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Emacs Keyboard Shortcuts

A list of Emacs keyboard shortcuts that I use on a regular basis.

General Shortcuts

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-x Esc Esc repeat-complex-command Edit and re-evaluate last complex command.
C-h m describe-mode Help information for the current buffers modes.
C-h f describe-function Help information for a function.
C-h x describe-command Help information for a command (a function available using M-x).
C-h l view-lossage Show log for key presses and commands.
C-k kill-line Kill rest of line, or line if empty.
C-/ undo Undo.
C-g C-/ undo-redo Redo.
C-y yank Yank from kill ring.
M-y yank-pop Yank down the kill ring.
C-y M-y yank-pop Cycle through kills after a yank.
M-/ dabbrev-expand Dabbrev (word) expand.
M-C-/ dabbrev-completion Dabbrev (word) completion.
C-x s save-some-buffers Save all buffers.
C-x C-s save-buffer Save current buffer.
C-x C-w write-file Write the current buffer, can provide new file name.
C-o open-line Add blank line below.
C-x C-o delete-blank-lines Delete all blank lines below.
C-x C-c save-buffers-kill-terminal Quit Emacs.
C-x <left> previous-buffer Switch to the previous buffer.
C-x <right> next-buffer Switch to the next buffer.
M-- negative-argument Prefix to perform negative meta commands.
C-- negative-argument Prefix to perform negative commands.
C-a move-beginning-of-line Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
C-e move-end-of-line Move cursor to the end of the line.
M-a backward-sentence Move cursor to the beginning of the sentence.
M-e forward-sentence Move cursor to the end of the sentence.
M-m back-to-indentation Move cursor to the first non-whitepsace character on the line.
M-k kill-sentence Kill rest the rest of theing of the line.
M-l downcase-word Lowercase word forward.
M-c capitalize-word Capitalize word forward.
M-u upcase-word Uppercase word forward.
C-<space> C-<space> set-mark-command Add mark to mark ring.
C-u C-<space> set-mark-command Jump to previous mark.
C-x f set-fill-column Set fill column number.
M-q fill-paragraph Wrap/reformat to fill column.
M-v scroll-down-command Page up.
C-v scroll-up-command Page down.
M-^ delete-indentation Join previous line.
M-- M-^ delete-indentation Join following line.
M-< beginning-of-buffer Go to start of file.
M-> end-of-buffer Go to end of file.
M-{ backward-paragraph Previous paragraph.
M-} forward-paragraph Next paragraph.
C-x C-f find-file Find file.
C-x C-v find-alternate-file Find alternative file.
C-x k kill-buffer Kill current or named buffer.
C-x o other-window Go to next window, split.
C-x O other-window Go back to previous window, split.
C-x i insert-file Insert file contents into the current file.
C-x h mark-whole-buffer Highlight entire buffer.
C-M-\ indent-region Re-indent code region in region or from previous mark point.
C-x C-x exchange-point-and-mark Put the mark where point is now, and point where the mark is now.
C-x C-j dired-jump Open Dired jump.
C-x SPC rectangle-mark-mode Rectangle edit mode, can use string-insert-rectangle.
C-x + balance-windows Resize all splits to equal sizes.
C-x 5 2 make-frame-command Open in new frame.
C-x r SPC point-to-register Point-to-register.
C-x r j jump-to-register Jump-to-register.
g revert-buffer Refresh page, workes on many UI pages.
M-s o occur List lines using regex.
M-s h r highlight-regexp Highlights regex expression.
M-r move-to-window-line-top-bottom Move cursor to top, middle and bottom.
C-l recenter-top-bottom Move text in relation to the cursor, to top, middle and bottom.
M-! shell-command Run a shell command.
M-& async-shell-command Async shell command.
C-u 0 universal-argument Infinite count prefix.
C-u {count} universal-argument Repeat operation x amount of times.
C-x z repeat Repeat command.
C-x backspace backward-kill-sentence Clear mini-buffer.
C-k C-k C-y C-y Duplicate line. (Place cursor at start)
M-g M-g goto-line Go to line.
C-x b switch-to-buffer Quick switch buffer.
C-x 1 delete-other-windows Kill other windows.
M-z (char) zap-to-char Zap up to char.
C-M-\ indent-region Re-indent region.
C-x * g calc-dispatch Eval in new buffer.
M-<space> just-one-space Removes extra whitespace between two words.
C-u M-x universal-argument Run command with additional options.
C-x TAB indent-rigidly Allows you to manually indent a region inwards or outwards.
C-x x t toggle-truncate-lines Turn on or off line truncation.
locate Find a files matching a pattern across the entire system.
recentf Shows a list of recent files, if recentf mode is enabled.

