How to use Emacs

Gathering of often used emacs commands

Shortcut	Explanation
C-x	this means hold Control and push x
M-w	this means hold Meta and push w

Meta is sent by the terminal and is setup differently from terminal to terminal. In cases where terminal doesn't send meta, you have to tap once at escape to send meta-command, so no need to hold it down. In e.g. iTerm2 you have to set option-key to send meta.

Basic shortcuts

Shortcut	Command
C-x C-c	Exit
C-x C-s	Save
C-x C-f	Open

Cursor movement

Shortcut	Command
C-f	Move cursor forward
C-b	Move cursor backward
C-n	Move cursor down
C-p	Move cursor up
C-n	Move cursor down
M-<	Jump to start of buffer
M->	Jump to end of buffer
C-v	Scroll page down
M-v	Scroll page up

Buffer managament

Shortcut	Command
C-x b	Jump to different open buffer
C-x C-b	Open ibuffer (to see open buffers)
C-x k	Kill buffer

Window managament

Shortcut	Command
C-x 2	Split window horizontally
C-x 3	Split window vertically
C-x 1	Only show current window
C-x 0	Close current window

Selection and copy/paste

Shortcut	Command
C-space	Start selection
C-w	Cut selection
M-w	Copy selection
C-y	Paste copy
C-y M-y M-y	Change paste to previous paste (cycle with M-y)
C-x h	Select all text in buffer

Version control

Shortcut	Command
C-x v d	Open version control directory
m	Mark file
u	Unmark file
i	Add unregistered file
+	Update file (or directory)
g	Refresh view
C-x v v	Commit marked files
C-c C-c	Send commit (and push)

My customization

• 4 spaces instead of tabs
• color-theme-sanityinc-tomorrow-day-theme
• Helm and Projectile
• Rebind C-x C-f to use Projectile find-file

org-mode

Create a file (for ex. TODO.org). Open the file and run org-agenda-file-to-front or C-c [

Command	Desciption
C-c a a	Open org-mode agenda
C-c a t	List all TODOs
C-c a g	GTD (Getting Things Done®)-view

On a task

Command	Desciption
C-c C-t	Change state
C-u C-c C-t	Change state and add note
C-c C-d	Add deadline date to task
C-c C-s	Add schedule date to task
C-c C-c	Fix timestamp