September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
Content preview from Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
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Meta-Key Sequences
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. |
M-g g or M-g M-g | goto-line | Go to line n of file. |
M-h | mark-paragraph | Mark paragraph. |
M-k | kill-sentence | Delete sentence the cursor is on. |
M-l | downcase-word | Lowercase word. |
M-m | back-to-indentation | Move cursor to first nonblank character on line. |
M-q | fill-paragraph | Reformat paragraph. |
M-s | center-line | Center line that cursor is on. |
M-S | cemter-paragraph | Center paragraph that cursor is on. |
M-t | transpose-words | Transpose two words. |
M-u | upcase-word | Uppercase word. |
M-v | scroll-down | Move backward one screen. |
M-x | (none) | Access ... |
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