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< h1 id = "emacs-tips" > Emacs Tips< / h1 >
< p > < em > Posted 2007-05-22, updated 2021-07-01.< / em > < / p >
< p > These are some emacs keybindings (and other functions) that I once found useful. I’ ve mostly used Sublime Text for the last few years, however.< / p >
< h2 id = "editing" > Editing< / h2 >
< p > < code > C-[SPC]< / code > : set mark< br >
< code > C-x C-x< / code > : exchange point and mark< br >
< code > C-w< / code > : kill (AKA “ cut” )< br >
< code > M-w< / code > : kill-ring-save (AKA “ copy” )< br >
< code > C-y< / code > : yank (AKA “ paste” )< br >
< code > M-h< / code > : Put region around current paragraph (mark-paragraph).< br >
< code > C-x h< / code > : Put region around the entire buffer (mark-whole-buffer).< br >
< code > C-u C-[SPC]< / code > : Move in mark ring< br >
< code > M-d< / code > : Kill word< br >
< code > M-[DEL]< / code > : Kill word backwards< br >
< code > C-M-k< / code > : Kill the following balanced expression (kill-sexp)< / p >
< h2 id = "registers" > Registers< / h2 >
< p > < code > C-x r r< / code > : Save position of point in register r (point-to-register).< br >
< code > C-x r j r< / code > : Jump to the position saved in register r (jump-to-register).< br >
< code > C-x r s r< / code > : Copy region into register r (copy-to-register).< br >
< code > C-x r i r< / code > : Insert text from register r (insert-register).< / p >
< h2 id = "bookmarks" > Bookmarks< / h2 >
< p > < code > C-x r m [RET]< / code > : Set the bookmark for the visited file, at point.< br >
< code > C-x r m bookmark [RET]< / code > : Set the bookmark named bookmark at point (bookmark-set).< br >
< code > C-x r b bookmark [RET]< / code > : Jump to the bookmark named bookmark (bookmark-jump).< br >
< code > C-x r l< / code > : List all bookmarks (list-bookmarks).< br >
< code > M-x bookmark-save< / code > : Save all the current bookmark values in the default bookmark file.< / p >
< h2 id = "miscellaneous" > Miscellaneous< / h2 >
< p > < code > M-`< / code > shows the menu.< br >
< code > M-x highlight-changes-mode< / code > toggles showing the changes you’ ve made to the file since the last save.< / p >
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