Highlighting

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
M-s h . highlight-symbol-at-point Highlight each instance of the symbol at point.
M-s h l highlight-lines-matching-regexp Highlight all lines that match REGEXP using FACE.
M-s h p highlight-phrase Set face of each match of phrase REGEXP to FACE.
M-s h r highlight-regexp Set face of each match of REGEXP to FACE.
M-s h u unhighlight-regexp Remove highlighting of each match to REGEXP set by hi-lock.

Macros

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-x ( kmacro-start-macro Define keyboard macro.
C-x ) kmacro-end-macro End keyboard macro definition.
C-x e kmacro-end-and-call-macro Playback keyboard macro, can just keep pressing e after first press.
C-x C-k <space> kmacro-step-edit-macro Open keyboard macro debugger.
C-x C-k e edit-kbd-macro Enter macro editor, (C-c C-c) to finish editing.
C-x C-k n kmacro-name-last-macro Save the keyboard macro for later use.
insert-kbd-macro Insert a saved macro into the file, in Emacs lisp.

Project

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-x p ! project-shell-command Run shell-command in the current project's root directory.
C-x p & project-async-shell-command Run async-shell-command in the current project's root directory.
C-x p f project-find-file Visit a file (with completion) in the current project.
C-x p F project-or-external-find-file Visit a file (with completion) in the current project or external roots.
C-x p b project-switch-to-buffer Display buffer in the selected window, for a buffer belonging to the current project.
C-x p s project-shell Start an inferior shell in the current project's root directory.
C-x p d project-find-dir Start Dired in a directory inside the current project.
C-x p D project-dired Start Dired in the current project's root.
C-x p v project-vc-dir Run VC-Dir in the current project's root.
C-x p c project-compile Run compile in the project root.
C-x p e project-eshell Start Eshell in the current project's root directory.
C-x p k project-kill-buffers Kill the buffers belonging to the current project.
C-x p p project-switch-project Switch to another project by running an Emacs command.
C-x p g project-find-regexp Find all matches for REGEXP in the current project's roots.
C-x p G project-or-external-find-regexp Find all matches for REGEXP in the project roots or external roots.
C-x p r project-query-replace-regexp Query-replace REGEXP in all the files of the project.
C-x p x project-execute-extended-command Execute an extended command in project root.

Balanced Expressions

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-M-f forward-sexp Forward over an sexps.
C-M-b backward-sexp Backward over a sexps.
C-M-d down-list Move down into a sexps.
C-M-u backward-up-list Move up out of a sexps.
C-M-n forward-list Move forward to the sexps.
C-M-p backward-list Move backward to the previous sexps.
C-M-k kill-sexp Kill down into sexps.
M-( insert-parentheses Wraps region in parenthesis.

Incremental Search

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-M-s isearch-forward-regexp Regex search.
C-s isearch-forward Incremental search.
C-s C-s isearch-repeat-forward Repeat incremental search.
C-s C-w isearch-yank-word-or-char Enter incremental search and start expanding the selection.
C-r isearch-backward Incremental search backward.
C-r C-r isearch-repeat-backward Repeat incremental search backward.
C-s C-y isearch-yank-kill Start incremental search using yanked text.
C-s M-y isearch-yank-pop-only Start incremental search from kill ring string.
C-r recursive-edit During query replace, enter recursive edit mode.
C-M-c exit-recursive-edit During query replace, exit recursive edit mode and continue query replacement.
C-] abort-recursive-edit During query replace, exit recursive edit mode and query replace modes.
M-s o isearch-occur Show all lines matching the search term in occur.
M-s e isearch-edit-string To edit the search string in the minibuffer.
M-s h r isearch-highlight-regexp Highlights the last search string.

Query Replace

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
M-% query-replace Start a query replace operation.
! Replace all remaining matches in this buffer with no more questions.
^ Move point back to previous match.
u Undo previous replacement.
U undo all replacements.
E Edit the replacement string.

Tags

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
M-. xref-find-definitions Jump to tag.
M-, xref-go-back Jump back.
C-x 4 . xref-find-definitions-other-window Visit tag in new split.
C-x 5 . xref-find-definitions-other-frame Visit tag in new frame.

