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1 % Reference Card for GNU Emacs
2
3 % Copyright (C) 1987, 1993, 1996-1997, 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 % Author: Stephen Gildea <gildea@stop.mail-abuse.org>
6
7 % This file is part of GNU Emacs.
8
9 % GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 % the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
12 % (at your option) any later version.
13
14 % GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 % GNU General Public License for more details.
18
19 % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 % along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
21
22
23 % This file is intended to be processed by plain TeX (TeX82).
24 %
25 % The final reference card has six columns, three on each side.
26 % This file can be used to produce it in any of three ways:
27 % 1 column per page
28 % produces six separate pages, each of which needs to be reduced to 80%.
29 % This gives the best resolution.
30 % 2 columns per page
31 % produces three already-reduced pages.
32 % You will still need to cut and paste.
33 % 3 columns per page
34 % produces two pages which must be printed sideways to make a
35 % ready-to-use 8.5 x 11 inch reference card.
36 % For this you need a dvi device driver that can print sideways.
37 % Which mode to use is controlled by setting \columnsperpage.
38 %
39 % To compile and print this document:
40 % tex refcard.tex
41 % dvips -t landscape refcard.dvi
42 %
43 % Thanks to Paul Rubin, Bob Chassell, Len Tower, and Richard Mlynarik
44 % for their many good ideas.
45
46 %**start of header
47 \newcount\columnsperpage
48 \newcount\letterpaper
49
50 % This file can be printed with 1, 2, or 3 columns per page.
51 % Specify how many you want here.
52 \columnsperpage=3
53
54 % Set letterpaper to 0 for A4 paper, 1 for letter (US) paper. Useful
55 % only when columnsperpage is 2 or 3.
56 \letterpaper=1
57
58 % PDF output layout. 0 for A4, 1 for letter (US), a `l' is added for
59 % a landscape layout.
60 \input pdflayout.sty
61 \pdflayout=(1l)
62
63 % Nothing else needs to be changed below this line.
64
65 \def\versionemacs{23} % version of Emacs this is for
66 \def\year{2011} % copyright year
67
68 \def\shortcopyrightnotice{\vskip 1ex plus 2 fill
69 \centerline{\small \copyright\ \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
70 Permissions on back.}}
71
72 \def\copyrightnotice{
73 \vskip 1ex plus 2 fill\begingroup\small
74 \centerline{Copyright \copyright\ \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.}
75 \centerline{For GNU Emacs version \versionemacs}
76 \centerline{Designed by Stephen Gildea}
77
78 Permission is granted to make and distribute modified or unmodified
79 copies of this card provided the copyright notice and this permission
80 notice are preserved on all copies.
81
82 For copies of the GNU Emacs manual, see:
83
84 {\tt http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/\#Manuals}
85 \endgroup}
86
87 % make \bye not \outer so that the \def\bye in the \else clause below
88 % can be scanned without complaint.
89 \def\bye{\par\vfill\supereject\end}
90
91 \newdimen\intercolumnskip %horizontal space between columns
92 \newbox\columna %boxes to hold columns already built
93 \newbox\columnb
94
95 \def\ncolumns{\the\columnsperpage}
96
97 \message{[\ncolumns\space
98 column\if 1\ncolumns\else s\fi\space per page]}
99
100 \def\scaledmag#1{ scaled \magstep #1}
101
102 % This multi-way format was designed by Stephen Gildea October 1986.
103 % Note that the 1-column format is fontfamily-independent.
