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
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28 % Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
29 % 2006 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.
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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}
51 \def\copyrightnotice{\penalty-
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52 \vbox{\smallfont\baselineskip=
0.8\baselineskip\raggedcenter
53 Copyright
\year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
\break
54 Version
\versionnumber{} for GNU Emacs
21, April
2000\break
55 Project W
{\l}odek Bzyl (matwb@univ.gda.pl)
57 Permission is granted to make and distribute copies of
58 this card provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
59 are preserved on all copies.
\par}}
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120 \def\key{\par\hangafter=
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162 \title{GNU\ \ Emacs\ \ Survival\ \ Card
}{for version
21}
164 In the following,
\kbd{C-z
} means hit the `
\kbd{z
}' key while
165 holding down the
{\it Ctrl
}\ \ key.
\kbd{M-z
} means hit the
166 `
\kbd{z
}' key while hitting the
{\it Meta\/
} (labeled
{\it Alt\/
}
167 on some keyboards) or after hitting
{\it Esc\/
} key.
169 \section{Running Emacs
}
171 To enter GNU Emacs, just type its name:
\kbd{emacs
}.
172 Emacs divides the frame into several areas:
174 buffer area with the edited text,
175 mode line describing the buffer in the window above it,
176 and a minibuffer/echo area in the last line.
178 \key{C-x C-c
} quit Emacs
179 \key{C-x C-f
} edit file; this command uses the minibuffer to read
180 the file name; use this to create new files by entering the name
182 \key{C-x C-s
} save the file
183 \key{C-x k
} kill a buffer
184 \key{C-g
} in most context: cancel, stop, abort partially typed or
188 \section{Moving About
}
190 \key{C-l
} scroll current line to center of window
191 \key{C-x b
} switch to another buffer
192 \key{M-<
} move to beginning of buffer
193 \key{M->
} move to end of buffer
194 \key{M-x goto-line
} go to a given line number
196 \section{Multiple Windows
}
198 \key{C-x
0} remove the current window from the display
199 \key{C-x
1} make active window the only window
200 \key{C-x
2} split window horizontally
201 \key{C-x
3} split window vertically
202 \key{C-x o
} move to other window
206 Emacs defines a `region' as the space between the
{\it mark\/
} and
207 the
{\it point
}. A mark is set with
\kbd{C-
{\it space
}}.
208 The point is at the cursor position.
210 \key{M-h
} mark entire paragraph
211 \key{C-x h
} mark entire buffer
213 \section{Killing and Copying
}
215 \key{C-w
} kill region
216 \key{M-w
} copy region to kill-ring
217 \key{C-k
} kill from the cursor all the way to the end of the line
218 \key{M-DEL
} kill word
219 \key{C-y
} yank back the last kill (
\kbd{C-w C-y
} combination could be
220 used to move text around)
221 \key{M-y
} replace last yank with previous kill
225 \key{C-s
} search for a string
226 \key{C-r
} search for a string backwards
227 \key{RET
} quit searching
228 \key{M-C-s
} regular expression search
229 \key{M-C-r
} reverse regular expression search
231 Use
\kbd{C-s
} or
\kbd{C-r
} again to repeat the search in either direction.
235 Tags tables files record locations of function and
236 procedure definitions, global variables, data types and anything
237 else convenient. To create a tags table file, type
238 `
{\tt etags
} {\it input
\_files}' as a shell command.
240 \key{M-.
} find a definition
241 \key{C-u M-.
} find next occurrence of definition
242 \key{M-*
} pop back to where
\kbd{M-.
} was last invoked
243 \mkey{M-x tags-query-replace
} run query-replace on all files
244 recorded in tags table
245 \key{M-,
} continue last tags search or query-replace
249 \key{M-x compile
} compile code in active window
250 \key{C-c C-c
} go to the next compiler error, when in
251 the compile window or
252 \key{C-x `
} when in the window with source code
254 \section{Dired, the Directory Editor
}
256 \key{C-x d
} invoke Dired
257 \key{d
} flag this file for deletion
258 \key{\~
{}} flag all backup files for deletion
259 \key{u
} remove deletion flag
260 \key{x
} delete the files flagged for deletion
262 \key{g
} update the Dired buffer
263 \key{f
} visit the file described on the current line
264 \key{s
} switch between alphabetical date/time order
266 \section{Reading and Sending Mail
}
268 \key{M-x rmail
} start reading mail
269 \key{q
} quit reading mail
271 \key{d
} mark the current message for deletion
272 \key{x
} remove all messages marked for deletion
274 \key{C-x m
} begin composing a message
275 \key{C-c C-c
} send the message and switch to another buffer
276 \key{C-c C-f C-c
} move to the `CC' header field, creating one
279 \section{Miscellaneous
}
281 \key{M-q
} fill paragraph
282 \key{M-/
} expand previous word dynamically
283 \key{C-z
} iconify (suspend) Emacs when running it under X or
285 \mkey{M-x revert-buffer
} replace the text being edited with the
286 text of the file on disk
288 \section{Query Replace
}
290 \key{M-\%
} interactively search and replace
291 \key{M-C-\%
} using regular expressions
293 Valid responses in query-replace mode are
295 \key{SPC
} replace this one, go on to next
296 \key{,
} replace this one, don't move
297 \key{DEL
} skip to next without replacing
298 \key{!
