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From: jbs@mit-eddie.UUCP (Jeff Siegal)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: Re: Help! (Simple Command Summary)
Message-ID: <89@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 01:51:16 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 15 01:51:16 1985
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In article <114@sdcc7.UUCP> ee178acb@sdcc7.UUCP (DARIN JOHNSON) writes:
>I have no EMACS documents, but I have access to a GNU-EMACS.
>Without sending gobs of literature, what are the basic commands,
>including a 'help' command.  If I have the 'help' I can get by since
>I have used EMACS a long time ago and can recall most of it with a
>little prod.
>
>
>Darin Johnson
>sdcsvax!wbreader

Conventions:  C- = Control key
              M- = Meta key or <ESC> prefix

C-h = Help Prefix character
C-h C-h = Help menu
C-x C-f = Find file
C-x C-z = Suspend EMACS
C-x C-c = Exit Emacs
C-x C-s = Save File
C-x C-w = Write File
C-x C-d = Dired (Note that C-x C-f on any directory is equiv)
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C-f = Forward Char
C-b = Back Char
C-n = Forward Line
C-p = Back Line
M-f = Forward Word
M-b = Back Word

M-x = Extended Commands

Command and Filename Completion:  <SPACE> will complete the current word
of a command, ? displays possible completions, <ESC> (C-[) or <TAB>
(C-i) will complete the command or filename as far as possible.

(Printed) documentation is available (I believe) from RMS.

Jeff Siegal