Emacs

Emacs – Working with Regions

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In this weeks segment on Emacs wizardry let’s learn some of the basic commands for working with regions of text so you can move around your Emacs region faster than Blackberry’s are forgotten about. Keystrokes Command Name Action C-@ or C-SPACE set-mark-command Mark the beginning (or end) of a region. C-x C-x exchange-point-and-mark Exchange location … Read more

Emacs Cursor Movements

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In this weeks segment on Emacs wizardry let’s learn some of the basic cursor movements so you can move around your Emacs buffer faster than the speed of light. Keystrokes Command Name Action C-f forward-char Move forward one character(right). C-b backward-char Move backward one character(left). C-p previous-line Move to previous line(up). C-n next-line Move to … Read more