Emacs cheatsheet for common key commands

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Diffing

cmd	operation
⌥x, ediff	file diff
⌥x, dired	folder diff

Cursor

cmd	operation
^f	forward one character
^n	next line
^p	previous line
^a	start of line
^e	end of line
⌥f	next word
⌥b	last word
⌥a	last sentence
⌥e	next sentence
⌥v	page up
^v	page down
⌥g,g	go to line
^␣	mark location
^x,^x	return to mark
^u,^␣	cycle through marks
⎋,>	end of buffer

Cut/Copy/Undo

cmd	operation
^_	undo
⌥⌫	delete previous word
^k	cut till end of line
⌥k	cut from start of line
^␣	highlight
⌥h	highlight paragraph
^w	delete highlighted
^y	paste (yank)
^w	cut (kill)
^c	copy (kill-ring-save)

Terminal

cmd	operation
⌥⇧1	single command
⌥
⌥x, shell	run a shell
⌥p	cycle historical commnds
^c,^z	stop process

Modes

cmd	operation
⌥x,text-mode	text mode

Files/Directories

cmd	operation
^x,^f	open file
^x,^s	save file

Buffers aka Tabs

cmd	operation
^x,^b	see all open buffers
^x,b	switch to buffer
^x,s	save all edited buffers
^x,k	kill active buffer

Searching

cmd	operation
^s	search forward
^r	search backwards (reverse)
⌥⇧5	search & replace
⌥^s	regex search & replace

Panes/Windowing

cmd	operation
^x, 1	close all panes
^x, 2	bottom panes split
^x, 3	right panes split
^x, o	switch panes
^x, ^b	list old buffers

Debugger

cmd	operation
^x, ielm	lisp repl
c	close

Packages

package-refresh-contents