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If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 26 27%**start of header 28 29% User interface is `plain.tex' and macros described below 30% 31% \title{CARD TITLE}{for version 23} 32% \section{NAME} 33% optional paragraphs separated with \askip amount of vertical space 34% \key{KEY-NAME} description of key or 35% \mkey{M-x LONG-LISP-NAME} description of Elisp function 36% 37% \kbd{ARG} -- argument is typed literally 38 39\def\plainfmtname{plain} 40\ifx\fmtname\plainfmtname 41\else 42 \errmessage{This file requires `plain' format to be typeset correctly} 43 \endinput 44\fi 45 46% PDF output layout. 0 for A4, 1 for letter (US), a `l' is added for 47% a landscape layout. 48\input pdflayout.sty 49\pdflayout=(1) 50 51\input emacsver.tex 52 53\def\copyrightnotice{\penalty-1\vfill 54 \vbox{\smallfont\baselineskip=0.8\baselineskip\raggedcenter 55 Copyright \copyright\ \year\ Free Software Foundation, Inc.\break 56 For GNU Emacs version \versionemacs\break 57 Author W{\l}odek Bzyl (matwb@univ.gda.pl) 58 59 Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License 60 version 3 or later. 61 62 For more Emacs documentation, and the \TeX{} source for this card, 63 see the Emacs distribution, 64 or {\tt https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs}\par}} 65 66\hsize 3.2in 67\vsize 7.95in 68\font\titlefont=cmss10 scaled 1200 69\font\headingfont=cmss10 70\font\smallfont=cmr6 71\font\smallsy=cmsy6 72\font\eightrm=cmr8 73\font\eightbf=cmbx8 74\font\eightit=cmti8 75\font\eighttt=cmtt8 76\font\eightmi=cmmi8 77\font\eightsy=cmsy8 78\font\eightss=cmss8 79\textfont0=\eightrm 80\textfont1=\eightmi 81\textfont2=\eightsy 82\def\rm{\eightrm} \rm 83\def\bf{\eightbf} 84\def\it{\eightit} 85\def\tt{\eighttt} 86\def\ss{\eightss} 87\baselineskip=0.8\baselineskip 88 89\newdimen\intercolumnskip % horizontal space between columns 90\intercolumnskip=0.5in 91 92% The TeXbook, p. 257 93\let\lr=L \newbox\leftcolumn 94\output={\if L\lr 95 \global\setbox\leftcolumn\columnbox \global\let\lr=R 96 \else 97 \doubleformat \global\let\lr=L\fi} 98\def\doubleformat{\shipout\vbox{\makeheadline 99 \leftline{\box\leftcolumn\hskip\intercolumnskip\columnbox} 100 \makefootline} 101 \advancepageno} 102\def\columnbox{\leftline{\pagebody}} 103 104\def\newcolumn{\vfil\eject} 105 106\def\bye{\par\vfil\supereject 107 \if R\lr \null\vfil\eject\fi 108 \end} 109 110\outer\def\title#1#2{{\titlefont\centerline{#1}}\vskip 1ex plus 0.5ex 111 \centerline{\ss#2} 112 \vskip2\baselineskip} 113 114\outer\def\section#1{\filbreak 115 \bskip 116 \leftline{\headingfont #1} 117 \askip} 118\def\bskip{\vskip 2.5ex plus 0.25ex } 119\def\askip{\vskip 0.75ex plus 0.25ex} 120 121\newdimen\defwidth \defwidth=0.25\hsize 122\def\hang{\hangindent\defwidth} 123 124\def\textindent#1{\noindent\llap{\hbox to \defwidth{\tt#1\hfil}}\ignorespaces} 125\def\key{\par\hangafter=0\hang\textindent} 126 127\def\mtextindent#1{\noindent\hbox{\tt#1\quad}\ignorespaces} 128\def\mkey{\par\hangafter=1\hang\mtextindent} 129 130\def\kbd#{\bgroup\tt \let\next= } 131 132\newdimen\raggedstretch 133\newskip\raggedparfill \raggedparfill=0pt plus 1fil 134\def\nohyphens 135 {\hyphenpenalty10000\exhyphenpenalty10000\pretolerance10000} 136\def\raggedspaces 137 {\spaceskip=0.3333em\relax 138 \xspaceskip=0.5em\relax} 139\def\raggedright 140 {\raggedstretch=6em 141 \nohyphens 142 \rightskip=0pt plus \raggedstretch 143 \raggedspaces 144 \parfillskip=\raggedparfill 145 \relax} 146\def\raggedcenter 147 {\raggedstretch=6em 148 \nohyphens 149 \rightskip=0pt plus \raggedstretch 150 \leftskip=\rightskip 151 \raggedspaces 152 \parfillskip=0pt 153 \relax} 154 155\chardef\\=`\\ 156 157\raggedright 158\nopagenumbers 159\parindent 0pt 160\interlinepenalty=10000 161\hoffset -0.2in 162%\voffset 0.2in 163 164%**end of header 165 166 167\title{GNU\ \ Emacs\ \ Survival\ \ Card}{for version \versionemacs} 168 169In the following, \kbd{C-z} means hit the `\kbd{z}' key while 170holding down the {\it Ctrl}\ \ key. \kbd{M-z} means hit the 171`\kbd{z}' key while hitting the {\it Meta\/} (labeled {\it Alt\/} 172on some keyboards) or after hitting {\it Esc\/} key. 173 174\section{Running Emacs} 175 176To enter GNU Emacs, just type its name: \kbd{emacs}. 