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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 8: The Emacs Editor
This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition
Copyright © 2006 O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
Window Commands
Special Shell Characters
Indentation Commands
Keystrokes Command name Description
C-x 2 split-window-vertically Divide the currentwindow intotwo, one ontop of
the other.
C-x 3 split-window-horizontally Divide the current window into two, side by side.
C-x > scroll-right Scroll the window right.
C-x < scroll-left Scroll the window left.
C-x o other-window Move to the other window.
C-x 0 delete-window Delete current window.
C-x 1 delete-other-windows Delete all windows but this one.
(none) delete-windows-on Delete all windows on a given buffer.
C-x ^ enlarge-window Make window taller.
(none) shrink-window Make window shorter.
C-x } enlarge-window-horizontally Make window wider.
C-x { shrink-window-horizontally Make window narrower.
C-M-v scroll-other-window Scroll other window.
C-x 4 f find-file-other-window Find a file in the other window.
C-x 4 b switch-to-buffer-other-window Select a buffer in the other window.
C-x 5 f find-file-other-frame Find a file in a new frame.
C-x 5 b switch-to-buffer-other-frame Select a buffer in another frame.
(none) compare-windows Compare two buffers; show first difference.
Keystrokes Command Name Description
(none) shell Start a shell buffer.
C-c C-c comint-interrupt-subjob Terminate the current job.
C-c C-d comint-send-eof ...
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