Emacs: Setup Standard Copy Cut Paste Keys
Standard keyboard shortcuts for Copy Paste
If you prefer standard keys such as
Ctrl+c
for
copy,
Ctrl+x
for cut
Ctrl+v
for paste, then turn on CUA mode.
Alt+x cua-mode
to toggle it on/off.

cua-mode
activates the following keyboard shortcuts:
- Ctrl+x for cut
- Ctrl+c for copy
- Ctrl+v for paste
- Ctrl+z for undo (Emacs 23 (Released 2009-07))
To have cua-mode
always on,
put this in your Emacs Init File:
;; make {copy, cut, paste, undo} have {C-c, C-x, C-v, C-z} keys (cua-mode 1)
Standard keyboard shortcuts for {Open, Close, Save, Save As, Select All, etc}
If you want standard keys for
- copy
- cut
- paste
- undo
- select all
- open
- close
- save
- save as
- new
- find