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Emacs

Emacs

A legendary editor with infinite customizability, extending beyond a mere editor to a Lisp-extensible integrated development environment

Buffer management shortcuts for efficiently managing multiple buffers and instantly switching between files

Ctrl+XCtrl+F
Find file
Opens or creates a file.
💡 Hint: Execute Find file
🎯 Quickly open files to start editing work
Ctrl+XCtrl+S
Save buffer
Saves the current buffer.
💡 Hint: Execute Save
🎯 Save current edits to prevent data loss
Ctrl+XCtrl+W
Write file
Saves the file with a different name.
💡 Hint: Execute Write file
🎯 Save with different name for backup and version control
Ctrl+XB
Switch buffer
Switches to another buffer.
💡 Hint: Execute Buffer
🎯 Rapidly switch between open buffers to streamline multitasking
Ctrl+XK
Kill buffer
Closes the current buffer.
💡 Hint: Execute Kill buffer
🎯 Close unnecessary buffers to free memory and organize workspace
Ctrl+G
Quit command
Cancels the current command.
💡 Hint: Give up
🎯 Interrupt running commands to return to normal editing state
Ctrl+XCtrl+C
Exit Emacs
Saves all buffers and exits Emacs.
💡 Hint: Execute Close
🎯 Save all buffers and safely exit Emacs