my emacs cheat-sheet

This post will be a record of my random emacs cheats, will keep on updating it whenever I learn something new.

Navigation:
C-a -- Go to start of current line
M-m --Go to start of the current line after the whitespaces
C-e -- Go to end of current line
M-a -- Go to start of current sentence
M-e -- Go to end of current sentence
C-n -- goto next line
C-p -- goto prev line
C-f -- forward char
M-f -- forward word
C-b -- backward char
M-b -- backward word
M-r -- reposition point to centre/top/bottom of the page without scroll
C-v -- Scroll one page down
M-v -- Scroll one page up
C-M-v --Scroll other window
C-l -- Bring current line to the centre
C-< -- Go to start of buffer
C-> -- Go to end of buffer
M-g g -- Go to a particular line

Dired Mode Tips:
o -- open file in other buffer and move cursor there
C-o -- open file in other buffer but dont move cursor
g -- refresh dir listing
^ -- go to parent director
q -- close directory
D -- delete file/dir
+ -- create new directory
R -- rename/move file
C -- copy file

m -- mark a file
u -- unmark a file
U -- unmark all

Essential Org Mode:
tab / shift-tab : fold / unfold
M-up/down : move a headine up/down
M-RET : enter a new headline
M-left/right : increase/decrease indentation of an item but not its children
M-S-left/right : increase/decrease indentation of an item and its children
C-c C-n/p : next/previous heading
C-c C-f/b : next/previous heading, same level
C-c C-u : backward to higher level heading
S-up/down : previous/next plain list item
you can have lists. unordered list start with -/+/*  and ordered list start with number and dot e.g. 1., 2.
list line which is a  term and its description can be written as term :: description
also you can make words *bold*, /italic/, _underlined_, =code=, ~verbatim~ and +strike-through+


IDO Mode Tips:
C-f -- go to open file selection
C-b -- go back to open buffer selection
C-j -- open directory in dired mode
C-g -- cancel

Mark:

C-SPC -- Set mark at current location
C-x C-x -- Swap mark and point (or go back to most recent mark location, this can be used to go to and fro start-end of just yanked text)
C-u C-SPC -- Cycle through mark ring(stores last 16 mark locations)

Copy/Cut/Kill:
C-k -- cuts/kills current line
C-w -- cuts/kills region
M-w -- copies/save-on-kill-ring region

Yank/Paste:
C-y -- paste most recent copy/cut
M-y -- replace pasted text with earlier copied/cut text

Undo:
C-/ OR C-_ OR C-x u

Search/Replace:
C-s -- Forward search [Use M-c to toggle case-sensitivity]
C-r -- Backward search
C-s C-w -- Search the word under cursor
C-s C-s -- repeat last search query
M-% -- query replace, y for yes, n for no, ! for all
C-M-s -- regex forward search
C-M-% -- regex query replace

when in Search mode you can use..
M-c --toggle case sensitivity
M-n, M-p --go through history of past searches
(Regexp Syntax on Emacs Wiki and "M-x regexp-builder" can be useful)

Macros:
C-x ( -- Start recording a macro
C-x ) -- Finish recording a macro
C-x e -- Call the macro

Repeats:
C-u <n> -- Repeat a command n times
C-M-0 to C-M-9
M-0 to M-9
C-0 to C-9

Font:
Increase Buffer Font Size: C-x C-+
Decrease Buffer Font Size: C-x C--

Windows:
C-x +  -- balance size of all windows

Dynamic Abbreviation Expand:
M-/ -- call command dabbrev-expand

Line-Endings:
Call set-buffer-file-coding-system, then give a value of "mac", "dos", "unix". For details, see http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_line_ending_char.html

Deleting-Lines:
M-x flush-lines RET <regex>  RET (To delete empty lines regex would be ^\s-*\$ )

Typing Ctrl-<char> :
C-q C-<char>
C-q C-j (for newline char)

Cancel:
C-g

Editing Remotely:
You can open file or dired buffer using "/ssh:user@remote_host_or_ip:/path/to/file_or_dir"
You can use emacs bookmarks for remote hosts visited frequently. Also, you can run eshell on a buffer visiting remote file/dir and that eshell will effectively be running on the remote machine.

Other Important ones:
kill-rectangle, yank-rectangle, delete-rectangle
delete-trailing-whitespace, delete-whitespace-rectangle

Emacs Daemon:
emacs --daemon[=optional_name] #starts daemon
emacsclient -c [-n] #in a X window, -n to return control to terminal
emacsclient -t #run in terminal
emacsclient -e "(kill-emacs)" #kill daemon from shell
(kill-emacs) or (save-buffers-kill-emacs) #kill daemon from within emacs frame
You might want to set following env variables..
EDITOR=emacsclient -c
VISUAL=emacsclient -c

Finding Help:
C-h k -- find out what a key does
C-h m -- info about currently active modes
C-h f -- describe a function
C-h a -- type a regex/string and find info about it
M-x describe-bindings -- list all key bindings
Use menu on top to see [mode specific] key shortcuts

Tips:
Use Incremental search for jumping around
Use repeat functionality wherever you can
Use M-/ for auto word completion

Others:
GNU Emacs Manual
GNU Emacs-Lisp Reference Manual
Org Mode Basics
Org Mode Key bindings