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Emacs Notes

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Emacs Commands

General Commands

C-x C-c Exit Emacs
C-g Quit partially entered command
C-z - Suspend Emacs, returns to command line, fg or %emacs to return back
<ESC> <ESC> <ESC> - get out of recursive editing level etc.

Help

C-h <character - to get help about a specific subject
C-h ? - To get Emacs' generic help
C-h c C-p - Mini help about the C-p function
C-h k C-P - Full documentation for theC-p function
C-h f - Find a function by describing it
C-h v - displays the documentation about variables
C-h a - Find documentation using keyword, command apropos
C-h i - Opens Emacs manuals

Screen Movement

C-v View next screen
M-v View previous screen
C-l Center the cursor and text to middle of the screen
C-l C-l Move text and cursor to top of the screen
C-l C-l C-l Move text and cursor to bottom of the screen
M-< Beginning of the document
M-> End of the document

Modifier

C-u 8 C-f - Move forward 8 characters
C-u 8 C-v - Move down 8 lines
C-u 5 * - Inserts *****

Cursor Movement

C-f Forward one character
C-b Backwards one character
C-p Previous line
C-n Next line

Word Movement

M-f Forward one word
M-b Backward one word
- When cursor is in the middle of the word
- When cursor is in the white space it skips the word

Line Movement

C-a Beginning of the line
M-a Beginning of the sentence
C-e End of the line
M-e End of the sentence

Deleting

<DEL> - Delete a character before the cursor
C-d - Delete a character after the cursor
M-<DEL> - Kill the word before the cursor
M-d - Kill the word after the cursor
C-k - Kill all from cursor position to end of line
M-k - Kill all from cursor position to end of sentence
C-<SPC> M-e C-w - Kill all text in the selection

Yanking

C-y - Yanks / pasted the killed text
C-m - Yanks the previous killed text
M-x replace-string foo bar - replaces the string foo with bar in the text following the cursor

Undo

C-/ - Undo command
C-_ - Undo command
C-x u - Undo command

Files

C-x C-f Find a file - Open a file
C-x C-s - Save the file
M-x recover-file - Recovers an autosaved version of the file after a crash

Buffers

C-x 1 - Kill all other windows
C-x C-b - List all buffers
C-x b buffer_name - Switch to a different buffer
C-x s - Save some buffers

Windows

C-x 2 - Split the current buffer into 2
C-x o - To move the cursor to the other window
C-M-v - Scroll down the other window
C-x 4 C-f - Open a file in a split

Frames

M-x make-frame - Creates a new frame
M-x delete-frame - Removes the selected frame

Extend Commands

C-x - Character extend, followed by one character
M-x - Named command extend, followed by a long name

Switching Modes

M-x fundametal-mode - Switches to the fundamental major mode
M-x text-mode - Switches to text major mode
C-x m - Get documentation about the current mode
C-x auto-fill-mode - Activates the auto-fill minor mode
C-u 2 0 C-x f - Changes the auto-fill line to 20
M-q - Auto-fill will re-fill a previosuly set paraghraph if initiated inside the paragraph

Searching

C-s - Forward search, additional C-s will go to next result <DEL> will go back
C-r - Reverse search

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spacemacs.md

Spacemacs Commands

Spacemacs Specifics

<SPC> f f - Find file, use <Tab> to autocomplete.
<SPC> b b - Buffer switch, type the buffer name.
<SPC> : - Run Emacs functions, same as M-x.
<SPC> h d f - Help Define Function, defines the function that can be run with M-x.
<SPC> w / - Split the window vertically.
<SPC> w - - Split the window horizontally.
<SPC> 0...<SPC> 9 - Switch between windows, or use <SPC> w j where j is the direction.

General Commands

C-x C-c Exit Emacs
C-g Quit partially entered command
C-z - Suspend Emacs, returns to command line, fg or %emacs to return back (Spacemacs: C-z has been rebound, use C-x C-z instead)
<ESC> <ESC> <ESC> - get out of recursive editing level etc.

Help

C-h <character - to get help about a specific subject
C-h ? - To get Emacs' generic help
C-h c C-p - Mini help about the C-p function
C-h k C-P - Full documentation for theC-p function
C-h f - Find a function by describing it
C-h v - displays the documentation about variables
C-h a - Find documentation using keyword, command apropos
C-h i - Opens Emacs manuals

Screen Movement

C-v View next screen (Spacemacs: )
M-v View previous screen
C-l Center the cursor and text to middle of the screen
C-l C-l Move text and cursor to top of the screen
C-l C-l C-l Move text and cursor to bottom of the screen
M-< Beginning of the document
M-> End of the document

Modifier

C-u 8 C-f - Move forward 8 characters
C-u 8 C-v - Move down 8 lines
C-u 5 * - Inserts *****

Cursor Movement

C-f Forward one character (Spacemacs: Use vim bindings)
C-b Backwards one character (Spacemacs: Use vim bindings)
C-p Previous line (Spacemacs: Use vim bindings)
C-n Next line (Spacemacs: Use vim bindings)

Word Movement

M-f Forward one word
M-b Backward one word
- When cursor is in the middle of the word
- When cursor is in the white space it skips the word

Line Movement

C-a Beginning of the line
M-a Beginning of the sentence
C-e End of the line (Spacemacs: Use vim bindings)
M-e End of the sentence

Deleting

<DEL> - Delete a character before the cursor
C-d - Delete a character after the cursor (Spacemacs: Use vim binding)
M-<DEL> - Kill the word before the cursor
M-d - Kill the word after the cursor
C-k - Kill all from cursor position to end of line
M-k - Kill all from cursor position to end of sentence
C-<SPC> M-e C-w - Kill all text in the selection (Spacemacs: C-w was rebound)

Yanking

C-y - Yanks / pasted the killed text (Spacemacs: C-y was rebound)
C-m - Yanks the previous killed text
M-x replace-string foo bar - replaces the string foo with bar in the text following the cursor

Undo

C-/ - Undo command
C-_ - Undo command
C-x u - Undo command (Spacemacs: C-x u was rebound, use C-_ instead)

Files

C-x C-f Find a file - Open a file
C-x C-s - Save the file
M-x recover-file - Recovers an autosaved version of the file after a crash

Buffers

C-x 1 - Kill all other windows (Spacemacs: Use f menu instead)
C-x C-b - List all buffers
C-x b buffer_name - Switch to a different buffer
C-x s - Save some buffers

Windows

C-x 2 - Split the current buffer into 2
C-x o - To move the cursor to the other window
C-M-v - Scroll down the other window
C-x 4 C-f - Open a file in a split

Frames

M-x make-frame - Creates a new frame
M-x delete-frame - Removes the selected frame

Extend Commands

C-x - Character extend, followed by one character
M-x - Named command extend, followed by a long name

Switching Modes

M-x fundametal-mode - Switches to the fundamental major mode
M-x text-mode - Switches to text major mode
C-x m - Get documentation about the current mode
C-x auto-fill-mode - Activates the auto-fill minor mode
C-u 2 0 C-x f - Changes the auto-fill line to 20
M-q - Auto-fill will re-fill a previosuly set paraghraph if initiated inside the paragraph

Searching

C-s - Forward search, additional C-s will go to next result <DEL> will go back
C-r - Reverse searchisdlfksdlkfasdkl j

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