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The Ultimate Doom Emacs Cheat Sheet by

The Ultimate Doom Emacs Cheat Sheet from https://github.com/niyumard/Doom-Emacs-Cheat-Sheet

Command Abbrev­iations

C
“Control” key
M
“Alt” or “Option” key
S
“Super” or “Command” key
SPC
“Space” key

Buffers

SPC b b
Open another buffer workspace buffer
SPC b B
List all the buffer
SPC ,
Switch buffers (its an alias)
SPC SHIFT
Switch to all buffers
SPC b X
Create a scratch buffer
SPC b s
Save and name a buffer
Buffers are a special concept in emacs they can be terminals, files, direct­ories, etc

Workspaces

SPC TAB n
New workspace
SPC TAB N
Newly named workspace
SPC TAB [
Previous workspace
SPC TAB ]
Next workspace
SPC TAB d
Remove workspace
SPC TAB R
Restore last session
M-1
Switch to workspace 1
M-2
Switch to workspace 2 and so forth

Projects with Projectile

SPC p p
Open a project
SPC SPC
Open a file in a project
SPC o p
Open the file explorer
SPC o E
Open the shell (eshell) in fullscreen
SPC o e
Open the shell (eshell) in a popup window
SPC f r
Recently visited files
SPC p r
Recently visited files in a project
M-x projec­til­e-d­isc­ove­r-p­roj­ect­s-i­n-d­ire­ctory
Find projects within given folder using Projectile
M-x projec­til­e-d­isc­ove­r-p­roj­ect­s-i­n-s­ear­ch-path
Find projects in the folder defined by the projec­til­e-p­roj­ect­-se­arc­h-path variable using Projectile
 

General

SPC f s
Save the current file
SPC :
Enter a command
SPC q q
Close Emacs
SPC f D
Delete this file

Windows

SPC w v
Window split vertically
SPC w s
Window split horizo­nally
SPC w w
Switch windows
SPC w q
Close window, frame, quit EMACS if last frame
SPC w + and SPC w -
Increase and decrease window height
SPC w > and SPC w <
Increase and decrease window width
You can use vim motion keys to navigate between open windows for example SPC w H moves the window to the left.
Windows are panes in your screen

Magit

SPC g g
Shows Magit status page. Most commands are done from the status page. Use tab to expand headlines in the status page.
?
in Magit’s status page for a nice list of available commands and help, q to close this help page
TAB
Open diff view for a file
s
Press s under “Unstaged changes” to stage a change
u
Undo a change
c
Commit
b s
Branch and spinoff to create another branch, rewinding the commits you made to master
b b
Switch branches
t t
Create a tag, default place is the commit you are currently selecting
V
Select a change in a diff and x to discard that change.
s
Stage
c
Commit, you can q to quit the commit screen
P
push and then p to your remote or u to a another remote

File Tree

SPC o p
Open neotree or treemacs
Set up neotree or treemacs in your init.el file

Terminal

SPC o T
Open vterm
SPC o t
Open vterm in a popup window
Set up vterm in your init.el file.
  

Dired

C-x d
Open dired
RET
Go to a folder or open a file
-
Go one folder back
+
Create a new directory
d
Mark the files for deletion, press x to delete.
M
Change permis­sions
o
Sort by modes
O
Change the owner
m
Mark and u to unmark files or direct­ories
u
Unselect all
t
Invert the selection
t
Switch between files and direct­ories
C
Copy
R
Move
h, j, k, l
Move the cusor
(
Toggle a simple view
SPC .
Create or find a file
*
Select all direct­ories
C
Copy to another window
R
Move to another window
dired-­do-­wha­t-i­-me­an-­target
Set to true
i
Edit file/dir name
Dired (Directory Editor) is how you interfaces with a directory

Org Mode

*
* for a h1 ** for an h2 and so on
TAB
Fold a subtree (hide it) on a section
SHIFT TAB
Cycle through folded states
CTRL return
Create a headline of the same type
M-arrow up
Shift the position of the section
M-h
Promotes a headline to the next level
M-l
Demotes
SPC m l
Add a link to an org page
::
Specify a heading or a line number
SPC n l
Stores a link to a particular headline
SPC i s
Insert code snippets
C-c C-c
Execute the code
SPC m ‘
Edit inside the babel in another buffer
TODO
Create a task by prefixing any heading with TODO
DONE
Means the task is done
SPC m t
Change a status of a todo
SHIFT left and SHIFT right
Change the status of a todo as well
SPC o a t
Open the agenda -> todo list
q
Quit
SHIFT up and SHIFT down
Toggle the priority of tasks
org-fa­ncy­-pr­ior­ities
Gives you fancy looking priorities
SPC m q
Tag a headline
SPC m o
Set a property
SHIFT right and SHIFT left
Change the type of lists
[ ]
This is still todo
[-]
This is in progress
[X]
This is a done task
   
 

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