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-/ |
dabbrev-expand |
Expand to the most recent preceding word. |
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. |
(none) |
fill-region |
Reformat individual paragraphs within a region. |
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 ... |
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