=> MicroEMACS 3.10 Help screens (03/19/89) M- means to use the key prior to using another key ^A means to use the control key at the same time as the A key ^V or [Pg Dn] Scroll down M-< or Begining of file ^Z or [Pg Up] Scroll up M-> or End of file ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (1) MOVING THE CURSOR ^F Forward character M-F Forward word Keypad arrows ^B Backward character M-B Backward word are active! ^A Front of line M-G Goto a line ^E End of line ^N Next line M-N Front of paragraph ^P Previous line M-P End of paragraph ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (2) DELETING & INSERTING <-- Delete previous character ^D or Delete next character ^C or Insert a space M-<-- Delete previous word M-D Delete next word ^K Close (delete) to end of line ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (2a) MORE DELETING & INSERTING Insert a newline Advance to next tab stop ^J Insert a newline and indent M-^W Delete paragraph ^O Open (insert) line ^W Delete region between mark (set using M-) and cursor M-W Copy region to kill buffer ^X^O Delete blank lines around cursor ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (3) SEARCHING ^S Search forward from cursor position. ^R Reverse search from cursor position. ^XS Forward incremental search ^XR Reverse incremental search S Search for the next occurence of the last string (IBM-PC only) R Search for the last occurence of the last string (IBM-PC only) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (4) REPLACING M-R Replace all instances of first typed-in string with second typed-in string. End each string with ESC. M-^R Replace with query. Answer with: ^G cancel . exit to entry point ! replace the rest Y replace & continue ? Get a list of options N no replacement & continue ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (5) CAPITALIZING & TRANSPOSING M-U UPPERCASE word M-C Capitalize word ^T Transpose characters M-L lowercase word ^X^L lowercase region ^X^U uppercase region ^Q Quote next entry, so that control codes may be entered into text ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (6) REGIONS & THE KILL BUFFER M- set MARK at current position ^X^X eXchange mark and cursor A REGION will then be continuously-defined as the area between the mark and the current cursor position. The KILL BUFFER is the text which has been most recently saved or deleted. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (7) COPYING AND MOVING ^W Delete (Wipe) region M-W copy region to KILL buffer ^Y Yankback save buffer at cursor Generally, the procedure for copying or moving text is: 1) Mark a REGION using M- at beginning and cursor at end. 2) Delete it (with ^W) or copy it (with M-W) into the KILL buffer. 3) Move the cursor to the desired location and yank it back (with ^Y). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (8) MODES OF OPERATION ^XM Add mode in buffer M-M Add global mode ^X^M Delete mode in buffer M-^M Delete global mode OVER Replaces (overwrites) rather than inserts characters WRAP Turns on word wrap (automatic newlines) VIEW Allows viewing file without insertion and deletion CMODE Automatic indenting for C program entry EXACT/MAGIC Changes how search and replace commands work (see next page) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (9) SEARCH AND REPLACE MODES EXACT Uppper/lower case is not ignored in searches MAGIC Regular pattern matching characters are active . Matches any one character * Matches any any number of the preceding character ^ Beginning of line [ ] Character class enclosure $ End of line \ Quote next character ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (10) ON-SCREEN FORMATTING ^XF Set fill column Mn- Set tab spacing to n charecters between tabs stops M-Q Format paragraph so that text lies between margins ^X= Position report -- displays line number, char count, file size and character under cursor M-^C Count words/lines/chars in marked region ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (11) MULTIPLE WINDOWS Many WINDOWS may be active at once on the screen. All windows may show different parts of the same buffer, or each may display a different one. ^X2 Split the current window in two ^XO Change to next window ^X0 delete current window ^XP Change to previous window ^X1 delete all other windows M-^V Page down next window M-^Z Page up other window ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (12) CONTROLLING WINDOWS AND THE SCREEN ^X^ Enlarge current window M- ^XW Resize window to lines ^X^Z Shrink current window ^X^N Move window down ^X^P Move window up M-^L Reposition window ^L Refresh the screen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (13) MULTIPLE BUFFERS A BUFFER is a named area containing a document being edited. Many buffers may be activated at once. ^XB Switch to another buffer. = use just-previous buffer ^XX Switch to next buffer in buffer list M-^N Change name of current buffer ^XK Delete a non-displayed buffer. ^X^B Display buffer directory in a window ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (14) READING FROM DISK ^X^F Find file; read into a new buffer created from filename. (This is the usual way to begin editing a new file.) ^X^R Read file into current buffer, erasing its previous contents. No new buffer will be created. ^X^I Insert file into current buffer at cursor's location. ^X^V Find a file to make current in VIEW mode ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (15) SAVING BUFFERS AND REGIONS TO DISK ^X^S Save current buffer to disk ^X^W Write current buffer to disk ^XN Change file name of current buffer M-Z Write out all changed buffers and exit MicroEMACS ^X< Make everything outside the current region invisable ^X> Restore invisible text ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (16) ACCESSING THE OPERATING SYSTEM ^X! Send one command to the operating system and return ^X@ Pipe DOS command results to buffer ^X# Filter buffer through DOS filter program ^XC Start a new command processor under MicroEMACS ^XD Suspend MicroEMACS into the background (UNIX BSD4.2 only) ^X^C Exit MicroEMACS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (17) KEY BINDINGS AND COMMANDS M-K Bind a key to a command M-A Describe a class of commands M-^K Unbind a key from a command ^X? Describe command bound to a key M-X Execute a named (and possibly unbound) command {Describe-bindings} Display a list of all commands and key bindings to a buffer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (18) COMMAND EXECUTION Commands can be specified as command lines in the form: {command-name} {Execute-command-line} execute a typed in command line {Execute-buffer} executes commands lines in a buffer {Execute-file} executes command lines from a file {clear-message-line} clears the message line during execution M-~ clears the modified flag for a buffer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (19) MACRO EXECUTION ^X( Start recording keyboard macro ^X) Stop recording keyboard macro ^XE Execute keyboard macro M- {store-macro} Start recording named macro !endm Stop recording named macro {execute-macro-n} Execute macro n (where n is from 1 to 20) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- => (20) SPECIAL KEYS ^G Cancel current command and return to top level of processing. ^U or Universal repeat. May be followed by an integer (default = 4) M- and repeats the next command that many times. M-X Execute a named (and possibly unbound) command