Emacs commands

Command	Description	Notes
Glossary
C-	Hold down the control button and then type the letter following the dash
M-	Hold down the meta button (or the alt key) then type the letter following the dash
M-x string	Hold down the meta button and press the letter x. Then type the string at the prompt
Exiting
C-x C-s	Write the buffer to disk
C-x C-w string	Write the buffer to the string
C-x C-z	Exit to the shell	(can be continued)
C-x C-c	Exit and kill the emacs	Notes
M-x shell	Launch a shell inside of emacs
Buffers
C-x C-b	List of the buffers	The buffers are listed in the order, most recently visited first. `*’ at the beginning of a line indicates the buffer is “modified”. If several buffers are modified, it may be time to save some with C-x s (see section Saving Files). `%’ indicates a read-only buffer. `.’ marks the selected buffer.

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