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Epsilon Key Assignments
This page lists the default key bindings of the most common Epsilon commands. A PDF version of this page, keychart.pdf, formatted as a printable reference card, is included in the Epsilon distribution. Also see the list of Brief mode key bindings in Brief Emulation and the list of CUA mode (Windows-style) key bindings in CUA Keyboard.Help
| F1 | help | |
| Shift-F1 | context-help | |
| F5 | show-bindings | |
| F6 | what-is | |
| F1 L | show-last-keys | |
| F1 A | apropos | |
| F1 V | show-version | |
| wall-chart | ||
| info | ||
| man | ||
| search-man-pages |
Bookmarks
| Alt-/ | set-bookmark | |
| Alt-J | jump-to-last-bookmark | |
| Ctrl-X / | set-named-bookmark | |
| Ctrl-X J | jump-to-named-bookmark |
Buffers
| Ctrl-X B | select-buffer | |
| Ctrl-X K | kill-buffer | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-K | kill-current-buffer | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-B | bufed | |
| Ctrl-<Tab> | switch-buffers | |
F12, Ctrl-X > | next-buffer | |
F11, Ctrl-X < | previous-buffer | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-Q | change-read-only | |
| kill-all-buffers |
Commenting Commands
| Alt-; | indent-for-comment | |
| Ctrl-X ; | set-comment-column | |
| Alt-<Minus> Ctrl-X ; | kill-comment |
Comparing
| Ctrl-F2 | compare-windows | |
| compare-sorted-windows | ||
| visual-diff | ||
| Alt-] | next-difference | |
| Alt-[ | previous-difference | |
| diff | ||
| merge-diff |
Display Commands
| Ctrl-F6 | set-show-graphic | |
| Shift-F6 | change-show-spaces | |
| set-color | ||
| set-font | ||
| hex-mode |
EEL Extensions
| Alt-F3 | compile-buffer | |
| execute-eel | ||
| eval | ||
| set-debug | ||
| profile | ||
| list-undefined |
Files
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-F | find-file | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-V | visit-file | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-S | save-file | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-W | write-file | |
| Ctrl-F7 | copy-to-file | |
| Ctrl-X I | insert-file | |
| Ctrl-X W | write-region | |
| Alt-F9 | print-buffer | |
| Alt-~ | change-modified | |
| F7 | cd | |
| Ctrl-X D | dired | |
| Alt-O | quick-dired-command | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-L | find-linked-file | |
| Ctrl-X S | save-all-buffers | |
| revert-file | ||
| new-file | ||
| set-line-translate |
Formatting
| Ctrl-X F | set-fill-column | |
| Alt-Q | fill-paragraph | |
| Alt-Shift-Q | prefix-fill-paragraph | |
| Alt-2 Alt-Q | unfill paragraph | |
| Ctrl-C Ctrl-A | align-region | |
Ctrl-C > | mail-quote-region | |
Ctrl-C < | mail-unquote | |
| Ctrl-C Alt-Q | mail-fill-paragraph | |
| fill-region | ||
| auto-fill-mode |
HTML/XML Commands
| Alt-= | html-find-matching-tag | |
| Alt-i | html-list-element-nesting | |
| Alt-Shift-L | html-list-mismatched-tags | |
| Alt-Shift-E | html-close-last-tag | |
| Alt-Shift-F | html-forward-tag | |
| Alt-Shift-B | html-backward-tag | |
| Alt-Shift-D | html-delete-tag | |
| Alt-Shift-R | xml-sort-by-attribute-name |
Indenting
| Alt-M | to-indentation | |
| <Tab> | indent-previous | |
| Shift-<Tab> | back-to-tab-stop | |
| Ctrl-X <Tab> | indent-rigidly | |
| Ctrl-Alt-\ | indent-region | |
| Alt-S | center-line | |
| Ctrl-X Alt-<Tab> | tabify-region | |
| Ctrl-X Alt-I | untabify-region | |
| Alt-<Tab> | indent-under |
Inserting and Deleting
| "Normal Keys" | normal-character | |
| Ctrl-Q | quoted-insert | |
| Alt-# | insert-ascii | |
| Ctrl-O | open-line | |
| <Backspace> | backward-delete-character | |
| Ctrl-D, <Del> | delete-character | |