104 \if 1\ncolumns %one-column format uses normal size
105 \hsize 4in
106 \vsize 10in
107 \voffset -.7in
108 \font\titlefont=\fontname\tenbf \scaledmag3
109 \font\headingfont=\fontname\tenbf \scaledmag2
110 \font\smallfont=\fontname\sevenrm
111 \font\smallsy=\fontname\sevensy
112
113 \footline{\hss\folio}
114 \def\makefootline{\baselineskip10pt\hsize6.5in\line{\the\footline}}
115 \else %2 or 3 columns uses prereduced size
116 \hsize 3.2in
117 \if 1\the\letterpaper
118 \vsize 7.95in
119 \else
120 \vsize 7.65in
121 \fi
122 \hoffset -.75in
123 \voffset -.745in
124 \font\titlefont=cmbx10 \scaledmag2
125 \font\headingfont=cmbx10 \scaledmag1
126 \font\smallfont=cmr6
127 \font\smallsy=cmsy6
128 \font\eightrm=cmr8
129 \font\eightbf=cmbx8
130 \font\eightit=cmti8
131 \font\eighttt=cmtt8
132 \font\eightmi=cmmi8
133 \font\eightsy=cmsy8
134 \textfont0=\eightrm
135 \textfont1=\eightmi
136 \textfont2=\eightsy
137 \def\rm{\eightrm}
138 \def\bf{\eightbf}
139 \def\it{\eightit}
140 \def\tt{\eighttt}
141 \if 1\the\letterpaper
142 \normalbaselineskip=.8\normalbaselineskip
143 \else
144 \normalbaselineskip=.7\normalbaselineskip
145 \fi
146 \normallineskip=.8\normallineskip
147 \normallineskiplimit=.8\normallineskiplimit
148 \normalbaselines\rm %make definitions take effect
149
150 \if 2\ncolumns
151 \let\maxcolumn=b
152 \footline{\hss\rm\folio\hss}
153 \def\makefootline{\vskip 2in \hsize=6.86in\line{\the\footline}}
154 \else \if 3\ncolumns
155 \let\maxcolumn=c
156 \nopagenumbers
157 \else
158 \errhelp{You must set \columnsperpage equal to 1, 2, or 3.}
159 \errmessage{Illegal number of columns per page}
160 \fi\fi
161
162 \intercolumnskip=.46in
163 \def\abc{a}
164 \output={% %see The TeXbook page 257
165 % This next line is useful when designing the layout.
166 %\immediate\write16{Column \folio\abc\space starts with \firstmark}
167 \if \maxcolumn\abc \multicolumnformat \global\def\abc{a}
168 \else\if a\abc
169 \global\setbox\columna\columnbox \global\def\abc{b}
170 %% in case we never use \columnb (two-column mode)
171 \global\setbox\columnb\hbox to -\intercolumnskip{}
172 \else
173 \global\setbox\columnb\columnbox \global\def\abc{c}\fi\fi}
174 \def\multicolumnformat{\shipout\vbox{\makeheadline
175 \hbox{\box\columna\hskip\intercolumnskip
176 \box\columnb\hskip\intercolumnskip\columnbox}
177 \makefootline}\advancepageno}
178 \def\columnbox{\leftline{\pagebody}}
179
180 \def\bye{\par\vfill\supereject
181 \if a\abc \else\null\vfill\eject\fi
182 \if a\abc \else\null\vfill\eject\fi
183 \end}
184 \fi
185
186 % we won't be using math mode much, so redefine some of the characters
187 % we might want to talk about
188 \catcode`\^=12
189 \catcode`\_=12
190
191 \chardef\\=`\\
192 \chardef\{=`\{
193 \chardef\}=`\}
194
195 \hyphenation{mini-buf-fer}
196
197 \parindent 0pt
198 \parskip 1ex plus .5ex minus .5ex
199
200 \def\small{\smallfont\textfont2=\smallsy\baselineskip=.8\baselineskip}
201
202 % newcolumn - force a new column. Use sparingly, probably only for
203 % the first column of a page, which should have a title anyway.
204 \outer\def\newcolumn{\vfill\eject}
205
206 % title - page title. Argument is title text.
207 \outer\def\title#1{{\titlefont\centerline{#1}}\vskip 1ex plus .5ex}
208
209 % section - new major section. Argument is section name.
