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1 %&tex
3 % Title: GNU Emacs Survival Card
4 % Author: Wlodek Bzyl <matwb@univ.gda.pl>
6 % $Revision: 1.8 $
7 % $Date: 2000/05/05 22:00:48 $
9 %**start of header
11 % User interface is `plain.tex' and macros described below
13 % \title{CARD TITLE}{for version 21}
14 % \section{NAME}
15 % optional paragraphs separated with \askip amount of vertical space
16 % \key{KEY-NAME} description of key or
17 % \mkey{M-x LONG-LISP-NAME} description of Elisp function
19 % \kbd{ARG} -- argument is typed literally
21 \def\plainfmtname{plain}
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26 \fi
28 % Copyright (c) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
30 % This file is part of GNU Emacs.
32 % GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
33 % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
34 % the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
35 % any later version.
37 % GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
38 % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
39 % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
40 % GNU General Public License for more details.
42 % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
43 % along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
44 % the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
45 % Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
47 \def\versionnumber{1.0}
48 \def\year{2000}
50 \def\copyrightnotice{\penalty-1\vfill
51 \vbox{\smallfont\baselineskip=0.8\baselineskip\raggedcenter
52 Copyright \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.\break
53 Version \versionnumber{} for GNU Emacs 21, April 2000\break
54 Project W{\l}odek Bzyl (matwb@univ.gda.pl)
56 Permission is granted to make and distribute copies of
57 this card provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
58 are preserved on all copies.\par}}
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158 %**end of header
161 \title{GNU\ \ Emacs\ \ Survival\ \ Card}{for version 21}
163 In the following, \kbd{C-z} means hit the `\kbd{z}' key while
164 holding down the {\it Ctrl}\ \ key. \kbd{M-z} means hit the
165 `\kbd{z}' key while hitting the {\it Meta\/} (labeled {\it Alt\/}
166 on some keyboards) or after hitting {\it Esc\/} key.
168 \section{Running Emacs}
170 To enter GNU Emacs, just type its name: \kbd{emacs}.
171 Emacs divides the frame into several areas:
172 menu line,
173 buffer area with the edited text,
174 mode line describing the buffer in the window above it,
175 and a minibuffer/echo area in the last line.
176 \askip
177 \key{C-x C-c} quit Emacs
178 \key{C-x C-f} edit file; this command uses the minibuffer to read
179 the file name; use this to create new files by entering the name
180 of the new file
181 \key{C-x C-s} save the file
182 \key{C-x k} kill a buffer
183 \key{C-g} in most context: cancel, stop, abort partially typed or
184 executing command
185 \key{C-x u} undo
187 \section{Moving About}
189 \key{C-l} scroll current line to center of window
190 \key{C-x b} switch to another buffer
191 \key{M-<} move to beginning of buffer
192 \key{M->} move to end of buffer
193 \key{M-x goto-line} go to a given line number
195 \section{Multiple Windows}
197 \key{C-x 0} remove the current window from the display
198 \key{C-x 1} make active window the only window
199 \key{C-x 2} split window horizontally
200 \key{C-x 3} split window vertically
201 \key{C-x o} move to other window
203 \section{Regions}
205 Emacs defines a `region' as the space between the {\it mark\/} and
206 the {\it point}. A mark is set with \kbd{C-{\it space}}.
207 The point is at the cursor position.
208 \askip
209 \key{M-h} mark entire paragraph
210 \key{C-x h} mark entire buffer
212 \section{Killing and Copying}
214 \key{C-w} kill region
215 \key{M-w} copy region to kill-ring
216 \key{C-k} kill from the cursor all the way to the end of the line
217 \key{M-DEL} kill word
218 \key{C-y} yank back the last kill (\kbd{C-w C-y} combination could be
219 used to move text around)
220 \key{M-y} replace last yank with previous kill
222 \section{Searching}
224 \key{C-s} search for a string
225 \key{C-r} search for a string backwards
226 \key{RET} quit searching
227 \key{M-C-s} regular expression search
228 \key{M-C-r} reverse regular expression search
229 \askip
230 Use \kbd{C-s} or \kbd{C-r} again to repeat the search in either direction.
232 \section{Tags}
234 Tags tables files record locations of function and
235 procedure definitions, global variables, data types and anything
236 else convenient. To create a tags table file, type
237 `{\tt etags} {\it input\_files}' as a shell command.
