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 next line(down) |
| ESC-f | forward-word | Move forward one word. |
| ESC-b | backward-word | Move one word backward. |
| C-a | beginning-of-line | Move to beginning of line. |
| C-e | end-of-line | Move to end of line |
| ESC-e | forward-sentence | Move forward one sentence. |
| ESC-a | backward-sentence | Move backward one sentence. |