210 \outer\def\section#1{\par\filbreak
211 \vskip 3ex plus 2ex minus 2ex {\headingfont #1}\mark{#1}%
212 \vskip 2ex plus 1ex minus 1.5ex}
213
214 \newdimen\keyindent
215
216 % beginindentedkeys...endindentedkeys - key definitions will be
217 % indented, but running text, typically used as headings to group
218 % definitions, will not.
219 \def\beginindentedkeys{\keyindent=1em}
220 \def\endindentedkeys{\keyindent=0em}
221 \endindentedkeys
222
223 % paralign - begin paragraph containing an alignment.
224 % If an \halign is entered while in vertical mode, a parskip is never
225 % inserted. Using \paralign instead of \halign solves this problem.
226 \def\paralign{\vskip\parskip\halign}
227
228 % \<...> - surrounds a variable name in a code example
229 \def\<#1>{{\it #1\/}}
230
231 % kbd - argument is characters typed literally. Like the Texinfo command.
232 \def\kbd#1{{\tt#1}\null} %\null so not an abbrev even if period follows
233
234 % beginexample...endexample - surrounds literal text, such a code example.
235 % typeset in a typewriter font with line breaks preserved
236 \def\beginexample{\par\leavevmode\begingroup
237 \obeylines\obeyspaces\parskip0pt\tt}
238 {\obeyspaces\global\let =\ }
239 \def\endexample{\endgroup}
240
241 % key - definition of a key.
242 % \key{description of key}{key-name}
243 % prints the description left-justified, and the key-name in a \kbd
244 % form near the right margin.
245 \def\key#1#2{\leavevmode\hbox to \hsize{\vtop
246 {\hsize=.75\hsize\rightskip=1em
247 \hskip\keyindent\relax#1}\kbd{#2}\hfil}}
248
249 \newbox\metaxbox
250 \setbox\metaxbox\hbox{\kbd{M-x }}
251 \newdimen\metaxwidth
252 \metaxwidth=\wd\metaxbox
253
254 % metax - definition of a M-x command.
255 % \metax{description of command}{M-x command-name}
256 % Tries to justify the beginning of the command name at the same place
257 % as \key starts the key name. (The "M-x " sticks out to the left.)
258 \def\metax#1#2{\leavevmode\hbox to \hsize{\hbox to .75\hsize
259 {\hskip\keyindent\relax#1\hfil}%
260 \hskip -\metaxwidth minus 1fil
261 \kbd{#2}\hfil}}
262
263 % threecol - like "key" but with two key names.
264 % for example, one for doing the action backward, and one for forward.
265 \def\threecol#1#2#3{\hskip\keyindent\relax#1\hfil&\kbd{#2}\hfil\quad
266 &\kbd{#3}\hfil\quad\cr}
267
268 %**end of header
269 \f
270
271 \title{GNU Emacs Reference Card}
272
273 \centerline{(for version \versionemacs)}
274
275 \section{Starting Emacs}
276
277 To enter GNU Emacs \versionemacs, just type its name: \kbd{emacs}
278
279 \section{Leaving Emacs}
280
281 \key{suspend Emacs (or iconify it under X)}{C-z}
282 \key{exit Emacs permanently}{C-x C-c}
283
284 \section{Files}
285
286 \key{{\bf read} a file into Emacs}{C-x C-f}
287 \key{{\bf save} a file back to disk}{C-x C-s}
288 \key{save {\bf all} files}{C-x s}
289 \key{{\bf insert} contents of another file into this buffer}{C-x i}
290 \key{replace this file with the file you really want}{C-x C-v}
291 \key{write buffer to a specified file}{C-x C-w}
292 \key{toggle read-only status of buffer}{C-x C-q}
293
294 \section{Getting Help}
295
296 The help system is simple. Type \kbd{C-h} (or \kbd{F1}) and follow
297 the directions. If you are a first-time user, type \kbd{C-h t} for a
298 {\bf tutorial}.
