| Function Key Bindings for Some Common Commands |
C- is the Control key, M- is the Meta
(
on it ) key, and S- is the shift key. |
| Epoch |
Description |
Meta-x Function |
Emacs |
| F1 |
Help |
Control-h |
C-h |
| S-F1 |
Check spelling of region interactively |
ispell-region |
C-x C-r I |
| F2 |
LaTeX prefix key |
Control-c |
C-c |
| C-F2 |
Run xdvi on current filename.dvi |
tex-view-file |
N/A |
| |
(after compiling with M-F2) |
|
|
| M-F2 |
Run tex/latex on buffer |
teX-buffer |
C-c C-b |
| S-F2 |
Run tex/latex on region |
TeX-region |
C-c C-r |
| F3 |
Switch buffer in current window |
switch-to-buffer |
C-x b |
| C-F3 |
Rename current buffer |
rename-buffer |
C-x N |
| M-F3 |
Kill current buffer |
kill-buffer |
C-x k |
| F5 |
Yank last block of killed text |
yank |
C-y |
| C-F5 |
Replace last yank with a previous kill |
yank-pop |
M-y |
| F6 |
Search forward for specific text |
search-forward |
N/A |
| C-F6 |
Search backward for specific text |
search-backward |
N/A |
| M-F6 |
Goto given line number |
goto-line |
M-= |
| F7 |
Query to replace specific strings |
query-replace |
M-% |
| F8 |
Kill entire line (accepts prefix arg) |
kill-line-full |
M-K |
| C-F8 |
Kill marked region |
kill-region |
C-w |
| F9 |
Toggle between one and two windows |
one-window-or-two |
C-x 3 |
| C-F9 |
Same as F9, windows split vertically |
one-window-or-two-horizontal |
C-x 6 |
| F10 |
Rotate buffer (in 2nd window if there) |
bury-buffer-other-window |
C-x 4 B |
| C-F10 |
Display buffer menu. |
buffer-menu |
C-x 4 C-b |
| F11 |
Load a file for editing |
find-file |
C-x C-f |
| C-F11 |
Insert a file into buffer at point |
insert-file |
C-x i |
| F12 |
Save buffer in visited file |
save-buffer |
C-x C-s |
| C-F12 |
Write buffer into file |
write-file |
C-x C-w |
| M-F12 |
Save modified buffers (interactively) |
save-some-buffers |
C-x s |