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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Meta-Key Sequences
Summary of Commands by Name
The Emacs commands below are presented alphabetically by command name.
Use M-x to access the command name. Reminder: C- indicates the Ctrl key; M-
indicates the Meta key.
Keystrokes Command name Description
Meta (none) Exit a query-replace or successful search.
M-- M-c negative-argument; capitalize-word Capitalize previous word.
M-- M-l negative-argument; downcase-word Lowercase previous word.
M-- M-u negative-argument; upcase-word Uppercase previous word.
M-$ spell-word Check spelling of word after cursor.
M-< beginning-of-buffer Move to beginning of file.
M-> end-of-buffer Move to end of file.
M-{ backward-paragraph Move backward one paragraph.
M-} forward-paragraph Move forward one paragraph.
M-^ delete-indentation Join this line to the previous one.
M-n digit-argument Repeat the next command n times.
M-n C-x e digit-argument and call-last-kbd-macro Execute the last defined macro n times.
M-a backward-sentence Move backward one sentence.
M-b backward-word Move one word backward.
M-c capitalize-word Capitalize first letter of word.
M-d kill-word Delete word that cursor is on.
M-DEL backward-kill-word Delete previous word.
M-e forward-sentence Move forward one sentence.
M-f forward-word Move one word forward ...
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