User:Brian Smith/Emacs Reference
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I compiled these from a few online sources and the tutorial in emacs. If you find anything that should be changed just email me.
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[edit] General
press and hold the CTRL key C- press and hold META key (ALT on Windows) M- give an argument to command C-u [command] give a numerical argument # to command C-u # [command] abort partially typed or executing command C-g Undo last command(s) C-x u OR C-_ exit Emacs (asks about saving modified files) C-x C-c
[edit] Files and Buffers
create new or read existing file C-x C-f save a file to disk C-x C-s write file with different file name C-x C-w list current buffers C-x b insert contents of another file into this buffer C-x i save modified buffers (user choice) C-x s Revert current buffer M-x revert-buffer <Return> Kill current buffer C-x k
[edit] Windows
Display only current window C-x 1 Split screen into two windows C-x 2 Move cursor to other window C-x o
[edit] Moving the view
Forward/backward one screenful C-v / M-v Clear screen, redraw, center on cursor C-l (lower case L)
[edit] Moving the cursor in a file
Forward/backward one character C-f / C-b (also arrow keys)
Forward/backward one word M-f / M-b
Previous/Next line C-p / C-n (also arrow keys)
Beginning/End of current line C-a / C-e
Beginning/End of current sentence M-a / M-e
Beginning/End of whole text M-< / M->
Goto line M-x goto-line <Return>,
n <Return>
Mark and return cursor to point in file C-x /[character] to mark,
C-x j[character] to jump back
[edit] Manipulating text
Note that when you delete text more than one character at a time, it is saved so you can bring it back. Instead of 'deleting' this is called 'killing', and bringing it back is called 'yanking'.
Repeat a character n times C-u n [character to repeat]
Transpose characters to left of cursor C-t
Transpose current and previous line C-x t
Remove all whitespace to left of cursor M-\
Delete the character before/after cursor <Delete> / C-d
Kill the word before/after cursor M-<Delete> / M-d
Kill to end of current line/sentence C-k / M-k
Yank most recent text that has been killed C-y
Yank previous kills C-y then M-y
Kill/Copy a specified block C-@ or C-<Space>,
move cursor forward,
kill with C-w, copy with M-w
Kill a rectangular block C-@ or C-<Space>,
move cursor forward,
C-x C-x,
M-x kill-rectangle <Return>
Yank a rectangular block M-x yank-rectangle <Return>
Store and retrieve frequently used text C-x x[character] to save,
C-x g[character] to get text
[edit] Search and Replace
Incremental Search forward/backward C-s / C-r,
enter search term,
C-s / C-r to go to next occurrence,
<Return> to exit
Basic Replace M-%,
enter search and replacement terms,
y to replace, n to skip,
. to replace and exit,
! to replace all following matches,
^ to go back one match,
<Return> to exit
Regular Expression Search C-M-s / C-M-r,
enter search regular expression,
C-s / C-r to go to next occurrence,
<Return> to exit
[edit] Oz-specific Emacs commands
[edit] Oz Buffers
Create new Oz buffer C-. n Previous/Next Oz buffer M-p / M-n
[edit] Editing code
Note that an Oz definition is the text inside a proc, fun, class or meth up to it's matching end. An Oz expression is either a bracketed Oz construct (such as proc...end or local...end) or a single word.
Forward/backward Oz expression C-M-f / C-M-b Beginning/End of current Oz definition C-M-a / C-M-e Kill Oz expression C-M-k
[edit] Executing code
Feed buffer/region/line C-. AND C-b / C-r / C-l Evaluate and Browse buffer/region/line C-. b AND C-b / C-r / C-l Evaluate and Show buffer/region/line C-. s AND C-b / C-r / C-l