238 \askip
239 \key{M-.} find a definition
240 \key{C-u M-.} find next occurrence of definition
241 \key{M-*} pop back to where \kbd{M-.} was last invoked
242 \mkey{M-x tags-query-replace} run query-replace on all files
243 recorded in tags table
244 \key{M-,} continue last tags search or query-replace
246 \section{Compiling}
248 \key{M-x compile} compile code in active window
249 \key{C-c C-c} go to the next compiler error, when in
250 the compile window or
251 \key{C-x `} when in the window with source code
253 \section{Dired, the Directory Editor}
255 \key{C-x d} invoke Dired
256 \key{d} flag this file for deletion
257 \key{\~{}} flag all backup files for deletion
258 \key{u} remove deletion flag
259 \key{x} delete the files flagged for deletion
260 \key{C} copy file
261 \key{g} update the Dired buffer
262 \key{f} visit the file described on the current line
263 \key{s} switch between alphabetical date/time order
265 \section{Reading and Sending Mail}
267 \key{M-x rmail} start reading mail
268 \key{q} quit reading mail
269 \key{h} show headers
270 \key{d} mark the current message for deletion
271 \key{x} remove all messages marked for deletion
273 \key{C-x m} begin composing a message
274 \key{C-c C-c} send the message and switch to another buffer
275 \key{C-c C-f C-c} move to the `CC' header field, creating one
276 if there is none
278 \section{Miscellaneous}
280 \key{M-q} fill paragraph
281 \key{M-/} expand previous word dynamically
282 \key{C-z} iconify (suspend) Emacs when running it under X or
283 shell, respectively
284 \mkey{M-x revert-buffer} replace the text being edited with the
285 text of the file on disk
287 \section{Query Replace}
289 \key{M-\%} interactively search and replace
290 \key{M-C-\%} using regular expressions
291 \askip
292 Valid responses in query-replace mode are
293 \askip
294 \key{SPC} replace this one, go on to next
295 \key{,} replace this one, don't move
296 \key{DEL} skip to next without replacing
297 \key{!} replace all remaining matches
298 \key{\^{}} back up to the previous match
299 \key{RET} exit query-replace
300 \key{C-r} enter recursive edit (\kbd{M-C-c} to exit)
302 \section{Regular Expressions}
304 \key{. {\rm(dot)}} any single character except a newline
305 \key{*} zero or more repeats
306 \key{+} one or more repeats
307 \key{?} zero or one repeat
308 \key{[$\ldots$]} denotes a class of character to match
309 \key{[\^{}$\ldots$]} negates the class
311 \key{\\{\it c}} quote characters otherwise having a special
312 meaning in regular expressions
314 \key{$\ldots$\\|$\ldots$\\|$\ldots$} matches one of
315 the alternatives (``or'')
316 \key{\\( $\ldots$ \\)} groups a series of pattern elements to
317 a single element
318 \key{\\{\it n}} same text as {\it n\/}th group
320 \key{\^{}} matches at line beginning
321 \key{\$} matches at line end
323 \key{\\w} matches word-syntax character
324 \key{\\W} matches non-word-syntax character
325 \key{\\<} matches at word beginning
326 \key{\\>} matches at word end
327 \key{\\b} matches at word break
328 \key{\\B} matches at non-word break
330 \section{Registers}
332 \key{C-x r s} save region in register
333 \key{C-x r i} insert register contents into buffer
335 \key{C-x r SPC} save value of point in register
336 \key{C-x r j} jump to point saved in register
338 \section{Rectangles}
340 \key{C-x r r} copy rectangle to register
341 \key{C-x r k} kill rectangle
342 \key{C-x r y} yank rectangle
343 \key{C-x r t} prefix each line with a string
345 \key{C-x r o} open rectangle, shifting text right
346 \key{C-x r c} blank out rectangle
348 \section{Shells}
350 \key{M-x shell} start a shell within Emacs
351 \key{M-!} execute a shell command
352 \key{M-|} run a shell command on the region
353 \key{C-u M-|} filter region through a shell command
355 \section{Spelling Check}
357 \key{M-\$} check spelling of word at the cursor
358 \mkey{M-x ispell-region} check spelling of all words in region
359 \mkey{M-x ispell-buffer} check spelling of entire buffer
361 \section{International Character Sets}
363 \key{C-x RET C-\\} select and activate input method for
364 the current buffer
365 \key{C-\\} enable or disable input method
366 \mkey{M-x list-input-methods} show all input methods
367 \mkey{M-x set-language-environment} specify principal language
369 \key{C-x RET c} set coding system for next command
370 \mkey{M-x find-file-literally} visit file with no conversion
371 of any kind
373 \mkey{M-x list-coding-systems} show all coding systems
374 \mkey{M-x prefer-coding-system} choose preferred coding system
376 \section{Keyboard Macros}
378 \key{C-x (} start defining a keyboard macro
379 \key{C-x )} end keyboard macro definition
380 \key{C-x e} execute last-defined keyboard macro
381 \key{C-u C-x (} append to last keyboard macro
382 \mkey{M-x name-last-kbd-macro} name last keyboard macro
384 \section{Simple Customization}
386 \key{M-x customize} customize variables and faces
388 \section{Getting Help}
390 Emacs does command completion for you. Typing \kbd{M-x}
391 {\it tab\/} or {\it space\/} gives a list of Emacs commands.
392 \askip
393 \key{C-h} Emacs help
394 \key{C-h t} run the Emacs tutorial
395 \key{C-h i} enter Info, the documentation browser
396 \key{C-h a} show commands matching a string (apropos)
397 \key{C-h k} display documentation of the function invoked by
398 keystroke
399 \askip
400 Emacs gets into different {\it modes}, each of which customizes
401 Emacs for editing text of a particular sort. The mode line
402 contains names of the current modes, in parentheses.
403 \askip
404 \key{C-h m} get mode-specific information
406 \copyrightnotice
408 \bye
410 % Local variables:
411 % compile-command: "tex survival"
412 % End:
414 % arch-tag: 4f9a0562-617b-4843-aee1-450c41d6b22c