3 % Title: GNU Emacs Survival Card
4 % Author: Wlodek Bzyl <matwb@univ.gda.pl>
7 % $Date: 2000/05/05 22:00:48 $
11 % User interface is `plain.tex' and macros described below
13 % \title{CARD TITLE}{for version 21}
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
}
22 \ifx\fmtname\plainfmtname
24 \errmessage{This file requires `plain' format to be typeset correctly
}
28 % Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
29 % 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
31 % This file is part of GNU Emacs.
33 % GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
34 % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
35 % the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
38 % GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
39 % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
40 % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
41 % GNU General Public License for more details.
43 % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
44 % along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
45 % the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
46 % Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
48 \def\versionnumber{1.0}
50 \def\year{2007} % latest copyright year
52 \def\copyrightnotice{\penalty-
1\vfill
53 \vbox{\smallfont\baselineskip=
0.8\baselineskip\raggedcenter
54 Copyright
\year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
\break
55 Version
\versionnumber{} for GNU Emacs
\versionemacs, April
2000\break
56 Project W
{\l}odek Bzyl (matwb@univ.gda.pl)
58 Permission is granted to make and distribute copies of
59 this card provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
60 are preserved on all copies.
\par}}
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85 \newdimen\intercolumnskip % horizontal space between columns
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98 \def\columnbox{\leftline{\pagebody}}
100 \def\newcolumn{\vfil\eject}
102 \def\bye{\par\vfil\supereject
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0.5ex
108 \vskip2\baselineskip}
110 \outer\def\section#1{\filbreak
112 \leftline{\headingfont #1}
114 \def\bskip{\vskip 2.5ex plus
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115 \def\askip{\vskip 0.75ex plus
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117 \newdimen\defwidth \defwidth=
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118 \def\hang{\hangindent\defwidth}
120 \def\textindent#1{\noindent\llap{\hbox to
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121 \def\key{\par\hangafter=
0\hang\textindent}
123 \def\mtextindent#1{\noindent\hbox{\tt#1\quad}\ignorespaces}
124 \def\mkey{\par\hangafter=
1\hang\mtextindent}
126 \def\kbd#
{\bgroup\tt \let\next=
}
128 \newdimen\raggedstretch
129 \newskip\raggedparfill \raggedparfill=
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163 \title{GNU\ \ Emacs\ \ Survival\ \ Card
}{for version
\versionemacs}
165 In the following,
\kbd{C-z
} means hit the `
\kbd{z
}' key while
166 holding down the
{\it Ctrl
}\ \ key.
\kbd{M-z
} means hit the
167 `
\kbd{z
}' key while hitting the
{\it Meta\/
} (labeled
{\it Alt\/
}
168 on some keyboards) or after hitting
{\it Esc\/
} key.
170 \section{Running Emacs
}
172 To enter GNU Emacs, just type its name:
\kbd{emacs
}.
173 Emacs divides the frame into several areas:
175 buffer area with the edited text,
176 mode line describing the buffer in the window above it,
177 and a minibuffer/echo area in the last line.
179 \key{C-x C-c
} quit Emacs
180 \key{C-x C-f
} edit file; this command uses the minibuffer to read
181 the file name; use this to create new files by entering the name
183 \key{C-x C-s
} save the file
184 \key{C-x k
} kill a buffer
185 \key{C-g
} in most context: cancel, stop, abort partially typed or
189 \section{Moving About
}
191 \key{C-l
} scroll current line to center of window
192 \key{C-x b
} switch to another buffer
193 \key{M-<
} move to beginning of buffer
194 \key{M->
} move to end of buffer
195 \key{M-x goto-line
} go to a given line number
197 \section{Multiple Windows
}
199 \key{C-x
0} remove the current window from the display
200 \key{C-x
1} make active window the only window
201 \key{C-x
2} split window horizontally
202 \key{C-x
3} split window vertically
203 \key{C-x o
} move to other window
207 Emacs defines a `region' as the space between the
{\it mark\/
} and
208 the
{\it point
}. A mark is set with
\kbd{C-
{\it space
}}.
209 The point is at the cursor position.
211 \key{M-h
} mark entire paragraph
212 \key{C-x h
} mark entire buffer
214 \section{Killing and Copying
}
216 \key{C-w
} kill region
217 \key{M-w
} copy region to kill-ring
218 \key{C-k
} kill from the cursor all the way to the end of the line
219 \key{M-DEL
} kill word
220 \key{C-y
} yank back the last kill (
\kbd{C-w C-y
} combination could be
221 used to move text around)
222 \key{M-y
} replace last yank with previous kill
226 \key{C-s
} search for a string
227 \key{C-r
} search for a string backwards
228 \key{RET
} quit searching
229 \key{M-C-s
} regular expression search
230 \key{M-C-r
} reverse regular expression search
232 Use
\kbd{C-s
} or
\kbd{C-r
} again to repeat the search in either direction.
236 Tags tables files record locations of function and
237 procedure definitions, global variables, data types and anything
238 else convenient. To create a tags table file, type
239 `
{\tt etags
} {\it input
\_files}' as a shell command.
241 \key{M-.
} find a definition
242 \key{C-u M-.
} find next occurrence of definition
243 \key{M-*
} pop back to where
\kbd{M-.
