“M” = Esc; “C” = Ctl; “S” = Shift

Windows

• C-x 2 # split into 2 windows
• C-x 1 # keep only the current window
• C-x 0 # shift to another window

Some basics

• C-x u = C_ # undo
• C-x C-f # find a file
• C-g # cancel command
• C-l # move to the middle
• C-e / C-a # sentence end/head

Emacs Shell

• M-x shell # enter shell mode
• M-h –> ESC-l # use marked region to shell
• C-c C-u # earase current line
• C-c C-w # erase previous word
• C-c C-z # suspend current job
• C-c C-c # terminate current job
• C-c C-o # delete last output
• C-c C-y # to another buffer
• M-p # retrieves the last command

Select text

• letter by letter: S+ left/right
• word by word: S+Alt+ left/right ctrl+alt+left/right
• select all: Ctrl+S+alt+A

Move cursor

• from here to the end/beginning: ctrl+S+End/Home
• from here to the next ]: Ctrl+S+]
• to the previous/next lines: S+up/down | S+Pageup/Pagedown
• from here to the previous position: Ctrl+=