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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.
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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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Valid responses in query-replace mode are replace, skip, back up and exit.
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The following keys are defined in the minibuffer.
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Source: GNU Emacs refcard
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sexp - backward |
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Numeric argument |
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Find next occurence of a tag |
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List all buffers |
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Transpose lines |
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Prefix each line starts with |
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Uppercase region |
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Lowercase region |
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Eval sexp before point |
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Exchange point and mark |
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Mark page |
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Split window, above and below (for frame) |
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Indent region (mode-dependent) |
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Delete blank lines around point |
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Find tag in other window |
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Find tag in other window (for frame) |
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Display buffer in other window |
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Display buffer in other window (for frame) |
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Exit Emacs completely |
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Replace this file with another file |
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Write buffer to specified file |
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Toggle read only status of buffer |
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Read a file into Emacs |
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Save a file back to disk |
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Line (to end of) - backward |
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(then query-replace-regexp) Interactively replace a text string using regular expressions |
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Mark entire buffer |
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Sentence - backward |
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Delete this window |
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Delete this window (for frame) |
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Split window, side by side |
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Switch cursor to another window |
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Switch cursor to another window (for frame) |
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Select buffer in other window |
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Select buffer in other window (for frame) |
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Delete all other windows |
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Delete all other windows (for frame) |
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Split window, above and below |
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Find file in other window |
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Find file in other window (for frame) |
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Find file read-only in other window |
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Find file read-only in other window (for frame) |
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Run Dired in other window |
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Run Dired in other window (for frame) |
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Grow window taller |
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Shrink window smaller |
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Grow window wider |
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Indent region rigidly arg columns |
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Set fill column to arg |
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Scroll left |
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Scroll right |
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Page - backward |
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Page - forward |
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Save all files |
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Insert contents of another file into this buffer |
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Remove help window |
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Show commands matching a string |
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Describe the function a key runs |
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Describe a function |
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Get mode specific information |
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Undo an unwanted change |
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Start defining a keyboard macro |
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End keyboard macro definition |
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Eappend to last keyboard macro |
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Save region in register |
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Insert register contents into buffer |
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Save value of point in register |
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Jump to point saved in register |
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Select another buffer |
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Edit and repeat the last command that used the minibuffer |
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Kill a buffer |
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Add global abbrev |
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Add mode-local abbrev |
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Add global expansion for this abbrev |
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Add mode-local expansion for this abbrev |
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Explicitly expand abbrev |
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Copy rectangle to register |
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Kill rectangle |
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Yank rectangle |
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Open rectangle, shifting text right |
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Black out rectangle |
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Prefix each line with string |
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Enter the Info documentation reader |
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Find specified function or variable in Info |
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Go to line |
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Go to character |
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Delete all white space around point |
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Mark sexp |
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Enable or disable input method |
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Line - backward |
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sexp - forward |
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Set mark here |
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Move rest of line vertically down |
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Insert newline after point |
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Set mark arg words away |
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Scroll current line to center, top, bottom |
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Redraw garbaged screen |
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Find a tag (a definition) |
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Expand previous word dynamically |
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Negative argument |
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Read and eval minibuffer |
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Continue last tags search on query-replace |
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Eval current defun |
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Run a shell command on the region |
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Select menu item by number |
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Transpose sexps |
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Check spelling of current word |
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sexp - backward |
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sexp - forward |
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function - backward |
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function - forward |
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Go to beginning of buffer |
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Go to end of buffer |
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Undo an unwanted change |
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Regular expression search |
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Reverse regular expression search |
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Scroll help window |
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Mark function |
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