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Emacs notes

So, I'm not a huge fan on emacs having grown up on Macs, but I do occassionally really want to use it when sshing into a Unix box.
The best cheatsheet I've found is here.

Standard cut-copy-paste

Turning on CUA mode makes the cut-copy-paste controls a lot more intuitive to an Emacs non-guru. You can do this by pressing Alt-x then typing cua-mode, and hitting return, or by adding the line (cua-mode t) to your .emacs file (or by making a .emacs file with this line in in your home directory if you don't yet have one). You can then use Control-X,C,V for cut-copy-paste like you expect, as well as being able to use Shift with the arrow keys to select text. Note that you still have to hit Control-Space to start selecting stuff in the first place.

Essential commands

C here means Control.

C-x C-s	Save current buffer.
C-x C-f	Open file.
C-x C-w	Save as.
C-x b	Change buffer
C-x C-c	Quit
C-x g	Cancel current command