Xref

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
M-. xref-find-definitions Find definitions at point.
M-, xref-go-back Pop marker and return.
M-? xref-find-references Find references matching a pattern.
C-M-. xref-find-apropos Find symbols matching a pattern.

Bookmarks

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-x r m bookmark-set Create / set bookmark.
C-x r b bookmark-jump Open bookmark.
C-x r l bookmark-bmenu-list List bookmarks.

Abbrev

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-x a g add-global-abbrev Add global abbrev.
C-x a l add-mode-abbrev Add local abbrev.
C-q Mute abbrev.

Ivy Buffer

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
S-<space> ivy-restrict-to-matches Narrow search to current term.
C-M-p ivy-previous-line-and-call Preview up.
C-M-n ivy-next-line-and-call Preview down.
M-o ivy-dispatching-done Open item options.

Occur Buffer

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
e occur-edit-mode Directly edit the entry in place.
C-c C-c occur-mode-goto-occurrence Return back to occur mode after edit.

Dired Buffer

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-o dired-display-file Preview file but stay in Dired buffer.
C-u k dired-do-kill-lines Remove section.
X dired-do-shell-command Execute shell command on file.
Q dired-do-find-regexp-and-replace Query replace marked files, <space> accept, n decline and C-x s to save all.
+ dired-create-directory Create directory.
^ dired-up-directory Go up one directory.
find-name-dired Recursively find a file.

IBuffer

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
/ / ibuffer-filter-disable Remove all filtering currently in effect.
/ m ibuffer-filter-by-used-mode Add a filter by a major mode now in use.
/ n ibuffer-filter-by-name Add a filter by buffer name.
/ f ibuffer-filter-by-filename Add a filter by filename.
Q ibuffer-do-query-replace Query replace in each of the marked buffers.

Grep Buffer

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
C-c C-K command kill-compilation Kill process.

Compile Buffer

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
? describe-mode Describe-mode.
g recompile Recompile.
h describe-mode Describe-mode.
q quit-window Quit-window.
compile Run one of the targets in your make file.

Interactively Do Things (Ido) Buffer

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
M-f ido-wide-find-file-or-pop-dir Find file recursively. Search into sub directory.
? ido-completion-help See a full list of all matching buffers.
C-j ido-select-text Choose selected file/folder/text from minibuffer. e,g. Open folder in Dired .
C-x C-f ... C-d dired Enter dired on the current directory.
C-x C-f ... C-f find-file Fallback to non-Ido, while finding a files.
C-x C-b ... C-b ido-switch-buffer Fallback to non-Ido, while finding a buffer.

Interface To Spell (Ispell) and On The Fly Spell (Flyspell)

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
M $ ispell-word Check and correct spelling of the word at point.
C-M i completion-at-point Complete the word before point based on the spelling dictionary.
M-TAB flyspell-auto-correct-word Automatically corrects the current word at point, will also cycle between option.
C-c $ flyspell-correct-word-before-point Correct word before point.
flyspell-mode Enable Fly-spell mode, which highlights all misspelled words.
flyspell-prog-mode Enable Fly-spell mode for comments and strings only.
flyspell-buffer Check and correct spelling in the buffer.

Org Buffer

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
S-M-RET org-insert-todo-heading Insert a new TODO entry below the current one.
C-c / t org-match-sparse-tree View todo items in a sparse tree.
C-c C-t org-todo Toggle todo item state.
C-c C-s org-schedule Schedule todo item.
C-c C-d org-deadline Add deadline to todo item.
C-c [ org-agenda-file-to-front Add file to agenda.
C-c ] org-remove-file Remove file to agenda.
C-c . org-timestamp Insert current date.
C-c C-e org-export-dispatch Open exporter.
C-c C-e # org-export-dispatch Insert template.
C-c C-e P x org-export-dispatch Export specific project.

EWW

Shortcut Command Invoked Description
B eww-list-bookmarks Display your bookmarks.
b eww-add-bookmark Add the current page as a bookmark.
l eww-back-url Go to the previously displayed page.
r eww-forward-url Go to the next displayed page.
g eww-reload Reload the current page.
G eww Go to a new address.
H eww-list-histories Shows a list of your histories.
TAB shr-next-link Skip to the next link.

Useful Commands

Command Description
keep-lines Delete all lines not matching the provided regex.
flush-lines Delete all lines matching the provided regex.
sort-lines Sort lines in region alphabetically.
delete-duplicate-lines Delete all but one copy of any identical lines in the region.
ff-find-other-file Find the header or source file corresponding to this file.

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