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1 %&tex
2 %
3 % Title: GNU Emacs Survival Card
4 % Author: Wlodek Bzyl <matwb@univ.gda.pl>
5 %
6 % $Revision: 1.8 $
7 % $Date: 2000/05/05 22:00:48 $
8 %
9 %**start of header
10
11 % User interface is `plain.tex' and macros described below
12 %
13 % \title{CARD TITLE}{for version 21}
14 % \section{NAME}
15 % optional paragraphs separated with \askip amount of vertical space
16 % \key{KEY-NAME} description of key or
17 % \mkey{M-x LONG-LISP-NAME} description of Elisp function
18 %
19 % \kbd{ARG} -- argument is typed literally
20
21 \def\plainfmtname{plain}
22 \ifx\fmtname\plainfmtname
23 \else
24 \errmessage{This file requires `plain' format to be typeset correctly}
25 \endinput
26 \fi
27
28 % Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
29 % 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
30
31 % This file is part of GNU Emacs.
32
33 % GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
34 % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
35 % the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
36 % any later version.
37
38 % GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
39 % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
40 % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
41 % GNU General Public License for more details.
42
43 % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
44 % along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
45 % the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
46 % Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
47
48 \def\versionnumber{1.0}
49 \def\year{2006}
50
51 \def\copyrightnotice{\penalty-1\vfill
52 \vbox{\smallfont\baselineskip=0.8\baselineskip\raggedcenter
53 Copyright \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.\break
54 Version \versionnumber{} for GNU Emacs 21, April 2000\break
55 Project W{\l}odek Bzyl (matwb@univ.gda.pl)
56
57 Permission is granted to make and distribute copies of
58 this card provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
59 are preserved on all copies.\par}}
60
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87 % The TeXbook, p. 257
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120 \def\key{\par\hangafter=0\hang\textindent}
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122 \def\mtextindent#1{\noindent\hbox{\tt#1\quad}\ignorespaces}
123 \def\mkey{\par\hangafter=1\hang\mtextindent}
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150 \chardef\\=`\\
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159 %**end of header
160 \f
161
162 \title{GNU\ \ Emacs\ \ Survival\ \ Card}{for version 21}
163
164 In the following, \kbd{C-z} means hit the `\kbd{z}' key while
165 holding down the {\it Ctrl}\ \ key. \kbd{M-z} means hit the
166 `\kbd{z}' key while hitting the {\it Meta\/} (labeled {\it Alt\/}
167 on some keyboards) or after hitting {\it Esc\/} key.
168
169 \section{Running Emacs}
170
171 To enter GNU Emacs, just type its name: \kbd{emacs}.
172 Emacs divides the frame into several areas:
173 menu line,
174 buffer area with the edited text,
175 mode line describing the buffer in the window above it,
176 and a minibuffer/echo area in the last line.
177 \askip
178 \key{C-x C-c} quit Emacs
179 \key{C-x C-f} edit file; this command uses the minibuffer to read
180 the file name; use this to create new files by entering the name
181 of the new file
182 \key{C-x C-s} save the file
183 \key{C-x k} kill a buffer
184 \key{C-g} in most context: cancel, stop, abort partially typed or
185 executing command
186 \key{C-x u} undo
187
188 \section{Moving About}
189
190 \key{C-l} scroll current line to center of window
191 \key{C-x b} switch to another buffer
192 \key{M-<} move to beginning of buffer
193 \key{M->} move to end of buffer
194 \key{M-x goto-line} go to a given line number
195
196 \section{Multiple Windows}
197
198 \key{C-x 0} remove the current window from the display
199 \key{C-x 1} make active window the only window
200 \key{C-x 2} split window horizontally
201 \key{C-x 3} split window vertically
202 \key{C-x o} move to other window
203
204 \section{Regions}
205
206 Emacs defines a `region' as the space between the {\it mark\/} and
207 the {\it point}. A mark is set with \kbd{C-{\it space}}.
208 The point is at the cursor position.
209 \askip
210 \key{M-h} mark entire paragraph
211 \key{C-x h} mark entire buffer
212
213 \section{Killing and Copying}
214
215 \key{C-w} kill region
216 \key{M-w} copy region to kill-ring
217 \key{C-k} kill from the cursor all the way to the end of the line
218 \key{M-DEL} kill word
219 \key{C-y} yank back the last kill (\kbd{C-w C-y} combination could be
220 used to move text around)
221 \key{M-y} replace last yank with previous kill
222
223 \section{Searching}
224
225 \key{C-s} search for a string
226 \key{C-r} search for a string backwards
227 \key{RET} quit searching
228 \key{M-C-s} regular expression search
229 \key{M-C-r} reverse regular expression search
230 \askip
231 Use \kbd{C-s} or \kbd{C-r} again to repeat the search in either direction.
232
233 \section{Tags}
234
235 Tags tables files record locations of function and
236 procedure definitions, global variables, data types and anything
237 else convenient. To create a tags table file, type
238 `{\tt etags} {\it input\_files}' as a shell command.
