Summary of Common emacs/xemacs Commands
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C-v Move forward one screenful
M-v Move backward one screenful
C-l Clear screen and redisplay everything
(Putting the text near the cursor at the centre of the screen)
C-p Move to the previous line
C-n Move to the next line
C-b Move backward one character
C-f Move forward one character
C-d Delete one character
C-k Kill from the cursor position to end of line
C-y To yank the lastly killed text back
C-a Move to the begining of the line
C-e Move to the end of the line
M-k Kill to the end of the current sentence
M-f Move forward one word
M-b Move backward one word
M-a Move to the begining of the sentence
M-e Move to the end of the sentence
M-< Move to the begining of the file
M-> Move to the end of the file
M-d Kill the next word after the cursor
C-x u Undoes one command's worth of changes
C-x C-s Save the file
C-x C-w Write to the file
C-x C-f retrieve/open a file
C-u n C-f Move forward `n' characters (n should be a number)
C-x C-c Save file and exit
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Notes:
C stands for the control (Ctrl) key. When using a control key combination,
hold the Ctrl key down while pressing the second key in the combination.
M stands for meta-key and is usually the escape (Esc) key. When using
a meta-key combination, press the meta-key, release it, then press the
second key in the combination.
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