The emacs commands You Need to Know ------------------------------------ Project 0 and 1 --------------- Keystroke What it does --------- ------------ C-f forward-char (Moves cursor forward one char) C-b backward-char (Moves cursor backward one char) C-n next-line (Moves cursor down one line) C-p previous-line (Moves cursor up one line) C-a beginning-of-line (Moves cursor to beginning of line) C-e end-of-line (Moves cursor to end of line) C-v scroll-down (Moves cursor down one page) M-v scroll-up (Moves cursor up one page) C-d delete-char (Deletes character underneath cursor) [Backspace] backward-delete-char (Deletes character before cursor) C-g keyboard-quit (Cancels current minibuffer operation) C-x C-s save-buffer (Save to file, but don't exit) C-x C-c save-buffers-kill-emacs (Save to file, and exit) Most of these can be memorized in "pairs" (forward-backward), (beginning of line, end of line, etc). Later on, you will be responsible for more commands (but not much more).