July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
book
Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
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Summary of Commands by Group | 711
Emacs
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Centering Commands
Macro Commands
Basic Indentation Commands
Detail Information Help Commands
M-m back-to-indentation Move cursor to first character on line.
C-M-o split-line Split line at cursor; indent to column of cursor.
(none) fill-individual-paragraphs Reformat indented paragraphs, keeping
indentation.
Keystrokes Command name Description
M-s center-line Center line that cursor is on.
(none) center-paragraph Center paragraph that cursor is on.
(none) center-region Center currently defined region.
Keystrokes Command name Description
C-x ( start-kbd-macro Start macro definition.
C-x ) end-kbd-macro End macro definition.
C-x e call-last-kbd-macro Execute last macro defined.
M-n C-x e digit-argument and call-last-kbd-macro Execute last macro defined n times.
C-u C-x ( universal-argument and start-kbd-macro Execute last macro defined, then add keystrokes.
(none) name-last-kbd-macro Name last macro you created (before saving it).
(none) insert-keyboard-macro Insert the macro you named into a file.
(none) load-file Load macro files you’ve saved and loaded.
(none) macroname Execute a keyboard macro you’ve saved.
C-x q kbd-macro-query Insert a query in a macro definition.
C-u C-x q (none) Insert a recursive edit in a macro definition.
C-M-c exit-recursive-edit ...
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