GNU Emacs keyboard shortcuts 

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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + F

Read a file into Emacs

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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + S

Save a file back to disk

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Ctrl + X then S

Save all files

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Ctrl + X then I

Insert contents of another file into this buffer

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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + V

Replace this file with another file

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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + W

Write buffer to specified file

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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + Q

Toggle read only status of buffer

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Ctrl + Z

Suspend or iconify Emacs

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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + C

Exit Emacs completely

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.
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Ctrl + X then 1

Remove help window

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + V

Scroll help window

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Ctrl + H then A

Show commands matching a string

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Ctrl + H then K

Describe the function a key runs

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Ctrl + H then F

Describe a function

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Ctrl + H then M

Get mode specific information

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Ctrl + G

Abort partially typed or executing command

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♦ Meta + X

then type recover-session to recover files lost by a system crash

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Ctrl + X then U

Undo an unwanted change

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or Ctrl + _
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or Ctrl + /
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♦ Meta + X

then type revert-buffer to restore a buffer to its original contents

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Ctrl + L

Redraw garbaged screen

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Ctrl + S

Search forward

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Ctrl + R

Search backward

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + S

Regular expression search

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + R

Reverse regular expression search

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♦ Meta + P

Select previous search string

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♦ Meta + N

Select next later search string

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⤶ Enter

Exit incremental search

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Del

Undo effect of last character

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Ctrl + G

Abort current search

Use Ctrl + S or Ctrl + R again to repeat the search in either direction. If Emacs is still searching, Ctrl + G cancels only the part not matched.
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Ctrl + B

Character - backward

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Ctrl + F

Character - forward

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♦ Meta + B

Word - backward

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♦ Meta + F

Word - forward

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Ctrl + P

Line - backward

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Ctrl + N

Line - forward

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Ctrl + A

Go to line beginning

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Ctrl + E

Go to line ending

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♦ Meta + A

Sentence - backward

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♦ Meta + E

Sentence - forward

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♦ Meta + {

Paragraph - backward

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♦ Meta + }

Paragraph - forward

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Ctrl + X then [

Page - backward

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Ctrl + X then ]

Page - forward

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + B

sexp - backward

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + F

sexp - forward

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + A

function - backward

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + E

function - forward

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♦ Meta + <

Go to beginning of buffer

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♦ Meta + >

Go to end of buffer

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Ctrl + V

Scroll to next screen

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♦ Meta + V

Scroll to previous screen

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Ctrl + X then <

Scroll left

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Ctrl + X then >

Scroll right

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Ctrl + L

Scroll current line to center, top, bottom

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♦ Meta + G then G

Go to line

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♦ Meta + G then C

Go to character

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♦ Meta + M

Back to indentation

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Del

Character (delete, not kill) - backward

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Ctrl + D

Character (delete, not kill) - forward

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♦ Meta + Del

Word - backward

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♦ Meta + D

Word - forward

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♦ Meta + 0 then Ctrl + K

Line (to end of) - backward

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Ctrl + K

Line (to end of) - forward

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Ctrl + X then Del

Sentence - backward

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♦ Meta + K

Sentence - forward

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♦ Meta + - then Ctrl + ♦ Meta + K

sexp - backward

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + K

sexp - forward

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Ctrl + W

Kill region

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♦ Meta + W

Copy region to kill ring

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♦ Meta + Z

then press char to kill through next occurence of char

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Ctrl + Y

Yank back last thing killed

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♦ Meta + Y

Replace last yank with previous kill

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Ctrl + @

Set mark here

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or Ctrl + Space
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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + X

Exchange point and mark

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♦ Meta + @

Set mark arg words away

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♦ Meta + H

Mark paragraph

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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + P

Mark page

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + @

Mark sexp

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + H

Mark function

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Ctrl + X then H

Mark entire buffer

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♦ Meta + % then ♦ Meta + X

(then query-replace-regexp) Interactively replace a text string using regular expressions

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

Replace this one, go to next

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or Y
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Del

Skip to next without replacing

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or N
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!

Replace all remaining matches

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^

Back up to the previous match

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⤶ Enter

Exit query-replace

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Ctrl + R

Enter recursive edit

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + C

Exit recursive edit

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Ctrl + X then 1

Delete all other windows

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Ctrl + X then 5 then 1

Delete all other windows (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 2

Split window, above and below

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Ctrl + + X then 5 then 2

Split window, above and below (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 0

Delete this window

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Ctrl + X then 5 then 0

Delete this window (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 3

Split window, side by side

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + V

Scroll other window

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Ctrl + X then O

Switch cursor to another window

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Ctrl + X then 5 then O

Switch cursor to another window (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 4 then B

Select buffer in other window

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Ctrl + X then 5 then B

Select buffer in other window (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 4 then Ctrl + O

Display buffer in other window

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Ctrl + X then 5 then Ctrl + O

Display buffer in other window (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 4 then F

Find file in other window

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Ctrl + X then 5 then F

Find file in other window (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 4 then R

Find file read-only in other window

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Ctrl + X then 5 then R

Find file read-only in other window (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 4 then D

Run Dired in other window

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Ctrl + X then 5 then D

Run Dired in other window (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then 4 then .

Find tag in other window

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Ctrl + X then 5 then .

Find tag in other window (for frame)

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Ctrl + X then ^

Grow window taller

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Ctrl + X then {

Shrink window smaller

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Ctrl + X then }

Grow window wider

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Tab

Indent current line (mode-dependent)

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + \

Indent region (mode-dependent)

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + Q

Indent sexp (mode-dependent)

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Ctrl + X then Tab

Indent region rigidly arg columns

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♦ Meta + ;

Indent for comment

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Ctrl + O

Insert newline after point

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Ctrl + ♦ Meta + O

Move rest of line vertically down

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Ctrl + X then Ctrl + O

Delete blank lines around point

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♦ Meta + ^

Join line with previous (with arg, next)

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♦ Meta + \

Delete all white space around point

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♦ Meta + Space

Put exactly one space at point

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♦ Meta + Q

Fill paragraph

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Ctrl + X then F

Set fill column to arg

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Ctrl + X then .

Prefix each line starts with

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♦ Meta + O

Set face

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♦ Meta + U

Uppercase word

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♦ Meta + L

Lowercase word


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Program name: GNU Emacs GNU Emacs (Text editing)

Web page: gnu.org/s/emacs

Last update: 11.11.2019 20:10 UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 53%

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Shortcut count: 220

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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