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Emacs Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

A few useful Emacs commands for my customized Emacs configuration.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Handling Files

C-x C-f
[
C-f
]
Open file [without IDO]
 
C-x C-s
Save file
 
C-x C-w
Save file as...
 
C-x s
Save all buffers
 
C-x C-r
Rename file
 
C-x C-d
Delete file
 
C-x C-a
Edit as root
 
C-x RET c
Encoding for next command
 
C-x RET f
Encoding for saving file

TRAMP

/[user­@]h­ost­:path
Remote access via SSH
/sudo:­:/path
Open as root

General editing

C-y
Yank (paste)
 
M-y
Cycle in kill ring
 
C-c y
Browse kill ring
 
C-Spc
[
C-Spc
]
Set mark [and deactivate it]
 
C-u C-Spc
Jump to mark

Dired (open with C-x d)

C/R/D
Copy/r­ena­me/­delete
!/&
Shell comman­d/a­syn­chr­onous
Z
Compre­ss/­unc­ompress
M/G/O
Change mode/g­rou­p/owner
A/Q
Search­/re­place
m/u/U
Mark/u­nma­rk/­unmark all
+
New directory
g
Refresh
 

Frames

C-x 0
Close current frame
 
C-x 1
Close all except current frame
 
C-x
{
2
/ 
3
}
Split frame {horiz­ont­all­y/v­ert­ically}
 
C-TAB
Switch to next frame
 
M-S-arrows
Resize frame
 
C-c s a
Scroll all frames simult­ane­ously

Screens

F9
Create new screen
 
S-F9
Kill current screen
 
M-1
... 
M-0
Go to screen number 1 ... 10
 
C-z l
List active screens
 
C-z C-b
Escreen menu

Desktops

C-x x r
Load session
 
C-x x s
Save current session
 
C-x x d
Save current session & clear
 
C-x x c
Change session (save & load)
 
C-x x n
Show current session name

Google

C-c g RET
Google search
 
C-c g g
Google search on cursor
 
C-c g r
Google C++ reference
 
C-c g m
Google maps search
 
C-c t
Google translate at point
 
C-c T
Google translate

Org-mode: General

[
S-
]
TAB
Fold/u­nfold [all]
 
M-arrows
Move/c­hange indent­ation level
 
M-S-arrows
... for entire subtree
 
C-c c
Quickly capture a note
... 
C-c C-c
... save the note
... 
C-c C-k
... abort

Org-mode: Lists

+ -
*
Un-ordered list
 
1. 1)
Ordered list
 
term :: def
Definition list
 
[ ]
Checkbox
 
C-c C-c
Toggle checkbox
Lists are recognized as sub-tasks for to-dos.

Org-mode: To-dos

C-c C-d
Deadline for to-do item
 
C-c C-s
Schedule to-do item
 
C-c C-t
Rotate to-do state
 
C-c ,
Set to-do priority
 
C-c a a
Calend­ar-like agenda
 
C-c a t
Global to-do overview
 
[/]
or 
[%]
in a to-do heading show subtask comple­tion.

Org-mode: Misc.

[[link­][t­ext]]
Define a link
 
C-c l
Save current buffer as link
 
C-c C-l
Insert link
 
C-c C-o
Open link
 
M-S-left/up
Kill table column/row
 
M-S-right/down
Insert table column/row
 
C-c C-e
Export...
 
C-c C-e t
Insert options template
 

Progra­mming

C-c C-r
Comment in/out a line or region
 
F3
Next occurence of symbol
 
S-F3
Previous occurence of symbol
 
M-F3
Replace symbol
 
M-^
Jump to defini­tion...
 
C-c C-c
[Python] Execute buffer
 
C-c !
[Python] Switch to interp­reter
 
C-c C-e
[Python] Help on symbol
 
C-c C-x
[sh] Execute script
 
C-c C-f
[HTML] Fold/u­nfold block
 
C-c C-f
[JS] Fold/u­nfold all functions
 
C-c C-t
[JS] Fold/u­nfold block comments
 
C-c C-o
[JS] Fold/u­nfold at point

Flycheck

F5
Jump to previous error
 
F6
Jump to next error
 
F7
List all errors
 
S-F7
Toggle Flycheck mode

Magit (Open with F4)

M-S
/ 
M-H
Show/hide all diffs
 
s
/ 
S
Stage / Stage all
 
u
/ 
U
Unstage / Unstage all
 
i
Ignore untracked file
 
k
Delete file perman­ently
 
c
Open commit buffer
 
C-c C-c
Perform commit
 
l l
/ 
l L
List of revisions / Verbose list
 
a
Apply commit ("ch­err­y-p­ick­")
 
v
Revert commit
 
X
Revert all uncomm­itted changes
 
P P
Push current branch
 
F F
Pull current branch
 
b
Manipulate branches
 
q
Quit current Magit buffer
Many commands can be used on parts of a diff, e.g. to stage or revert partial changes.