Emacs: Basic Key Shortcuts
Open, Save, Close, File
- Ctrl+x Ctrl+f (
find-file) - Open
- Ctrl+x Ctrl+s (
save-buffer) - Save
- Ctrl+x k (
kill-buffer) - Close
Move Cursor
Use the arrow keys ↑ ↓ ← →, and Home, End, PageUp, PageDown keys.
Ctrl+← and Ctrl+→ to move by word.
Ctrl+↑ and Ctrl+↓ to move by paragraph.
Also availble are the following more complex keys.
- Ctrl+Home or Alt+< (
beginning-of-buffer) - Beginning of file.
- Ctrl+End or Alt+> (
end-of-buffer) - End of document.
Select Text
you can hold shift key, and move cursor.
or
- Ctrl+Space (
set-mark-command) - Mark the starting position for copy/cut a text. (then move cursor to extend selection.)
- Ctrl+x h (
mark-whole-buffer) - Select All
Copy Paste
- Alt+w (
kill-ring-save) - Copy
- Ctrl+w (
kill-region) - Cut
- Ctrl+y (
yank) - Paste
Undo Redo
- Ctrl+/ (
undo) - Undo.
- Ctrl+? (
undo-redo) - redo.
Page Up Down
- Ctrl+v (
scroll-up-command) - page down
- Alt+v (
scroll-down-command) - page up
Delete Text
- Alt+d (
kill-word) - Delete the word to the right.
- Alt+Backspace ⌫ (
backward-kill-word) - Delete the previous word
- Ctrl+k (
kill-line) - Delete all characters from cursor to end of line
Split Window
- Ctrl+x 2 (
split-window-below) - Split window top/bottom
- Ctrl+x 3 (
split-window-right) - Split window side by side
- Ctrl+x 1 (
delete-other-windows) - Remove all split panes
- Ctrl+x o (
other-window) - Move cursor to the other pane
Search Text
To search a word, press Ctrl+s, then type your search text. Press Ctrl+s to find next occurrence. Press Enter to exit.