| Alt-\ | delete-horizontal-space | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-O | delete-blank-lines | |
| <Ins> | overwrite-mode |
Internet
| view-web-site | ||
| Ctrl-Alt-C | show-connections | |
| URL services: | http, ftp, scp, telnet, ssh |
Key Bindings
| Alt-X, F2 | named-command | |
| Alt-F2 | show-menu | |
| F4 | bind-to-key | |
| <Esc> | alt-prefix | |
| Ctrl-^ | ctrl-prefix |
Keys At Prompts
| ? | Show matches. | |
| Alt-<Up> | Show previous responses. | |
| Alt-E | Edit a response or match. | |
| Alt-<Down> | Grab next word from buffer. | |
| Alt-<PgDn> | Grab next line from buffer. | |
| Alt-G | Insert alternative response. |
Keyboard Macros
| Ctrl-X ( | start-kbd-macro | |
| Ctrl-X ) | end-kbd-macro | |
| Ctrl-F4 | last-kbd-macro | |
| Ctrl-X Alt-N | bind-last-macro | |
| Shift-F4 | pause-macro |
Killing and Yanking
| Ctrl-@ | set-mark | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-H | highlight-region | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-X | exchange-point-and-mark | |
| Ctrl-K | kill-line | |
| Ctrl-W | kill-region | |
| Alt-W | copy-region | |
| Ctrl-Y | yank | |
| Alt-Y | yank-pop | |
| Ctrl-Alt-W | append-next-kill | |
| Ctrl-X H | mark-whole-buffer | |
| Ctrl-X # | mark-rectangle | |
| Ctrl-X X | copy-to-scratch | |
| Ctrl-X Y | insert-scratch |
Language Support
Alt-' | list-definitions | |
| Alt-i | list-preprocessor-conditionals | |
| Ctrl-C Ctrl-R | comment-region | |
| F3, Ctrl-<Up> | pull-word | |
| Ctrl-<Down> | pull-word-fwd | |
| Ctrl-<NumSlash> | browse-symbol |
Miscellaneous
| Ctrl-G | abort | |
| Ctrl-U | argument | |
| Ctrl-X = | show-point | |
| Ctrl-X L | count-lines | |
| narrow-to-region | ||
| widen-buffer |
Moving Around
| Ctrl-A, Alt-<Left> | beginning-of-line | |
| Ctrl-E, Alt-<Right> | end-of-line | |
| Ctrl-N, <Down> | down-line | |
| Ctrl-P, <Up> | up-line | |
| Ctrl-F, <Right> | forward-character | |
| Ctrl-B, <Left> | backward-character | |
| Ctrl-L | center-window | |
| Ctrl-V, <PgDn> | next-page | |
| Alt-V, <PgUp> | previous-page | |
| Ctrl-Z | scroll-up | |
| Alt-Z | scroll-down | |
| Alt-{ | scroll-left | |
| Alt-} | scroll-right | |
Alt-<, Ctrl-<Home> | goto-beginning | |
Alt->, Ctrl-<End> | goto-end | |
| <Home>, Alt-<Comma> | beginning-of-window | |
| <End>, Alt-<Dot> | end-of-window | |
| Alt-<PgUp> | page-left | |
| Alt-<PgDn> | page-right | |
| Ctrl-X G | goto-line | |
| Alt-G | jump-to-column |
Parenthetic Expressions
| Alt-) | find-delimiter | |
| Ctrl-Alt-F | forward-level | |
| Ctrl-Alt-B | backward-level | |
| Ctrl-Alt-K | kill-level | |
| Alt-<Del> | backward-kill-level | |
| C mode: ), }, ] | show-matching-delimiter |
Running Programs
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-E | push | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-M | start-process | |
| Ctrl-C Ctrl-C | stop-process | |
| Shift-F3 | view-process | |
| Alt-F3 | compile-buffer | |
| Ctrl-X M | make | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-N | next-error | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-P | previous-error | |
Alt-| | filter-region | |
| exit-process | ||
| kill-process |
Sentences
| Alt-E, Ctrl-<Dn> | forward-sentence | |
| Alt-A, Ctrl-<Up> | backward-sentence | |
| Alt-K | kill-sentence |
Searching & Replacing
| Ctrl-S | incremental-search | |
| Ctrl-R | reverse-incremental-search | |
| Ctrl-Alt-S | regex-search | |
| Ctrl-Alt-R | reverse-regex-search | |
| Alt-F7 | grep | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-N | next-match | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-P | previous-match | |
| Alt-R, Alt-% | query-replace | |
| Alt-* | regex-replace | |
