Emacs shortcuts for Mac

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Registers

Jump to point saved in register^ x r j
Save value of point in register^ x r space
Insert register contents into buffer^ x r i
Save region in register^ x r s

Info

Quit Infoq Add →
Search nodes for regexps Add →
Look up a subject in the indicesi Add →
Run Info tutorialh Add →
Go to any node by nameg Add →
Go to top node of Info filet Add →
Return to directory noded Add →
Return to last node you sawl Add →
Follow cross reference (return with l)f Add →
Select nth menu item by number (1–9)n Add →
Select menu item by namem Add →
Move upu Add →
Previous nodep Add →
Next noden Add →
Move to beginning of nodeb Add →
Scroll reverse⌫ Add →
Scroll forwardspace Add →
Find specified function or variable in Info^ h s
Enter the Info documentation reader^ h i

Rectangles

Prefix each line with a string^ x r t
Blank out rectangle^ x r c
Open rectangle, shifting text right^ x r o
Yank rectangle^ x r y
Kill rectangle^ x r k
Copy rectangle to register^ x r r

Shells

Start a shell in window *shell*shell
Filter region through a shell commandcontrol u alt |
Run a shell command on the regionoption |
Execute a shell command asynchronouslyoption &
Execute a shell commandoption !

Transposing

Transpose sexps⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + t Add →
Transpose linescontrol x t
Transpose words⌥ (option) + t Add →
Transpose characters⌃ (control) + t Add →

Buffers

Kill a buffer^ x k
List all buffers^ x b
Select another buffer^ x b

The Minibuffer

Activate menu bar items on text terminalsf10 Add →
Abort command⌃ (control) + g Add →
Regexp search forward through history⌥ (option) + s Add →
Regexp search backward through history⌥ (option) + r Add →
Fetch later minibuffer input or default⌥ (option) + n Add →
Fetch previous minibuffer input⌥ (option) + p Add →
Show possible completions? Add →
Complete and execute↵ Add →
Complete up to one wordspace Add →
Complete as much as possible⇥ Add →

Case Change

Lowercase region^ x l
Uppercase region^ x u
Capitalize word⌥ (option) + c Add →
Lowercase word⌥ (option) + l Add →
Uppercase word⌥ (option) + u Add →

Formatting

Set face⌥ (option) + o Add →
Set prefix each line starts with^ x .
Set fill column to arg^ x f
Fill paragraph⌥ (option) + q Add →
Put exactly one space at point⌥ (option) + space Add →
Delete all white space around point⌥ (option) + \ Add →
Join line with previous (with arg, next)⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option)Add →
Delete blank lines around point^ x o
Move rest of line vertically down⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + o Add →
Insert newline after point⌃ (control) + o Add →
Indent for comment⌥ (option) + ; Add →
Indent region rigidly arg columns^ x tab
Indent sexp (mode-dependent)⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + q Add →
Indent region (mode-dependent)⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + \ Add →
Indent current line (mode-dependent)⇥ Add →

Marking

Mark entire buffer^ x h
Mark function⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + h Add →
Mark sexp⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + @ Add →
Mark page^ x p
Mark paragraph⌥ (option) + h Add →
Set mark arg words away⌥ (option) + @ Add →
Exchange point and mark⌃ (control) + x Add →
Set mark here⌃ (control) + @ Add →

Killing and Deleting

Replace last yank with previous kill⌥ (option) + y Add →
Yank back last thing killed⌃ (control) + y Add →
Kill through next occurrence of 'c' char⌥ z c
Copy region to kill ring⌥ (option) + w Add →
Kill region⌃ (control) + w Add →
Delete sexp to end⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + k Add →
Delete sexp to beginning⌥ (option) + ⌃ (control) + k Add →
Delete sentence to end⌥ (option) + k Add →
Delete sentence to bebinning^ x del
Delete line to end⌃ (control) + k Add →
Delete line to beginning⌥ (option) + ⌃ (control) + k Add →
Delete word forward⌥ (option) + d Add →
Delete word backward⌥ (option) + ⌫ Add →
Delete character forward⌃ (control) + d Add →
Delete character backward⌫ Add →

Motion

Back to indentation⌥ (option) + m Add →
Goto char⌥ g c
Goto line⌥ g g
Scroll current line to center, top, bottom⌃ (control) + l Add →
Scroll right^ x >
Scroll left^ x <
Scroll to previous screen⌥ (option) + v Add →
Scroll to next screen⌃ (control) + v Add →
Move to buffer beginning⌥ (option) + > Add →
Move to buffer beginning⌥ (option) + < Add →
Move to function end⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + e Add →
Move to function beginning⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + a Add →
Move to sexp end⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + f Add →
Move to sexp beginning⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + b Add →
Move to page end^ x ]
Move to page beginning^ x [
Move to paragraph end⌥ (option) + } Add →
Move to paragraph beginning⌥ (option) + { Add →
Move to sentence end⌥ (option) + e Add →
Move to sentence beginning⌥ (option) + a Add →
Move to line end⌃ (control) + e Add →
Move to line beginning⌃ (control) + a Add →
Move over line backward⌃ (control) + p Add →
Move over line forward⌃ (control) + n Add →
Move over word forward⌥ (option) + f Add →
Move over word backward⌥ (option) + b Add →
Move over character backward⌃ (control) + b Add →
Move over character forward⌃ (control) + f Add →

Incremental Search

Abort current search⌃ (control) + g Add →
Undo effect of last character⌫ Add →
Exit incremental search↵ Add →
Select next later search string⌥ (option) + n Add →
Select previous search string⌥ (option) + p Add →
Reverse regular expression search⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + r Add →
Regular expression search⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + s Add →
Search backward⌃ (control) + r Add →
Search forward⌃ (control) + s Add →

Error Recovery

Redraw garbaged screen⌃ (control) + l Add →
Restore a buffer to its original contentsrevert-buffer
Undo an unwanted change^ x u
Recover files lost by a system crashrecover-session
Abort partially typed or executing command⌃ (control) + g Add →

Getting Help

Get mode-specific information^ h m
Describe a function^ h f
Describe the function a key runs^ h k
Apropos: show commands matching a string^ h a
Scroll help window⌃ (control) + ⌥ (option) + v Add →
Remove help window^ x 1
Enter tutorial^ h t
Show help⌃ (control) + h Add →

Files

Toggle read-only status of buffer^ x q
Write buffer to a specified file^ x w
Replace this file with the file you really want^ x v
Insert contents of another file into this buffer^ x i
Save all files^ x s
Save a file back to disk^ x s
Read a file into Emacs^ x f

General

Exit Emacs permanently^ x c
Suspend Emacs (or iconify it under X)⌃ (control) + z Add →
Execute extended command⌥ (option) + x Add →

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