239 \askip
240 \key{M-.} find a definition
241 \key{C-u M-.} find next occurrence of definition
242 \key{M-*} pop back to where \kbd{M-.} was last invoked
243 \mkey{M-x tags-query-replace} run query-replace on all files
244 recorded in tags table
245 \key{M-,} continue last tags search or query-replace
246
247 \section{Compiling}
248
249 \key{M-x compile} compile code in active window
250 \key{C-c C-c} go to the next compiler error, when in
251 the compile window or
252 \key{C-x `} when in the window with source code
253
254 \section{Dired, the Directory Editor}
255
256 \key{C-x d} invoke Dired
257 \key{d} flag this file for deletion
258 \key{\~{}} flag all backup files for deletion
259 \key{u} remove deletion flag
260 \key{x} delete the files flagged for deletion
261 \key{C} copy file
262 \key{g} update the Dired buffer
263 \key{f} visit the file described on the current line
264 \key{s} switch between alphabetical date/time order
265
266 \section{Reading and Sending Mail}
267
268 \key{M-x rmail} start reading mail
269 \key{q} quit reading mail
270 \key{h} show headers
271 \key{d} mark the current message for deletion
272 \key{x} remove all messages marked for deletion
273
274 \key{C-x m} begin composing a message
275 \key{C-c C-c} send the message and switch to another buffer
276 \key{C-c C-f C-c} move to the `CC' header field, creating one
277 if there is none
278
279 \section{Miscellaneous}
280
281 \key{M-q} fill paragraph
282 \key{M-/} expand previous word dynamically
283 \key{C-z} iconify (suspend) Emacs when running it under X or
284 shell, respectively
285 \mkey{M-x revert-buffer} replace the text being edited with the
286 text of the file on disk
287
288 \section{Query Replace}
289
290 \key{M-\%} interactively search and replace
291 \key{M-C-\%} using regular expressions
292 \askip
293 Valid responses in query-replace mode are
294 \askip
295 \key{SPC} replace this one, go on to next
296 \key{,} replace this one, don't move
297 \key{DEL} skip to next without replacing
298 \key{!} replace all remaining matches
299 \key{\^{}} back up to the previous match
300 \key{RET} exit query-replace
301 \key{C-r} enter recursive edit (\kbd{M-C-c} to exit)
302
303 \section{Regular Expressions}
304
305 \key{. {\rm(dot)}} any single character except a newline
306 \key{*} zero or more repeats
307 \key{+} one or more repeats
308 \key{?} zero or one repeat
309 \key{[$\ldots$]} denotes a class of character to match
310 \key{[\^{}$\ldots$]} negates the class
311
312 \key{\\{\it c}} quote characters otherwise having a special
313 meaning in regular expressions
314
315 \key{$\ldots$\\|$\ldots$\\|$\ldots$} matches one of
316 the alternatives (``or'')
317 \key{\\( $\ldots$ \\)} groups a series of pattern elements to
318 a single element
319 \key{\\{\it n}} same text as {\it n\/}th group
320
321 \key{\^{}} matches at line beginning
322 \key{\$} matches at line end
323
324 \key{\\w} matches word-syntax character
325 \key{\\W} matches non-word-syntax character
326 \key{\\<} matches at word beginning
327 \key{\\>} matches at word end
328 \key{\\b} matches at word break
329 \key{\\B} matches at non-word break
330
331 \section{Registers}
332
333 \key{C-x r s} save region in register
334 \key{C-x r i} insert register contents into buffer
335
336 \key{C-x r SPC} save value of point in register
337 \key{C-x r j} jump to point saved in register
338
339 \section{Rectangles}
340
341 \key{C-x r r} copy rectangle to register
342 \key{C-x r k} kill rectangle
343 \key{C-x r y} yank rectangle
344 \key{C-x r t} prefix each line with a string
345
346 \key{C-x r o} open rectangle, shifting text right
347 \key{C-x r c} blank out rectangle
348
349 \section{Shells}
350
351 \key{M-x shell} start a shell within Emacs
352 \key{M-!} execute a shell command
353 \key{M-|} run a shell command on the region
354 \key{C-u M-|} filter region through a shell command
355
356 \section{Spelling Check}
357
358 \key{M-\$} check spelling of word at the cursor
359 \mkey{M-x ispell-region} check spelling of all words in region
360 \mkey{M-x ispell-buffer} check spelling of entire buffer
361
362 \section{International Character Sets}
363
364 \key{C-x RET C-\\} select and activate input method for
365 the current buffer
366 \key{C-\\} enable or disable input method
367 \mkey{M-x list-input-methods} show all input methods
368 \mkey{M-x set-language-environment} specify principal language
369
370 \key{C-x RET c} set coding system for next command
371 \mkey{M-x find-file-literally} visit file with no conversion
372 of any kind
373
374 \mkey{M-x list-coding-systems} show all coding systems
375 \mkey{M-x prefer-coding-system} choose preferred coding system
376
377 \section{Keyboard Macros}
378
379 \key{C-x (} start defining a keyboard macro
380 \key{C-x )} end keyboard macro definition
381 \key{C-x e} execute last-defined keyboard macro
382 \key{C-u C-x (} append to last keyboard macro
383 \mkey{M-x name-last-kbd-macro} name last keyboard macro
384
385 \section{Simple Customization}
386
387 \key{M-x customize} customize variables and faces
388
389 \section{Getting Help}
390
391 Emacs does command completion for you. Typing \kbd{M-x}
392 {\it tab\/} or {\it space\/} gives a list of Emacs commands.
393 \askip
394 \key{C-h} Emacs help
395 \key{C-h t} run the Emacs tutorial
396 \key{C-h i} enter Info, the documentation browser
397 \key{C-h a} show commands matching a string (apropos)
398 \key{C-h k} display documentation of the function invoked by
399 keystroke
400 \askip
401 Emacs gets into different {\it modes}, each of which customizes
402 Emacs for editing text of a particular sort. The mode line
403 contains names of the current modes, in parentheses.
404 \askip
405 \key{C-h m} get mode-specific information
406
407 \copyrightnotice
408
409 \bye
410 \f
411 % Local variables:
412 % compile-command: "tex survival"
413 % End:
414
415 % arch-tag: 4f9a0562-617b-4843-aee1-450c41d6b22c