| Alt-& | replace-string | |
| Shift-F7 | file-query-replace | |
| delete-matching-lines | ||
| keep-matching-lines |
Within any search or replace command, the following keys toggle the indicated mode:
| Ctrl-W | Word mode. | |
| Ctrl-T | Regular expression mode. | |
| Ctrl-C | Case sensitive mode. | |
| Ctrl-O | Incremental mode. | |
| Ctrl-Q | Quote the following Ctrl character. | |
| Ctrl-Q Ctrl-J | Search for <Newline> character. |
Regular Expression Characters
| abc|def | Finds either abc or def. | |
| (abc) | Finds abc. | |
| abc+ | Finds abc or abcc or abccc.... | |
| abc* | Finds ab or abc or abcc.... | |
| abc? | Finds ab or abc. | |
| [abcx-z] | Finds a or b or c or x or y or z. | |
| [^abcx-z] | Finds any one character but those. | |
. | Finds any character but <Newline>. | |
| abc$ | Finds abc at the end of a line. | |
| ^abc | Finds abc at the start of a line. | |
| %^ | Finds literal ^ (quotes ()[]<>|+*?%$^). | |
| <Tab> | Finds a <Tab> character. | |
| <#123> | Finds character with ASCII code 123. |
Sorting & Duplicates
| sort-buffer | ||
| sort-region | ||
| reverse-sort-buffer | ||
| reverse-sort-region | ||
| keep-duplicate-lines | ||
| keep-unique-lines | ||
| uniq |
Spell Checking
| Ctrl-C Ctrl-O | spell-correct | |
| spell-mode | ||
| spell-buffer-or-region | ||
| spell-grep | ||
| spell-configure | ||
| buffer-spell-mode |
Starting & Exiting
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-C, Alt-F4 | exit | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-Z | exit-level | |
| Ctrl-F3 | write-state | |
| Shift-F5 | read-session | |
| write-session |
Tags
| Ctrl-X <Period> | goto-tag | |
| Ctrl-X <Comma> | pluck-tag | |
| Ctrl-<NumPlus> | next-tag | |
| Ctrl-<NumMinus> | previous-tag | |
| Ctrl-X Alt-<Period> | tag-files | |
| Ctrl-X Alt-<Comma> | select-tag-file | |
| clear-tags |
TeX and LaTeX Modes
| Alt-i | tex-italic | |
| Alt-Shift-I | tex-slant | |
| Alt-Shift-T | tex-typewriter | |
| Alt-Shift-B | tex-boldface | |
| Alt-Shift-F | tex-footnote | |
| Alt-s | tex-center-line | |
| Alt-Shift-E | tex-environment | |
| Alt-" | tex-force-quote |
Transposing
| Ctrl-T | transpose-characters | |
| Alt-T | transpose-words | |
| Ctrl-X Ctrl-T | transpose-lines |
Undo
| F9, Ctrl-X U | undo | |
| F10, Ctrl-X R | redo | |
| Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-X Ctrl-U | undo-changes | |
| Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-X Ctrl-R | redo-changes | |
| Shift-F9 | undo-movements | |
| Shift-F10 | redo-movements |
Variables & Customizing
| F8 | set-variable | |
| Ctrl-F8 | show-variable | |
| Alt-F8 | edit-variables | |
| list-customizations | ||
| import-customizations | ||
| insert-macro | ||
| insert-binding | ||
| load-file | ||
| load-buffer | ||
| set-any-variable |
Windows
| Ctrl-X 1 | one-window | |
| Ctrl-X 2 | split-window | |
| Ctrl-X 5 | split-window-vertically | |
| Ctrl-X 0, Ctrl-X Ctrl-D | kill-window | |
| Ctrl-X Z | zoom-window | |
| Ctrl-X <Arrow> | move-to-window | |
| Ctrl-X N | next-window | |
| Ctrl-X P | previous-window | |
| Ctrl-X <Plus> | enlarge-window-interactively | |
| Ctrl-X <Minus> | shrink-window-interactively | |
| Ctrl-<PgUp> | enlarge-window | |
| Ctrl-<PgDn> | shrink-window |
Word & Paragraph Commands
| Alt-F, Ctrl-<Right> | forward-word | |
| Alt-B, Ctrl-<Left> | backward-word | |
| Alt-<Backspace> | backward-kill-word | |
| Alt-D | kill-word | |
| Alt-C | capitalize-word | |
| Alt-L | lowercase-word | |
| Alt-U | uppercase-word | |
| Alt-], Alt-<Down> | forward-paragraph | |
| Alt-[, Alt-<Up> | backward-paragraph | |
| Alt-H | mark-paragraph |
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