299
300 \key{remove help window}{C-x 1}
301 \key{scroll help window}{C-M-v}
302
303 \key{apropos: show commands matching a string}{C-h a}
304 \key{describe the function a key runs}{C-h k}
305 \key{describe a function}{C-h f}
306 \key{get mode-specific information}{C-h m}
307
308 \section{Error Recovery}
309
310 \key{{\bf abort} partially typed or executing command}{C-g}
311 \metax{{\bf recover} files lost by a system crash}{M-x recover-session}
312 \metax{{\bf undo} an unwanted change}{C-x u, C-_ {\rm or} C-/}
313 \metax{restore a buffer to its original contents}{M-x revert-buffer}
314 \key{redraw garbaged screen}{C-l}
315
316 \section{Incremental Search}
317
318 \key{search forward}{C-s}
319 \key{search backward}{C-r}
320 \key{regular expression search}{C-M-s}
321 \key{reverse regular expression search}{C-M-r}
322
323 \key{select previous search string}{M-p}
324 \key{select next later search string}{M-n}
325 \key{exit incremental search}{RET}
326 \key{undo effect of last character}{DEL}
327 \key{abort current search}{C-g}
328
329 Use \kbd{C-s} or \kbd{C-r} again to repeat the search in either direction.
330 If Emacs is still searching, \kbd{C-g} cancels only the part not matched.
331
332 \shortcopyrightnotice
333
334 \section{Motion}
335
336 \paralign to \hsize{#\tabskip=10pt plus 1 fil&#\tabskip=0pt&#\cr
337 \threecol{{\bf entity to move over}}{{\bf backward}}{{\bf forward}}
338 \threecol{character}{C-b}{C-f}
339 \threecol{word}{M-b}{M-f}
340 \threecol{line}{C-p}{C-n}
341 \threecol{go to line beginning (or end)}{C-a}{C-e}
342 \threecol{sentence}{M-a}{M-e}
343 \threecol{paragraph}{M-\{}{M-\}}
344 \threecol{page}{C-x [}{C-x ]}
345 \threecol{sexp}{C-M-b}{C-M-f}
346 \threecol{function}{C-M-a}{C-M-e}
347 \threecol{go to buffer beginning (or end)}{M-<}{M->}
348 }
349
350 \key{scroll to next screen}{C-v}
351 \key{scroll to previous screen}{M-v}
352 \key{scroll left}{C-x <}
353 \key{scroll right}{C-x >}
354 \key{scroll current line to center of screen}{C-u C-l}
355
356 \section{Killing and Deleting}
357
358 \paralign to \hsize{#\tabskip=10pt plus 1 fil&#\tabskip=0pt&#\cr
359 \threecol{{\bf entity to kill}}{{\bf backward}}{{\bf forward}}
360 \threecol{character (delete, not kill)}{DEL}{C-d}
361 \threecol{word}{M-DEL}{M-d}
362 \threecol{line (to end of)}{M-0 C-k}{C-k}
363 \threecol{sentence}{C-x DEL}{M-k}
364 \threecol{sexp}{M-- C-M-k}{C-M-k}
365 }
366
367 \key{kill {\bf region}}{C-w}
368 \key{copy region to kill ring}{M-w}
369 \key{kill through next occurrence of {\it char}}{M-z {\it char}}
370
371 \key{yank back last thing killed}{C-y}
372 \key{replace last yank with previous kill}{M-y}
373
374 \section{Marking}
375
376 \key{set mark here}{C-@ {\rm or} C-SPC}
377 \key{exchange point and mark}{C-x C-x}
378
379 \key{set mark {\it arg\/} {\bf words} away}{M-@}
380 \key{mark {\bf paragraph}}{M-h}
381 \key{mark {\bf page}}{C-x C-p}
382 \key{mark {\bf sexp}}{C-M-@}
383 \key{mark {\bf function}}{C-M-h}
384 \key{mark entire {\bf buffer}}{C-x h}
385
386 \section{Query Replace}
387
388 \key{interactively replace a text string}{M-\%}
389 % query-replace-regexp is bound to C-M-% but that can't be typed on
390 % consoles.
