Basic emacs

Basic emacs (microemacs)

Note:

ESC- means type the escape key first (followed by the indicated key).
^ denotes a control character, for example to do ^x hold the control key down while typing x.
BE CAREFUL with ^s. Emacs uses many control keys, if you type ^s input is suspended until a ^q is typed and then all withheld input is sent in. You may put the following line in your .cshrc file
stty stop ^a
HERE THE ^ MEANS the carat (^) symbol above one of the numbers (6 on this keyboard). Put your additions to .cshrc at the bottom so you know what's new.
There are many other commands besides what is listed here. If you get stuck try a ^g.
The current line means the line which the cursor is currently on.
Edit text files only, not a.out for example.

Commands:

paging
		The arrow keys will work, also the following.
	^v	move up in the file
	ESC-v	move down in the file
	ESC-g	move cursor to line n
cursor positioning
	^f	move cursor right (forward)
	^b	move cursor left (back)
	^n	move cursor down (next line)
	^p	move cursor up (previous line)
inserting text
		Position the cursor using the above commands, the characters typed will be inserted. There are no command/insert modes like vi.
deleting text
	^d	delete the character which the cursor is on (including returns)
	backspace	delete the character to the left of the cursor (including returns)
	^k	delete from the cursor to the end of the line
		Also see moving and copying text.
saving work
	^x^w	Save contents of buffer to disk. A file name will be requested. If the file exists it will be overwritten.
	^x^s	Save contents of buffer to disk using current file. CAUTION: you need to edit your .cshrc file and put the following line in for this to work: stty stop ^a If you do not do this ^s will stop input, you need to type ^q to resume. Note: This may command still not work correctly.
quitting
	^x^c	quit the editor, for protection the editor will prompt if a write has not been performed since changes were made.
	ESC-z	write file and quit the editor
	^z	suspend the editor. Typing `fg` resumes. This works for `vi` also.
miscellaneous
	^g	cancel current command and return to top level processing. Do this if you accidentally type some unknown (to you) command.
moving and copying text
		1. Mark a REIGON using ESC-spacebar at the beginning and the cursor at the end.
		2. Delete it with ^w or copy it with ESC-w into the kill buffer.
		3. Move the cursor to the desired location and yank it back with a ^y.