🔥 Emacs Popular Shortcuts
Master essential Emacs shortcuts beloved by text editing experts to accomplish any task without lifting your hands from the keyboard.
TOP 1
Ctrl+X → Ctrl+S
Save buffer
Saves the current buffer.
🎯 Reliably save your work to prevent precious data loss
💡 Hint: Execute Save
TOP 2
Ctrl+/
Undo
Undoes the last operation.
🎯 Instantly correct mistakes to edit with confidence
💡 Hint: / slash through
TOP 3
Ctrl+S
Search forward
Searches for text forward from cursor.
🎯 Instantly find target text to dramatically improve editing efficiency
💡 Hint: Search
TOP 4
Alt+W
Copy
Copies the selected text.
🎯 Reduce typing time and improve productivity by reusing text
💡 Hint: Write to kill ring
TOP 5
Ctrl+Y
Paste (yank)
Pastes the copied or cut text.
🎯 Quickly place copied text for efficient document creation
💡 Hint: Yank
TOP 6
Ctrl+K
Kill to end of line
Cuts from cursor to end of line.
🎯 Rapidly delete unnecessary parts to streamline code organization
💡 Hint: Kill
TOP 7
Ctrl+A
Move to beginning of line
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
🎯 Instantly jump to line start for rapid cursor positioning
💡 Hint: Alpha (beginning)
TOP 8
Ctrl+E
Move to end of line
Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
🎯 Quickly move to line end to dramatically improve end-of-line editing
💡 Hint: End
TOP 9
Ctrl+X → 2
Split window horizontally
Splits the window horizontally.
🎯 Maximize reference and editing efficiency by editing multiple files simultaneously
💡 Hint: 2 = split in two
TOP 10
Ctrl+X → B
Switch buffer
Switches to another buffer.
🎯 Rapidly switch between open files to maintain workflow momentum
💡 Hint: Execute Buffer