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GNU Emacs keyboard shortcuts (filtered)
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First published at 4/9/2018 on https://defkey.com/gnu-emacs-shortcuts

GNU Emacs is the most popular port of the Emacs text editor. It's developed
by GNU Project's founder Richard Stallman and dubbed "most powerful text
editor of today". GNU Emacs can open text files in multiple character sets
and its functionality can be enhanced with Emacs Lisp programs.



Files
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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + V  Replace this file with another file
Ctrl + X then Ctrl + Q  Toggle read only status of buffer


Leaving Emacs
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Ctrl + Z                Suspend or iconify Emacs
Ctrl + X then Ctrl + C  Exit Emacs completely


Help
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The help system is simple. Type Ctrl + H or F1 and follow the directions.
If you are a first time user, type Ctrl + H for a tutorial.

Ctrl + Meta + V         Scroll help window


Error recovery
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Ctrl + _                Undo an unwanted change


Motion
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Ctrl + B                Character - backward
Ctrl + F                Character - forward
Meta + F                Word - forward
Meta + {                Paragraph - backward
Meta + <                Go to beginning of buffer
Meta + >                Go to end of buffer
Meta + V                Scroll to previous screen


Killing and deleting
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Meta + W                Copy region to kill ring


Query replace
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Valid responses in query-replace mode are replace, skip, back up and exit.



Case change
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Meta + C                Capitalize word
Ctrl + X then Ctrl + U  Uppercase region
Ctrl + X then Ctrl + L  Lowercase region


The minibuffer
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The following keys are defined in the minibuffer.

Tab                     Complete as much as possible
Enter                   Complete and execute


Spelling check
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Meta + $                Check spelling of current word


Simple customization
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Source: GNU Emacs refcard


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