} replace all remaining matches
299 \key{\^
{}} back up to the previous match
300 \key{RET
} exit query-replace
301 \key{C-r
} enter recursive edit (
\kbd{M-C-c
} to exit)
303 \section{Regular Expressions
}
305 \key{.
{\rm(dot)
}} any single character except a newline
306 \key{*
} zero or more repeats
307 \key{+
} one or more repeats
308 \key{?
} zero or one repeat
309 \key{[$
\ldots$
]} denotes a class of character to match
310 \key{[\^
{}$
\ldots$
]} negates the class
312 \key{\\
{\it c
}} quote characters otherwise having a special
313 meaning in regular expressions
315 \key{$
\ldots$\\|$
\ldots$\\|$
\ldots$
} matches one of
316 the alternatives (``or'')
317 \key{\\( $
\ldots$ \\)
} groups a series of pattern elements to
319 \key{\\
{\it n
}} same text as
{\it n\/
}th group
321 \key{\^
{}} matches at line beginning
322 \key{\$
} matches at line end
324 \key{\
\w} matches word-syntax character
325 \key{\
\W} matches non-word-syntax character
326 \key{\\<
} matches at word beginning
327 \key{\\>
} matches at word end
328 \key{\
\b} matches at word break
329 \key{\
\B} matches at non-word break
333 \key{C-x r s
} save region in register
334 \key{C-x r i
} insert register contents into buffer
336 \key{C-x r SPC
} save value of point in register
337 \key{C-x r j
} jump to point saved in register
341 \key{C-x r r
} copy rectangle to register
342 \key{C-x r k
} kill rectangle
343 \key{C-x r y
} yank rectangle
344 \key{C-x r t
} prefix each line with a string
346 \key{C-x r o
} open rectangle, shifting text right
347 \key{C-x r c
} blank out rectangle
351 \key{M-x shell
} start a shell within Emacs
352 \key{M-!
} execute a shell command
353 \key{M-|
} run a shell command on the region
354 \key{C-u M-|
} filter region through a shell command
356 \section{Spelling Check
}
358 \key{M-\$
} check spelling of word at the cursor
359 \mkey{M-x ispell-region
} check spelling of all words in region
360 \mkey{M-x ispell-buffer
} check spelling of entire buffer
362 \section{International Character Sets
}
364 \key{C-x RET C-\\
} select and activate input method for
366 \key{C-\\
} enable or disable input method
367 \mkey{M-x list-input-methods
} show all input methods
368 \mkey{M-x set-language-environment
} specify principal language
370 \key{C-x RET c
} set coding system for next command
371 \mkey{M-x find-file-literally
} visit file with no conversion
374 \mkey{M-x list-coding-systems
} show all coding systems
375 \mkey{M-x prefer-coding-system
} choose preferred coding system
377 \section{Keyboard Macros
}
379 \key{C-x (
} start defining a keyboard macro
380 \key{C-x )
} end keyboard macro definition
381 \key{C-x e
} execute last-defined keyboard macro
382 \key{C-u C-x (
} append to last keyboard macro
383 \mkey{M-x name-last-kbd-macro
} name last keyboard macro
385 \section{Simple Customization
}
387 \key{M-x customize
} customize variables and faces
389 \section{Getting Help
}
391 Emacs does command completion for you. Typing
\kbd{M-x
}
392 {\it tab\/
} or
{\it space\/
} gives a list of Emacs commands.
395 \key{C-h t
} run the Emacs tutorial
396 \key{C-h i
} enter Info, the documentation browser
397 \key{C-h a
} show commands matching a string (apropos)
398 \key{C-h k
} display documentation of the function invoked by
401 Emacs gets into different
{\it modes
}, each of which customizes
402 Emacs for editing text of a particular sort. The mode line
403 contains names of the current modes, in parentheses.
405 \key{C-h m
} get mode-specific information
412 % compile-command: "tex survival"
415 % arch-tag: 4f9a0562-617b-4843-aee1-450c41d6b22c