Key bindings  Key bindings for different applications.

1   Emacs

Emacs have a LOT of nice key bindings that you may want to know. I'll list the ones that are very useful and possibly hard to find.

C (Control), X (Meta), E (Escape), S (Shift).

C-kCut to end of line to killring.
C-yPaste entry in killring.
E-yGo back in killring and paste that instead.
C-x C-fFind file.
C-x C-sSave.
C-x kKill buffer (not delete file)
C-s C-wSave as.
C-sSearch.
M-% | M-S-2 (sv)Search and replace.
C-gAbort, quit.
C-_ | C-S-- (sv)Undo.
C-aGo to beginning of line.
C-eGo to end of line.
C-x C-qCheck out/in(C-c C-c to submit that) from/to RCS.
C-q whateverForce writing of exactly that key without treating it as a command.
M-x commandstringAll emacs commands are available this way.
C-spaceMark selection start
ESC-wCopy
C-wCut

2   General unix

C-aGo to beginning of line.
C-eGo to end of line.
TABTab completion.

3   Screen

C-a C-gSwitch to audio bell.
C-a gSwitch to screen bell.

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