15  Commands List

All of the previous commands, and some additional ones are listed below. From the GNU Emacs Survival Card.

Running Emacs:

Command	Function
C-x C-c	Quit Emacs
C-x C-f	Edit file; this command uses the mini buffer to read the file name; use this to create new files by entering the name of the new file
C-x C-s	Save file
C-x k	Kill a buffer
C-g	In most contexts: cancel, stop, abort partially types or executing command
C-x u	Undo

Moving About:

Command	Function
C-l	Scroll current line to center of window
C-x b	Switch to another buffer
M-<	Move to beginning of the buffer
M->	Move to the end of the buffer
M-g M-g	Go to a given line number

Multiple Windows:

Command	Function
C-x 0	Remove the current window from the display
C-x 1	Make active window the only window
C-x 2	Split window horizontally
C-x 3	Split window vertically
C-x o	Move to other window

Regions:

Command	Function
C-space	Set a mark
M-h	Mark entire paragraph
C-x h	Mark entire buffer

Killing, Yanking, Copying and Pasting

Command	Function
C-w	Kill region
M-w	Copy region to kill-ring
C-k	Kill from the cursor all the way to the end of the line
M-DEL	Kill word
C-y	Yank back the last kill (C-w C-y combination could be used to move text around)
M-y	Replace last yank with previous kill
Cmd-C	Copy
Cmd-V	Paste

Searching:

Command	Function
C-s	Search for a string (forwards)
C-r	Search for a string (backwards)
RET	Quit searching
M-C-s	Regular expression search
M-C-r	Reverse regular expression search

Tags

Command	Function
M-.	Find a definition
M-*	Pop back to where M-. was last invoked

Compiling:

Command	Function
C-c C-c	Compile the file

Getting Help:

Command	Function
C-h	Emacs help
C-h t	Run the Emacs tutorial
C-h i	Enter Info, the documentation browser
C-h a	Show commands matching a string
C-h k	Display documentation of the function invoked by a keystroke
C-h m	Get mode-specific information

Copilot:

Command	Function
M-x copilot-mode	Toggle on/off copilot mode.
M-C-RET	Accept a completion.
C-<right>	Accept by word.