Short Emacs Tutorial

--D. Thiebaut (talk) 18:41, 12 September 2015 (EDT)

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Emacs

Reference

• The page Emacs Quick Reference contains a list of most emacs commands you will ever need.
• There are also many tutorials on the Web on emacs.

Minimalist Set of Commands

• To create or edit a file called filename (replace with name you want to use for your file):

 emacs -nw filename

• Then enter text as simply as possible.
• To save the file and exit:

Control-X Control-C 

• To erase a character: Control-d
• To delete a line: Control-k
• To bring a deleted line back: Control-y
• To go down one page: Control-v
• To go up one page: Esc-v
• To go to the beginning of a line: Control-a
• To go to the end of a line: Control-e
• To replace a string (say "Better") with another string( say "Best" ):

  Esc % Return Better Return Best Return