391 \metax{using regular expressions}{M-x query-replace-regexp}
392
393 Valid responses in query-replace mode are
394
395 \key{{\bf replace} this one, go on to next}{SPC}
396 \key{replace this one, don't move}{,}
397 \key{{\bf skip} to next without replacing}{DEL}
398 \key{replace all remaining matches}{!}
399 \key{{\bf back up} to the previous match}{^}
400 \key{{\bf exit} query-replace}{RET}
401 \key{enter recursive edit (\kbd{C-M-c} to exit)}{C-r}
402
403 \section{Multiple Windows}
404
405 When two commands are shown, the second is a similar command for a
406 frame instead of a window.
407
408 {\setbox0=\hbox{\kbd{0}}\advance\hsize by 0\wd0
409 \paralign to \hsize{#\tabskip=10pt plus 1 fil&#\tabskip=0pt&#\cr
410 \threecol{delete all other windows}{C-x 1\ \ \ \ }{C-x 5 1}
411 \threecol{split window, above and below}{C-x 2\ \ \ \ }{C-x 5 2}
412 \threecol{delete this window}{C-x 0\ \ \ \ }{C-x 5 0}
413 }}
414 \key{split window, side by side}{C-x 3}
415
416 \key{scroll other window}{C-M-v}
417
418 {\setbox0=\hbox{\kbd{0}}\advance\hsize by 2\wd0
419 \paralign to \hsize{#\tabskip=10pt plus 1 fil&#\tabskip=0pt&#\cr
420 \threecol{switch cursor to another window}{C-x o}{C-x 5 o}
421
422 \threecol{select buffer in other window}{C-x 4 b}{C-x 5 b}
423 \threecol{display buffer in other window}{C-x 4 C-o}{C-x 5 C-o}
424 \threecol{find file in other window}{C-x 4 f}{C-x 5 f}
425 \threecol{find file read-only in other window}{C-x 4 r}{C-x 5 r}
426 \threecol{run Dired in other window}{C-x 4 d}{C-x 5 d}
427 \threecol{find tag in other window}{C-x 4 .}{C-x 5 .}
428 }}
429
430 \key{grow window taller}{C-x ^}
431 \key{shrink window narrower}{C-x \{}
432 \key{grow window wider}{C-x \}}
433
434 \section{Formatting}
435
436 \key{indent current {\bf line} (mode-dependent)}{TAB}
437 \key{indent {\bf region} (mode-dependent)}{C-M-\\}
438 \key{indent {\bf sexp} (mode-dependent)}{C-M-q}
439 \key{indent region rigidly {\it arg\/} columns}{C-x TAB}
440
441 \key{insert newline after point}{C-o}
442 \key{move rest of line vertically down}{C-M-o}
443 \key{delete blank lines around point}{C-x C-o}
444 \key{join line with previous (with arg, next)}{M-^}
445 \key{delete all white space around point}{M-\\}
446 \key{put exactly one space at point}{M-SPC}
447
448 \key{fill paragraph}{M-q}
449 \key{set fill column to {\it arg}}{C-x f}
450 \key{set prefix each line starts with}{C-x .}
451
452 \key{set face}{M-o}
453
454 \section{Case Change}
455
456 \key{uppercase word}{M-u}
457 \key{lowercase word}{M-l}
458 \key{capitalize word}{M-c}
459
460 \key{uppercase region}{C-x C-u}
461 \key{lowercase region}{C-x C-l}
462
463 \section{The Minibuffer}
464
465 The following keys are defined in the minibuffer.
466
467 \key{complete as much as possible}{TAB}
468 \key{complete up to one word}{SPC}
469 \key{complete and execute}{RET}
470 \key{show possible completions}{?}
471 \key{fetch previous minibuffer input}{M-p}
472 \key{fetch later minibuffer input or default}{M-n}
473 \key{regexp search backward through history}{M-r}
474 \key{regexp search forward through history}{M-s}
475 \key{abort command}{C-g}
476
477 Type \kbd{C-x ESC ESC} to edit and repeat the last command that used the
478 minibuffer. Type \kbd{F10} to activate menu bar items on text terminals.
