Emacs/emacs/Basic
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7 Basic Editing Commands
Here we explain the basics of how to enter text, make corrections,
and save the text in a file. If this material is new to you, we
suggest you first run the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial, by typing
C-h t (help-with-tutorial).
Inserting text by simply typing it.
• Moving Point:
Moving the cursor to the place where you want to change something.
• Erasing:
Deleting and killing text.
• Basic Undo:
Undoing recent changes in the text.
• Files:
Visiting, creating, and saving files.
• Help:
Asking what a character does.
• Blank Lines:
Making and deleting blank lines.
How Emacs displays lines too wide for the screen.
What line, row, or column is point on?
• Arguments:
Numeric arguments for repeating a command N times.
• Repeating:
Repeating the previous command quickly.
