17 Emacs Commands to Get Started

  1. Ctl-a Beginning of line
  2. Ctl-e End of line
  3. Ctl-k Delete from cursor position to end of line
  4. Esc-a Begining of a sentence, if each sentence is eperated by two blanks
  5. Esc-e End of a sentence, if each sentence is seperated by two blanks
  6. Esc-k Delete from cursor to end of sentence, if each sentence is seperated by two blanks
  7. Ctl-shift-_ Undo
  8. Meta-shift-> End of buffer
  9. Meta-shift-< Beginning of buffer
  10. Ctl-space Set mark
  11. Ctl-w Cut the text between mark and the cursor
  12. Meta-w Copy the text between mark and the cursor
  13. Ctl-y Paste
  14. Meta-shell shell mode in emacs
  15. Meta-p previous command in shell mode
  16. Meta-n next command in shell mode
  17. Ctl-x b Change buffer

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