479
480 \newcolumn
481 \title{GNU Emacs Reference Card}
482
483 \section{Buffers}
484
485 \key{select another buffer}{C-x b}
486 \key{list all buffers}{C-x C-b}
487 \key{kill a buffer}{C-x k}
488
489 \section{Transposing}
490
491 \key{transpose {\bf characters}}{C-t}
492 \key{transpose {\bf words}}{M-t}
493 \key{transpose {\bf lines}}{C-x C-t}
494 \key{transpose {\bf sexps}}{C-M-t}
495
496 \section{Spelling Check}
497
498 \key{check spelling of current word}{M-\$}
499 \metax{check spelling of all words in region}{M-x ispell-region}
500 \metax{check spelling of entire buffer}{M-x ispell-buffer}
501
502 \section{Tags}
503
504 \key{find a tag (a definition)}{M-.}
505 \key{find next occurrence of tag}{C-u M-.}
506 \metax{specify a new tags file}{M-x visit-tags-table}
507
508 \metax{regexp search on all files in tags table}{M-x tags-search}
509 \metax{run query-replace on all the files}{M-x tags-query-replace}
510 \key{continue last tags search or query-replace}{M-,}
511
512 \section{Shells}
513
514 \key{execute a shell command}{M-!}
515 \key{run a shell command on the region}{M-|}
516 \key{filter region through a shell command}{C-u M-|}
517 \key{start a shell in window \kbd{*shell*}}{M-x shell}
518
519 \section{Rectangles}
520
521 \key{copy rectangle to register}{C-x r r}
522 \key{kill rectangle}{C-x r k}
523 \key{yank rectangle}{C-x r y}
524 \key{open rectangle, shifting text right}{C-x r o}
525 \key{blank out rectangle}{C-x r c}
526 \key{prefix each line with a string}{C-x r t}
527
528 \section{Abbrevs}
529
530 \key{add global abbrev}{C-x a g}
531 \key{add mode-local abbrev}{C-x a l}
532 \key{add global expansion for this abbrev}{C-x a i g}
533 \key{add mode-local expansion for this abbrev}{C-x a i l}
534 \key{explicitly expand abbrev}{C-x a e}
535
536 \key{expand previous word dynamically}{M-/}
537
538 \section{Regular Expressions}
539
540 \key{any single character except a newline}{. {\rm(dot)}}
541 \key{zero or more repeats}{*}
542 \key{one or more repeats}{+}
543 \key{zero or one repeat}{?}
544 \key{quote regular expression special character {\it c\/}}{\\{\it c}}
545 \key{alternative (``or'')}{\\|}
546 \key{grouping}{\\( {\rm$\ldots$} \\)}
547 \key{same text as {\it n\/}th group}{\\{\it n}}
548 \key{at word break}{\\b}
549 \key{not at word break}{\\B}
550
551 \paralign to \hsize{#\tabskip=10pt plus 1 fil&#\tabskip=0pt&#\cr
552 \threecol{{\bf entity}}{{\bf match start}}{{\bf match end}}
553 \threecol{line}{^}{\$}
554 \threecol{word}{\\<}{\\>}
555 \threecol{buffer}{\\`}{\\'}
556
557 \threecol{{\bf class of characters}}{{\bf match these}}{{\bf match others}}
558 \threecol{explicit set}{[ {\rm$\ldots$} ]}{[^ {\rm$\ldots$} ]}
559 \threecol{word-syntax character}{\\w}{\\W}
560 \threecol{character with syntax {\it c}}{\\s{\it c}}{\\S{\it c}}
561 }
562
563 \section{International Character Sets}
564
565 \key{specify principal language}{C-x RET l}
566 \metax{show all input methods}{M-x list-input-methods}
567 \key{enable or disable input method}{C-\\}
568 \key{set coding system for next command}{C-x RET c}
569 \metax{show all coding systems}{M-x list-coding-systems}
