- M-% prompt for search and replace strings
- Spacebar Replace text and find the next occurrence
- Del Leave text as is and find the next occurrence
- . (period) Replace text, then stop looking for occurrences
- ! (exclamation) Replace all occurrences without asking
- ^ (caret) Return the cursor to previously replaced text
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C-x C-f "find" file i.e. open/create a file in buffer
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C-x C-s save the file
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C-x C-w write the text to an alternate name
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C-x C-v Read a different file into emacs, replacing the current buffer
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C-x i insert file at cursor position
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C-x b create/switch buffers
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C-x C-b show buffer list
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C-x k kill buffer
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C-z suspend emacs
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C-X C-c close down emacs
- M-< Go to the beginning of the buffer
- M-> Go to the end of the buffer
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C- Set mark
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C-x C-x Exchange cursor and mark(used to verify you have marked the desired region)
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M-h Mark current paragraph
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C-x C-p Mark current page
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C-x h Mark entire buffer
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C-w Kill the marked region
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M-w Copy the marked region