Emacs Cheat Sheet

Emacs Notation and Lingo
C-char	Control-char
M-char Meta-char	If Alt key is present, hold down Alt while typing char. If no Alt key, type ESC key and then char.
ESC	Escape key. Generally, any one of Esc, F11, or C-[ .
Kill	Remove from currently active buffer and append to paste buffer. Equivalent to "Cut" in other editors.
sentence	In a text buffer: anything that ends with a period. In a program buffer: anything enclosed in () or {} or [].
window	an on-screen view of a buffer.
buffer	an in-memory version of a file, or the terminal window for a utility.

Navigation & Kill
	Navigation		Kill
Where to	Backward	Forward	Backward	Forward
anywhere in window	mouse click
next character	C-b	C-f	Rubout (not saved)	C-d
next word	M-b	M-f	M-Rubout	M-d
end of line	C-a	C-e		C-k
next line	C-p	C-n
next screen	M-v	C-v
next sentence	M-e	M-a		M-k
end of buffer	M-<	M->
next occurrence of search string	C-r	C-s
mark (set with C-@)	C-x C-x		C-w
numbered line	C-x g number
compiler error		C-x `

Buffer & Window Operations
Operation	Window	Buffer
create new	C-x 2 (horiz) C-x 5 (vert)	C-x C-f filename
delete	C-x 0	C-x k
delete other	C-x 1
save		C-x C-s
save as		C-x C-w filename
include file		C-x C-i filename
cursor to next window	C-x o or mouse click
save all (query)		C-x s y y ...
show in window		C-x b buffername (defaults to previous)
list	(look at screen)	C-x C-b

Other Useful Commands
C-y	paste kill buffer
C-x m	Compose mail message
C-c C-s	Send mail
C-x c	Compile
M-x commandname CR	Use named command
C-q char	Insert literal char
C-z q	Fill current paragraph
C-u 1 2 3 command	Repeat count
C-x ( keystrokes C-x )	Define Macro
C-e	Execute Macro
C-x c or M-x compile CR	Invoke make
M-x kill-compiler CR	Kill compile
M-x load-lib decladebug CR decladebug	start decladebug
M-x dbx-stop-at	set break point at current cursor position