MicroEmacs Keyboard Shortcuts

 

Movement
F5	Move to next line
Ctrl-A	Move to start of line
Ctrl-F, rightarrow	Move forward by characters
Ctrl-E	Move to end of line
Ctrl-B, leftarrow	Move backward by characters
Ctrl-N, downarrow	Move forward by lines
Ctrl-P, uparrow	Move backward by lines
Ctrl-V, PgDn	Move forward by pages
Esc B, PgUp	Move backward by pages
Esc <, Ctrl-Home	Move to start of buffer
Esc >, Ctrl-End	Move to end of buffer
Ctrl-X L	Move to line number
Esc B, Ctrl-leftarrow	Backup by words
Esc F, Ctrl-rightarrow	Advance by words
Windows
Ctrl-X N, F6	Move to the next window
Ctrl-X P	Move to the previous window
Ctrl-X 1	Make current window only one
Ctrl-X 2	Split current window
Esc N, End	Move window down
Esc P, Home	Move window up
Ctrl-X Z	Enlarge display window
Esc Z	Shrink window
Ctrl-X T	Reposition window
Ctrl-L	Refresh the screen
Ctrl-X D	Delete a window
Deleting
Ctrl-X O	Delete blank lines
Ctrl-D, Del	Forward delete
Ctrl-H, 0x7F	Backward delete
Alt-F Del	Undelete a character
Ctrl-J	Delete a line
Esc J, Alt-F F2	Undelete a line
Alt-F Ctrl-Right Arrow, Alt-F Ctrl-Left Arrow	Undelete a word
Esc D	Delete forward word
Esc H	Delete backward word
Cutting/Pasting
Ctrl-K	Kill forward
Ctrl-Y, Ctrl-X K, F10	Paste from kill buffer
Esc 9, F9	Cut region to kill buffer
Esc 8, F8	Copy region to kill buffer
F7, Esc .	Set mark
Ctrl-X .	Remove mark
Esc X	Swap dot and mark
Esc W	Select word
Files
Alt-F N	Edit next file
Alt-F R	Get a file, read only
Alt-F V	Get a file, read write
Alt-F W	Write a file
Alt-F U	Turn off buffer changed bits
Alt-F S	Save current file
Alt-F F	Adjust file name
Alt-F M	Write modified files
Alt-F I	Insert a file at dot
Exit
Ctrl-@, Ctrl-G	Abort out of things
Ctrl-C, Alt-F Q	Quit
Alt-F X, Alt-X	Write modified files and exit
Ctrl-X (	Begin macro
Ctrl-X )	End macro
F12	Start/End macro
Ctrl-X E, F11	Execute macro
Search
Ctrl-S	Search forward
Ctrl-R	Search backwards
Esc R	Search and replace
Esc Q	Query search and replace
F4, Alt-F F4	Search
F2	Search for the same string
C and C++
Ctrl-W, F3	Toggle over parentheses
Ctrl-X ], Alt-F10	increase indentation level
Ctrl-X [, Alt-F9	decrease indentation level
Esc I	optimize tabbing in line
Ctrl-X /	convert /* */ to //
Configuration
Alt-F2	display_norm_fg
Alt-F1	display_norm_bg
Alt-F4	display_mode_fg
Alt-F3	display_mode_bg
Alt-F5	display_mark_fg
Alt-F6	display_mark_bg
Alt-F7	display_eol_bg
Alt-C	Save configuration
Process
Ctrl-Z	Run CLI in a subjob
Ctrl-X !	Run a command in a subjob
Ctrl-X #	Filter buffer through program
Ctrl-X @, Alt-Z	Run program and gather output
Buffers
Alt-F B	Display list of buffers
Ctrl-X B	Switch a window to a buffer
Ctrl-X W, Alt-B	Switch to next buffer
Other
Ctrl-X F	Set fill column
Ctrl-X A	Word wrap line
Ctrl-X =	Show the cursor position
Ctrl-T	Twiddle characters
Ctrl-I, Tab	Insert tab
Alt-F T	Set hardware tabs
Ctrl-M	Insert CR-LF
Ctrl-O, Alt-F Ins	Open up a blank line
Ctrl-Q, Ctrl-X Q	Insert literal
Esc T	Toggle column region mode
Ins	Toggle insert/overwrite mode
Esc U	Upper case word/region
Esc L	Lower case word/region
Esc C	Initial capitalize word
Alt-E	Toggle hires mode
Alt-E	Toggle hires mode
Esc downarrow	Set into advance mode
Esc uparrow	Set into backup mode
Alt-F D	File and date stamp

 

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