Emacs cheat sheet
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Cheat sheet
Cursor motion
| Move… | Delete… | |||
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| Amount | …forward | …backward | …forward | …backward |
| Characters |
C-f
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C-b
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C-d
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DEL
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| Words |
M-f or M-RIGHT
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M-b or M-LEFT
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M-d
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M-DEL
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| Lines |
C-n
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C-p
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C-S-BACKSPACE
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| Sentences |
M-e
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M-a
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M-k
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C-x BACKSPACE
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| Expressions |
C-M-f
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C-M-b
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C-M-k
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C-M-DEL
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| Paragraphs |
M-}
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M-{
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| End/start of line |
C-e or END
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C-a or HOME
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| End/start of buffer |
M->
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M-<
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Cut/copy/paste
C-SPC
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Mark one end of region. Functions below will not work without marked region |
C-w
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Cut |
M-w
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Copy |
C-y
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Yank (paste) |
Searching and replacing
C-s
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Incremental search forward (searches as you type). If search string is empty, jumps to the next occurrence found previously |
C-r
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Incremental search backward (searches as you type). If search string is empty, jumps to the previous occurrence found previously |
C-M-s
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Regexp search forward (searches as you type) |
C-M-r
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Regexp search backward (searches as you type) |
M-x replace-string
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Replace string from cursor to end of buffer (prompts for string and replacement) |
M-x query-replace
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Replace string from cursor to end of buffer (querying for each occurrence) |
Files
C-x C-f
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Find or create new file |
C-x C-s
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Save file |
C-x C-w
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Write file (prompts for new name) |
Buffers
C-x C-b
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List buffers (in other window) |
C-x b
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Select buffer (prompts for buffer name) |
C-x s
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Save current buffer (prompts for buffer name) |
C-x k
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Kill buffer (prompts for buffer name) |
Scrolling
C-v
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Scroll one screen size down |
M-v
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Scroll one screen size up |
Windows
C-x 0
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Close current window |
C-x 2
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Split window vertically |
C-x 3
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Split window horizontally |
C-x o
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Next window |
M-x prev-window
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Previous window |
Miscellaneous
ESC ESC ESC
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Get me out of where I am now |
C-_ or C-x u
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Undo. After doing something else will undo the undo's |
C-x C-c
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Exit Emacs (asks about unsaved buffers and running programs) |
Getting help
C-h k
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Show command documentation (prompts for keystrokes) |
C-h c
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Show brief command description on message line (prompts for keystrokes) |
C-h a
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Runs apropos-command (prompts for regexp and shows all matching commands)
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C-h f
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Runs describe-function (prompts for command or function name, shows documentation in other window)
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C-h i
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Info browser (gives access to online documentation for Emacs and more) |
Some useful links
- GNU Emacs FAQ
- GNU Emacs Manual
- Emacs Lisp programming manual
- Other useful GNU Emacs manuals
- Emacs Cheat Sheet by David Cohen / Bob Rogers, on which cheat sheet is based
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