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Emacs text editor

Emacs commands: "C" stands for "control" and "M" stands for "esc"

Cf forward one character
Cb backward one character
Cp previous line
Cn next line
Ck kill
Cy yank
Cd delete character
Cs search forward
Cr search backward
Ca beginning of line
Ce end of line
Cv up one page
Mv down one page
M< beginning of file
M> end of file
Cx,u   undo
Cx,Cs  Save
Cx,Cc  Save and exit

The control keys can be customized by placing a ".emacs" file in your home directory.
Example of a .emacs file.

It's helpful to remap the caps lock key to the control key.

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