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Ctrl+B

Move backward one character

Moves the cursor one character to the left.

💡 Hint: Backward

Ctrl+F

Move forward one character

Moves the cursor one character to the right.

💡 Hint: Forward

Ctrl+P

Move to previous line

Moves the cursor to the previous line.

💡 Hint: Previous

Ctrl+N

Move to next line

Moves the cursor to the next line.

💡 Hint: Next

Ctrl+A

Move to beginning of line

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

💡 Hint: Alpha (beginning)

Ctrl+E

Move to end of line

Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.

💡 Hint: End

Alt+V

Scroll down (page up)

Scrolls the screen one page up.

💡 Hint: View previous

Ctrl+V

Scroll up (page down)

Scrolls the screen one page down.

💡 Hint: View next

Alt+<

Move to beginning of buffer

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the buffer.

💡 Hint: < points to beginning

Alt+>

Move to end of buffer

Moves the cursor to the end of the buffer.

💡 Hint: > points to end

Ctrl+L

Recenter cursor

Scrolls to center the cursor on screen.

💡 Hint: Line center

Alt+G → G

Go to line

Goes to the specified line number.

💡 Hint: Go to line

Ctrl+U → Ctrl+Space

Jump back to previous position

Returns the cursor to the previous position.

💡 Hint: Undo position

Ctrl+Space

Set mark

Sets the beginning of a text selection. Move cursor to select text.

💡 Hint: Space to mark

Ctrl+X → Space

Rectangle mark

Selects text in a rectangular region.

💡 Hint: Execute + Space = rectangle

Ctrl+X → H

Select all

Selects all text in the buffer.

💡 Hint: Execute + Whole

Alt+W

Copy

Copies the selected text.

💡 Hint: Write to kill ring

Ctrl+W

Cut

Cuts the selected text.

💡 Hint: Wipe

Ctrl+Y

Paste (yank)

Pastes the copied or cut text.

💡 Hint: Yank

Ctrl+Y → Alt+Y

Cycle through paste history

Cycles through previously copied or cut text.

💡 Hint: Yank + Alt-Y = cycle

Ctrl+K

Kill to end of line

Cuts from cursor to end of line.

💡 Hint: Kill

Ctrl+D

Delete character

Deletes the character at cursor.

💡 Hint: Delete

Ctrl+/

Undo

Undoes the last operation.

💡 Hint: / slash through

Ctrl+G → Ctrl+/

Redo

Redoes the undone operation.

💡 Hint: Go + / = redo

Ctrl+U → Ctrl+X → R → N

Insert number sequence

Inserts sequential numbers in selection.

💡 Hint: Rectangle Number

Ctrl+X → Ctrl+U

Convert to uppercase

Converts selected text to uppercase.

💡 Hint: Execute Uppercase

Ctrl+X → Ctrl+L

Convert to lowercase

Converts selected text to lowercase.

💡 Hint: Execute Lowercase

Alt+Q

Fill paragraph

Reformats the current paragraph with proper line breaks.

💡 Hint: Quick format

Ctrl+S

Search forward

Searches for text forward from cursor.

💡 Hint: Search

Ctrl+R

Search backward

Searches for text backward from cursor.

💡 Hint: Reverse search

Ctrl+Alt+S

Regexp search forward

Searches forward using regular expressions.

💡 Hint: Alt + Search = regexp

Ctrl+Alt+R

Regexp search backward

Searches backward using regular expressions.

💡 Hint: Alt + Reverse = regexp backward

Alt+%

Query replace

Replaces text with confirmation for each match.

💡 Hint: % = percent (partial replace)

Ctrl+Alt+%

Query replace regexp

Replaces using regexp with confirmation.

💡 Hint: Ctrl-Alt + % = regexp replace

Alt+$

Spell check

Checks spelling in the selected region.

💡 Hint: $ = dollar (check value)

Alt+=

Count words

Shows character and word count for selection.

💡 Hint: = equals (count result)

Ctrl+X → 2

Split window horizontally

Splits the window horizontally.

💡 Hint: 2 = split in two

Ctrl+X → 3

Split window vertically

Splits the window vertically.

💡 Hint: 3 = three-way split image

Ctrl+X → 1

Delete other windows

Closes all windows except the current one.

💡 Hint: 1 = keep only one

Ctrl+X → 0

Delete current window

Closes the current window.

💡 Hint: 0 = zero (remove)

Ctrl+X → O

Switch to other window

Moves cursor to the next window.

💡 Hint: Other window

Ctrl+X → Ctrl+F

Find file

Opens or creates a file.

💡 Hint: Execute Find file

Ctrl+X → Ctrl+S

Save buffer

Saves the current buffer.

💡 Hint: Execute Save

Ctrl+X → Ctrl+W

Write file

Saves the file with a different name.

💡 Hint: Execute Write file

Ctrl+X → B

Switch buffer

Switches to another buffer.

💡 Hint: Execute Buffer

Ctrl+X → K

Kill buffer

Closes the current buffer.

💡 Hint: Execute Kill buffer

Ctrl+X → I

Insert file

Inserts contents of another file at cursor.

💡 Hint: Execute Insert

Ctrl+G

Quit command

Cancels the current command.

💡 Hint: Give up

Ctrl+X → Ctrl+C

Exit Emacs

Saves all buffers and exits Emacs.

💡 Hint: Execute Close

Ctrl+X → Enter → F

Set file encoding

Changes the file's character encoding.

💡 Hint: Execute Enter Format