177Emacs divides the frame into several areas: 178 menu line, 179 buffer area with the edited text, 180 mode line describing the buffer in the window above it, 181 and a minibuffer/echo area in the last line. 182\askip 183\key{C-x C-c} quit Emacs 184\key{C-x C-f} edit file; this command uses the minibuffer to read 185 the file name; use this to create new files by entering the name 186 of the new file 187\key{C-x C-s} save the file 188\key{C-x k} kill a buffer 189\key{C-g} in most context: cancel, stop, abort partially typed or 190 executing command 191\key{C-x u} undo 192 193\section{Moving About} 194 195\key{C-l} scroll current line to center of window 196\key{C-x b} switch to another buffer 197\key{M-<} move to beginning of buffer 198\key{M->} move to end of buffer 199\key{M-g M-g} go to a given line number 200 201\section{Multiple Windows} 202 203\key{C-x 0} remove the current window from the display 204\key{C-x 1} make active window the only window 205\key{C-x 2} split window horizontally 206\key{C-x 3} split window vertically 207\key{C-x o} move to other window 208 209\section{Regions} 210 211Emacs defines a `region' as the space between the {\it mark\/} and 212the {\it point}. A mark is set with \kbd{C-{\it space}}. 213The point is at the cursor position. 214\askip 215\key{M-h} mark entire paragraph 216\key{C-x h} mark entire buffer 217 218\section{Killing and Copying} 219 220\key{C-w} kill region 221\key{M-w} copy region to kill-ring 222\key{C-k} kill from the cursor all the way to the end of the line 223\key{M-DEL} kill word 224\key{C-y} yank back the last kill (\kbd{C-w C-y} combination could be 225 used to move text around) 226\key{M-y} replace last yank with previous kill 227 228\section{Searching} 229 230\key{C-s} search for a string 231\key{C-r} search for a string backwards 232\key{RET} quit searching 233\key{M-C-s} regular expression search 234\key{M-C-r} reverse regular expression search 235\askip 236Use \kbd{C-s} or \kbd{C-r} again to repeat the search in either direction. 237 238\section{Tags} 239 240Tags tables files record locations of function and 241procedure definitions, global variables, data types and anything 242else convenient. To create a tags table file, type 243`{\tt etags} {\it input\_files}' as a shell command. 244\askip 245\key{M-.} find a definition 246\key{C-u M-.} find next occurrence of definition 247\key{M-*} pop back to where \kbd{M-.} was last invoked 248\mkey{M-x tags-query-replace} run query-replace on all files 249 recorded in tags table 250\key{M-,} continue last tags search or query-replace 251 252\section{Compiling} 253 254\key{M-x compile} compile code in active window 255\key{C-c C-c} go to the next compiler error, when in 256 the compile window or 257\key{C-x `} when in the window with source code 258 259\section{Dired, the Directory Editor} 260 261\key{C-x d} invoke Dired 262\key{d} flag this file for deletion 263\key{\~{}} flag all backup files for deletion 264\key{u} remove deletion flag 265\key{x} delete the files flagged for deletion 266\key{C} copy file 267\key{g} update the Dired buffer 268\key{f} visit the file described on the current line 269\key{s} switch between alphabetical date/time order 270 271\section{Reading and Sending Mail} 272 273\key{M-x rmail} start reading mail 274\key{q} quit reading mail 275\key{h} show headers 276\key{d} mark the current message for deletion 277\key{x} remove all messages marked for deletion 278 279\key{C-x m} begin composing a message 280\key{C-c C-c} send the message and switch to another buffer 281\key{C-c C-f C-c} move to the `Cc' header field, creating one 282 if there is none 283 284\section{Miscellaneous} 285 286\key{M-q} fill paragraph 287\key{M-/} expand previous word dynamically 288\key{C-z} iconify (suspend) Emacs when running it under X or 289 shell, respectively 290\mkey{M-x revert-buffer} replace the text being edited with the 291 text of the file on disk 292 293\section{Query Replace} 294 295\key{M-\%} interactively search and replace 296\key{M-C-\%} using regular expressions 297\askip 298Valid responses in query-replace mode are 299\askip 300\key{SPC} replace this one, go on to next 301\key{,} replace this one, don't move 302\key{DEL} skip to next without replacing 303\key{!