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 Control key; M- indicates the Meta key.
Command name |
Keystrokes |
Description |
macroname |
(none) |
Execute a keyboard macro you’ve saved. |
abbrev-mode |
(none) |
Enter (or exit) word abbreviation mode. |
advertised-undo |
C-_ |
Undo last edit (can be done repeatedly). |
apropos |
(none) |
What functions and variables involve this concept? |
back-to-indentation |
M-m |
Move cursor to first nonblank character on line. |
backward-char |
C-b |
Move backward one character (left). |
backward-delete-char |
Del |
Delete previous character. |
backward-kill-paragraph |
(none) |
Delete previous paragraph. |
backward-kill-sentence |
C-x Del |
Delete previous sentence. |
backward-kill-word |
C-c C-w |
Erase previous word. |
backward-kill-word |
M-Del |
Delete previous word. |
backward-page |
C-x [ |
Move backward one page. |
backward-paragraph |
M-{ |
Move backward one paragraph. |
backward-sentence |
M-a |
Move backward one sentence. |
backward-word |
M-b |
Move backward one word. |
beginning-of-buffer |
M-< |
Move to beginning of file. |
beginning-of-line |
C-a |
Move to beginning of line. |
call-last-kbd-macro |
C-x e |
Execute last macro defined. |
capitalize-region |
(none) |
Capitalize region. |
capitalize-word |
M-c |
Capitalize first letter of word. |
center-line |
M-s |
Center line that cursor is on. |
center-paragraph |
(none) |
Center paragraph that cursor is on. |
center-region |
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