Emacs Cheat Sheet (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

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M-x replace-string

will prompt for string to search and replace, unconditionally replaces all occurrences

NAVIGATION

C-a

move to beginning of line

C-e

move to end of line

M-a

backward a sentence

M-e

forward a sentence

M-<

move to beginning of the buffer

M->

move to end of buffer

PROGRAMMING

make -k

compile using makefile

M-x comment-region

comments region of code

M-;

comment current line

M-x prolog-mode

Switch to Prolog language mode (default for ".pl" is Perl mode).

SHELLS

M-x shell

opens shell buffer within emacs

M-!

execute shell command

M-|

run shell command on region

C-u M-|

filter region through shell command

RECOVERY

M-x recover-session

recover session from backup in the event of crash

BUFFER LAYOUT AND NAVIGATION

C-x b

select another buffer

C-x C-b

list all buffers

C-x k

close buffer

C-x 0

close this window (when split)

C-x 1

go back to one buffer on screen

C-x 2

split screen horizontally (two windows)

C-x 3

split screen vertically (two windows)

C-x o

switch cursor to other buffer

C-l

Clear screen and redisplay, scrolling the selected window to center point vertically

within it (recenter).

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