} replace all remaining matches 304\key{\^{}} back up to the previous match 305\key{RET} exit query-replace 306\key{C-r} enter recursive edit (\kbd{M-C-c} to exit) 307 308\section{Regular Expressions} 309 310\key{. {\rm(dot)}} any single character except a newline 311\key{*} zero or more repeats 312\key{+} one or more repeats 313\key{?} zero or one repeat 314\key{[$\ldots$]} denotes a class of character to match 315\key{[\^{}$\ldots$]} negates the class 316 317\key{\\{\it c}} quote characters otherwise having a special 318 meaning in regular expressions 319 320\key{$\ldots$\\|$\ldots$\\|$\ldots$} matches one of 321 the alternatives (``or'') 322\key{\\( $\ldots$ \\)} groups a series of pattern elements to 323 a single element 324\key{\\{\it n}} same text as {\it n\/}th group 325 326\key{\^{}} matches at line beginning 327\key{\$} matches at line end 328 329\key{\\w} matches word-syntax character 330\key{\\W} matches non-word-syntax character 331\key{\\<} matches at word beginning 332\key{\\>} matches at word end 333\key{\\b} matches at word break 334\key{\\B} matches at non-word break 335 336\section{Registers} 337 338\key{C-x r s} save region in register 339\key{C-x r i} insert register contents into buffer 340 341\key{C-x r SPC} save value of point in register 342\key{C-x r j} jump to point saved in register 343 344\section{Rectangles} 345 346\key{C-x r r} copy rectangle to register 347\key{C-x r k} kill rectangle 348\key{C-x r y} yank rectangle 349\key{C-x r t} prefix each line with a string 350 351\key{C-x r o} open rectangle, shifting text right 352\key{C-x r c} blank out rectangle 353 354\section{Shells} 355 356\key{M-x shell} start a shell within Emacs 357\key{M-!} execute a shell command 358\key{M-|} run a shell command on the region 359\key{C-u M-|} filter region through a shell command 360 361\section{Spelling Check} 362 363\key{M-\$} check spelling of word at the cursor 364\mkey{M-x ispell-region} check spelling of all words in region 365\mkey{M-x ispell-buffer} check spelling of entire buffer 366 367\section{International Character Sets} 368 369\key{C-x RET C-\\} select and activate input method for 370 the current buffer 371\key{C-\\} enable or disable input method 372\mkey{M-x list-input-methods} show all input methods 373\mkey{M-x set-language-environment} specify principal language 374 375\key{C-x RET c} set coding system for next command 376\mkey{M-x find-file-literally} visit file with no conversion 377 of any kind 378 379\mkey{M-x list-coding-systems} show all coding systems 380\mkey{M-x prefer-coding-system} choose preferred coding system 381 382\section{Keyboard Macros} 383 384\key{C-x (} start defining a keyboard macro 385\key{C-x )} end keyboard macro definition 386\key{C-x e} execute last-defined keyboard macro 387\key{C-u C-x (} append to last keyboard macro 388\mkey{M-x name-last-kbd-macro} name last keyboard macro 389 390\section{Simple Customization} 391 392\key{M-x customize} customize variables and faces 393 394\section{Getting Help} 395 396Emacs does command completion for you. Typing \kbd{M-x} 397{\it tab\/} or {\it space\/} gives a list of Emacs commands. 398\askip 399\key{C-h} Emacs help 400\key{C-h t} run the Emacs tutorial 401\key{C-h i} enter Info, the documentation browser 402\key{C-h a} show commands matching a string (apropos) 403\key{C-h k} display documentation of the function invoked by 404 keystroke 405\askip 406Emacs gets into different {\it modes}, each of which customizes 407Emacs for editing text of a particular sort. The mode line 408contains names of the current modes, in parentheses. 409\askip 410\key{C-h m} get mode-specific information 411 412\copyrightnotice 413 414\bye 415 416% Local variables: 417% compile-command: "pdftex survival" 418% End: 419