Emacs Shortcuts + Commands

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

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

To access tabs quickly, the key commands Command-0,1,2 through 9 may be used; A-1 (normally: Command-1) will select the first, leftmost tab in the window.1 C-x v a: create changelog file in gnu-style

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Editing

Marks

On Buffers

Files

Buffers

Windows

Buffers and Windows

Frames

Bookmarks

Shell

Misc

Emacs

Help

Search/Replace

Textmate Mode

DDIRectory EDitor (dired)

Speedbar

Text Mode

Programming modes

Version Control

Aquamacs