} was last invoked
244 \mkey{M-x tags-query-replace
} run query-replace on all files
245 recorded in tags table
246 \key{M-,
} continue last tags search or query-replace
250 \key{M-x compile
} compile code in active window
251 \key{C-c C-c
} go to the next compiler error, when in
252 the compile window or
253 \key{C-x `
} when in the window with source code
255 \section{Dired, the Directory Editor
}
257 \key{C-x d
} invoke Dired
258 \key{d
} flag this file for deletion
259 \key{\~
{}} flag all backup files for deletion
260 \key{u
} remove deletion flag
261 \key{x
} delete the files flagged for deletion
263 \key{g
} update the Dired buffer
264 \key{f
} visit the file described on the current line
265 \key{s
} switch between alphabetical date/time order
267 \section{Reading and Sending Mail
}
269 \key{M-x rmail
} start reading mail
270 \key{q
} quit reading mail
272 \key{d
} mark the current message for deletion
273 \key{x
} remove all messages marked for deletion
275 \key{C-x m
} begin composing a message
276 \key{C-c C-c
} send the message and switch to another buffer
277 \key{C-c C-f C-c
} move to the `CC' header field, creating one
280 \section{Miscellaneous
}
282 \key{M-q
} fill paragraph
283 \key{M-/
} expand previous word dynamically
284 \key{C-z
} iconify (suspend) Emacs when running it under X or
286 \mkey{M-x revert-buffer
} replace the text being edited with the
287 text of the file on disk
289 \section{Query Replace
}
291 \key{M-\%
} interactively search and replace
292 \key{M-C-\%
} using regular expressions
294 Valid responses in query-replace mode are
296 \key{SPC
} replace this one, go on to next
297 \key{,
} replace this one, don't move
298 \key{DEL
} skip to next without replacing
299 \key{!
} replace all remaining matches
300 \key{\^
{}} back up to the previous match
301 \key{RET
} exit query-replace
302 \key{C-r
} enter recursive edit (
\kbd{M-C-c
} to exit)
304 \section{Regular Expressions
}
306 \key{.
{\rm(dot)
}} any single character except a newline
307 \key{*
} zero or more repeats
308 \key{+
} one or more repeats
309 \key{?
} zero or one repeat
310 \key{[$
\ldots$
]} denotes a class of character to match
311 \key{[\^
{}$
\ldots$
]} negates the class
313 \key{\\
{\it c
}} quote characters otherwise having a special
314 meaning in regular expressions
316 \key{$
\ldots$\\|$
\ldots$\\|$
\ldots$
} matches one of
317 the alternatives (``or'')
318 \key{\\( $
\ldots$ \\)
} groups a series of pattern elements to
320 \key{\\
{\it n
}} same text as
{\it n\/
}th group
322 \key{\^
{}} matches at line beginning
323 \key{\$
} matches at line end
325 \key{\
\w} matches word-syntax character
326 \key{\
\W} matches non-word-syntax character
327 \key{\\<
} matches at word beginning
328 \key{\\>
} matches at word end
329 \key{\
\b} matches at word break
330 \key{\
\B} matches at non-word break
334 \key{C-x r s
} save region in register
335 \key{C-x r i
} insert register contents into buffer
337 \key{C-x r SPC
} save value of point in register
338 \key{C-x r j
} jump to point saved in register
342 \key{C-x r r
} copy rectangle to register
343 \key{C-x r k
} kill rectangle
344 \key{C-x r y
} yank rectangle
345 \key{C-x r t
} prefix each line with a string
347 \key{C-x r o
} open rectangle, shifting text right
348 \key{C-x r c
} blank out rectangle
352 \key{M-x shell
} start a shell within Emacs
353 \key{M-!
} execute a shell command
354 \key{M-|
} run a shell command on the region
355 \key{C-u M-|
} filter region through a shell command
357 \section{Spelling Check
}
359 \key{M-\$
} check spelling of word at the cursor
360 \mkey{M-x ispell-region
} check spelling of all words in region
361 \mkey{M-x ispell-buffer
} check spelling of entire buffer
363 \section{International Character Sets
}
365 \key{C-x RET C-\\
} select and activate input method for
367 \key{C-\\
} enable or disable input method
368 \mkey{M-x list-input-methods
} show all input methods
369 \mkey{M-x set-language-environment
} specify principal language
371 \key{C-x RET c
} set coding system for next command
372 \mkey{M-x find-file-literally
} visit file with no conversion
375 \mkey{M-x list-coding-systems
} show all coding systems
376 \mkey{M-x prefer-coding-system
} choose preferred coding system
378 \section{Keyboard Macros
}
380 \key{C-x (
} start defining a keyboard macro
381 \key{C-x )
} end keyboard macro definition
382 \key{C-x e
} execute last-defined keyboard macro
383 \key{C-u C-x (
} append to last keyboard macro
384 \mkey{M-x name-last-kbd-macro
} name last keyboard macro
386 \section{Simple Customization
}
388 \key{M-x customize
} customize variables and faces
390 \section{Getting Help
}
392 Emacs does command completion for you. Typing
\kbd{M-x
}
393 {\it tab\/
} or
{\it space\/
} gives a list of Emacs commands.
396 \key{C-h t
} run the Emacs tutorial
397 \key{C-h i
} enter Info, the documentation browser
398 \key{C-h a
} show commands matching a string (apropos)
399 \key{C-h k
} display documentation of the function invoked by
402 Emacs gets into different
{\it modes
}, each of which customizes
403 Emacs for editing text of a particular sort. The mode line
404 contains names of the current modes, in parentheses.
406 \key{C-h m
} get mode-specific information
413 % compile-command: "tex survival"
416 % arch-tag: 4f9a0562-617b-4843-aee1-450c41d6b22c