Emacs editor and its usage

C = Ctrl

M = Meta or Alt

Moving in emacs

C - x, C - c	quits the editor
M - >	moves to the end of the file
M - <	moves to the beginning of the file
C - v	moves a screen display forward
M - v	moves a screen display back
C - x  ]	moves a page forward
C - x  [	moves a page back
C - n	moves to next line
C - p	moves to previous line
C - a	moves to the beginning of line
C - e	moves to the end of line
M - e	moes to the end of sentence
M - a	moves to the beginning of sentence
C - f	moves forward one character
C - b	moves back one character
M - f	moves forward a word
M - b	moves back a word

Deleting in emacs

Delete	deletes the prior character
C - d	deletes the current character
M - Delete	deletes the prior word
M - d	deletes the next word
C - x Delete	deletes the prior sentence
M - k	deletes the rest of the sentence
C - k	deletes the rest of the current line
C - x u	undone the last editing

Search & Replace

M - x  query-replace	Search & Replace y - changes the incident of the pattern n - dont change the incident of the pattern, but search for another one q - dont change the incident of the pattern. Quit search & replace ( can also use ESC) ! - replaces this incident of the pattern and all the other incidents
C - s	searches forward in the file for the pattern
C - r	searches backwards for the pattern

Help menu

C - h, C - h	help screen
C - h i	the info directory
C - h t	emacs tutorial

Working with files

C - x i	add a file to the buffer
C - x, C - w	writes the buffer to the given file
C - x, C - s	saves the file
C - x, C - f	opens another file to a new buffer
C - x b	change to another buffer