The emacs text editor |  |
The emacs text editor | |
C-d | Delete the character at point. |
del | Delete the character before point. |
M-d | Delete the word at point. |
C-k | Delete from point to the end of the line. |
C-@ | Set the mark at point (control-shift-2). |
C-w | Kill the region (between point and mark). |
M-w | Copy the region. |
C-y | Yank (reinstate) the last-killed block at point. |
C-x C-x | Exchange point and mark; this is useful for checking to see what's in the region. |
M-\ | Delete all the white space around point. |
M-space | Delete all the white space around point, leaving one space. |