570 \metax{choose preferred coding system}{M-x prefer-coding-system}
571
572 \section{Info}
573
574 \key{enter the Info documentation reader}{C-h i}
575 \key{find specified function or variable in Info}{C-h S}
576 \beginindentedkeys
577
578 Moving within a node:
579
580 \key{scroll forward}{SPC}
581 \key{scroll reverse}{DEL}
582 \key{beginning of node}{. {\rm (dot)}}
583
584 Moving between nodes:
585
586 \key{{\bf next} node}{n}
587 \key{{\bf previous} node}{p}
588 \key{move {\bf up}}{u}
589 \key{select menu item by name}{m}
590 \key{select {\it n\/}th menu item by number (1--9)}{{\it n}}
591 \key{follow cross reference (return with \kbd{l})}{f}
592 \key{return to last node you saw}{l}
593 \key{return to directory node}{d}
594 \key{go to top node of Info file}{t}
595 \key{go to any node by name}{g}
596
597 Other:
598
599 \key{run Info {\bf tutorial}}{h}
600 \key{look up a subject in the indices}{i}
601 \key{search nodes for regexp}{s}
602 \key{{\bf quit} Info}{q}
603
604 \endindentedkeys
605
606 \section{Registers}
607
608 \key{save region in register}{C-x r s}
609 \key{insert register contents into buffer}{C-x r i}
610
611 \key{save value of point in register}{C-x r SPC}
612 \key{jump to point saved in register}{C-x r j}
613
614 \section{Keyboard Macros}
615
616 \key{{\bf start} defining a keyboard macro}{C-x (}
617 \key{{\bf end} keyboard macro definition}{C-x )}
618 \key{{\bf execute} last-defined keyboard macro}{C-x e}
619 \key{append to last keyboard macro}{C-u C-x (}
620 \metax{name last keyboard macro}{M-x name-last-kbd-macro}
621 \metax{insert Lisp definition in buffer}{M-x insert-kbd-macro}
622
623 \section{Commands Dealing with Emacs Lisp}
624
625 \key{eval {\bf sexp} before point}{C-x C-e}
626 \key{eval current {\bf defun}}{C-M-x}
627 \metax{eval {\bf region}}{M-x eval-region}
628 \key{read and eval minibuffer}{M-:}
629 \metax{load from standard system directory}{M-x load-library}
630
631 \section{Simple Customization}
632
633 \metax{customize variables and faces}{M-x customize}
634
635 % The intended audience here is the person who wants to make simple
636 % customizations and knows Lisp syntax.
637
638 Making global key bindings in Emacs Lisp (example):
639
640 \beginexample%
641 (global-set-key (kbd "C-c g") 'search-forward)
642 (global-set-key (kbd "M-\#") 'query-replace-regexp)
643 \endexample
644
645 \section{Writing Commands}
646
647 \beginexample%
648 (defun \<command-name> (\<args>)
649 "\<documentation>" (interactive "\<template>")
650 \<body>)
651 \endexample
652
653 An example:
654
655 \beginexample%
656 (defun this-line-to-top-of-window (line)
657 "Reposition current line to top of window.
658 With ARG, put point on line ARG."
659 (interactive "P")
660 (recenter (if (null line)
661 0
662 (prefix-numeric-value line))))
663 \endexample
664
665 The \kbd{interactive} spec says how to read arguments interactively.
666 Type \kbd{C-h f interactive} for more details.
667
668 \copyrightnotice
669
670 \bye
671 \f
672 % Local variables:
673 % compile-command: "pdftex refcard"
674 % End:
675