: save file
• C-x s: save any unsaved files
• C-x C-w: Save As
• C-x C-v: find alternate file
• C-x i: insert file at cursor position

Buffers

• C-x C-b: List Buffers
• C-x b : Switch to buffer with name
• C-x k: close current buffer

Windows

• C-x 0: Close current window
• C-x 1: Close all windows except current
• C-x 2: split window vertically
• C-x 3: split window horizontall
• C-x o: switch to other windowƒ
• C-x ^: enlarge window
• M-x shrink-window: shrink window
• M C-v: scroll other window
• C-x 4 f: find file in other window
• C-x 4 o: change to other winow
• C-x 4 0: kill buffer and window

Buffers and Windows

• buffer-move: Move window
• buf-move-right: swap buffer with one right
• buf-move-left: swap buffer with one left

Frames

• C-x 5 2: Create a new frame
• C-x 5 0: Delete current frame
• C-x 5 o: change to other frame
• C-x 5 1: Delete all but current frame

Bookmarks

• C-x r m: set bookmark at cursor
• C-x r b: jump to bookmark
• M-x bookmark-rename:
• M-x bookmark-delete:
• M-x bookmark-save:
• M-x bookmark-write:
• M-x bookmark-load:
• C-x r 1: list bookmarks
  • d mark bookmark for deletion
  • r rename bookmark
  • s save all listed bookmarks
  • f show bookmark the cursor is over
  • m mark bookmarks to be shown in multiple window
  • v show marked bookmarks (or the one the cursor is over)
  • t toggle listing of the corresponding paths
  • w " path to this file
  • x delete marked bookmarks
  • Del ?
  • q quit bookmark list

Shell

• M-x shell: starts shell modus
• C-c C-c: same as C-c in terminal (stop running job)
• C-d: delete char forward
• C-c C-d: Send EOF
• C-c C-z: same as C-z in terminal
• M-p: show previous commands

Misc

• C-g: quit running command
• M-n: repeat command n times
• C-u: repeat the following command 4 times
• C-u n: repeat n times
• C-x u: undo
• M-x revert-buffer: revert to last save
• M-x recover-file: revert to autosavefile
• M-x recover-sessions: revert to autosave for all files

Emacs

• C-z: suspend emacs
• C-x C-c: exit emacs

Help

• C-h c: which command does invoke
• C-h k: which command does invoke and what does it do
• C-h l: last 100 typed keys
• C-h w: what key-combo does have?
• C-h f: what does do?
• C-h v: what is and what is its value?
• C-h b: show key commands for buffer
• C-h t: start the emacs tutorial
• C-h i: start the info reader
• C-h C-k: start up info reader and go to a certain key-combo poin
• C-h F: show emacs FAQ

Search/Replace

• C-s: search forward
• C-r: search backward
• C-g: return to where search started (if you are still in search mode)
• M-%: query replace
  • Space or y replace this occurence
  • Del or n don't replace
  • . only replace this and exit (replace)
  • , replace and pause (resume with Space or y)
  • ! replace all following occurences
  • ^ back to previous match
  • RETURN or q quit replace

emacsPluginCommands.md

Emacs commands for various plugins

Textmate Mode

• ⌘T: Go to File
• ⇧⌘T: Go to Symbol
• ⌘L: Go to Line
• ⇧⌘L: Select Line (or expand Selection to select lines)
• ⌘/: Comment Line (or Selection/Region)
• ⌘]: Shift Right (currently indents region)
• ⌘[: Shift Left (not yet implemented)
• ⌥⌘]: Align Assignments
• ⌥⌘[: Indent Line
• ⌥↑: Column Up
• ⌥↓: Column Down
• ⌘RET: Insert Newline at Line's End
• ⌥⌘T: Reset File Cache (for Go to File)

DDIRectory EDitor (dired)

• C-x d: launch dired
• C(large C not CRTL): copy
• d: mark for erase
• D: delete
• f: open
• g: reread directory structure
• G: change permissions for group (chgrp)
• k: remove listing from screen but don't actually delete
• m: mark with *
• n: move to next line
• o: open file in new window and make window active
• C-o: open file in new window but don't go there
• P: print
• q: quite dired
• Q: find-replace in marked files
• R: rename file
• u: remove mark
• v: view contents (probably different from open views inline I bet)
• x: delete files marked with D
• z: compress file
• M-Del: remove all marks
• ~: mark backup files for deletion
• #: mark auto-save files for deletion
• */: mark directory with * (C-u * removes that mark again)
• =: compare this file with marked file
• M-=: compare this file with it's backup file
• !: apply shell command to file
• % d: mark files described through regular expression for deletion
• % m: " (with *)
• +: create directory

• : changed to next dir

• <: change to previous dir
• s: toggle between sorting by name or date

Speedbar

• M-x speedbar: launch speedbar

Text Mode

• M-s: center line
• M-s: center paragraph
• M-x center-region:

Programming modes

• M C-: indent region between cursor and mark
• M-m: move to first non-space
• M-^: attach line to previous
• M-a: beginning of statement
• M-e: end of statement
• M C-a: beginning of function
• M C-e: end of function
• M-x outline-minor-mode: collaspe
• M-x show-subtree: uncollaspe
• M-.: got to method/function definition

Version Control

• C-x v d: show all registered files in this dir
• C-x v =: show diff between versions
• C-x v u: remove all changes since last checkin
• C-x v ~: show certain version in different window
• C-x v l: print log
• C-x v i: mark file for version control add
• C-x v h: insert version control header into file
• C-x v r: check out named snapshot
• C-x v s: create named snapshot

Aquamacs

• ⌘N new-frame-with-new-scratch Open a new empty window/frame
• ⌘O mac-find-file-other-frame Open a new window/frame with a file
• ⇧⌘S mac-key-save-file-as Save as (using file panel)
• ⇧⌘O mac-key-open-file-other-frame Find file in another frame (using file panel)
• ⌘A mark-whole-buffer Select all text
• ⌘V cua-paste(yank) Paste text
• ⌘C clipboard-kill-ring-save Copy text
• ⌘X clipboard-kill-region Cut text
• ⌘S mac-key-save-file Save file
• ⌘L goto-line Go to specified line
• ⌘F isearch-forward Search
• ⌘G isearch-repeat-forward Repeat search
• ⌘W close-window Close window
• ⌘M iconify-or-deiconify-frame Minimize window to the Dock
• ⌘Q aquamacs-save-buffers-kill-emacs Save file, exit program
• ⌘Z undo Undo
• ⇧⌘Z redo Redo
• ⌘ spellcheck-now Interactive spell-checking
• ^ toggle-pass-option-to-system Toggle: allow input of special characters with Option key / use Option key as Emacs Meta key

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