Rename
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Ctrl+X,F
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Changes the name of the file associated with the current buffer. Pressing Return without specifying a file name disassociates the buffer from any file name.
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Read-file
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+R
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Replaces the contents of the current buffer with the contents of a file. Enter a complete file path. Press Return without specifying a file name to ignore the request and return to normal mode.
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Visit-file
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V
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Allows you to work with additional files other than the one you are currently editing. Enter the complete file path.
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Insert-file
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+I
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Insert the contents of a file into the current buffer at a point one line above the current cursor position. Enter the complete file path.
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Save-file
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+S
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Writes the contents of the current buffer to the file name associated with that buffer. Issues the file's line count following a successful save. MEmacs does not save the file if no name is provided; it displays this error message: No file name.
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Save-as-file
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+W
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Allows you to specify the name and path of a file associated with a buffer.
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Save-mod
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+M
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Writes the contents of all modified buffers to the disk. Do not accidentally modify a buffer that you did not intend to change.
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Save-exit
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+F
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Saves all modified buffers and exits MEmacs.
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New-Cli
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Ctrl+-
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Opens a new Shell window known as a Spawn Window. Enter AmigaDOS commands in the Spawn Window without interfering with MEmacs. Close the window with ENDSHELL.
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Cli-Command
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Ctrl+X,!
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Lets you execute an AmigaDOS command while in MEmacs. Enter a command following the ! prompt at the bottom of the screen. Command output is placed in the spawn.output buffer.
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Quit
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Ctrl+C
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Exits MEmacs. You are given an opportunity to save modified buffers or quit without saving. Alternative keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+X,Ctrl+C Esc,Ctrl+C.
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About...
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.
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Gives program copyright information
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Kill-region
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Ctrl+W
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Deletes block of text from the current buffer and saves them in a kill buffer. Text can be retrieved with the Yank command. Make copies of a block by immediately selecting Yank without changing the cursor position after killing the block. This restores the block to its position and leaves a copy in the kill buffer.
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Yank
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Ctrl+Y
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Copies the contents of the kill buffer to the current cursor location on the current line. Reverses the action of Kill-region without changing the contents of the kill buffer. Used with Kill-region for moving text or for repeatedly copying a single block of text.
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Set-mark
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Ctrl+@
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Marks the cursor position in a buffer. The subsequent cursor position is referred to as a dot. Move between the mark and the dot using the Swap-dot&mark command in the Move menu. Used for marking blocks of text. Alternative keyboard shortcut: Esc,-.
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Copy-region
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Esc,W
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Copies the contents of the marked region to the kill buffer without deleting it, replacing any previous contents.
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Upper-region
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+U
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Changes the text of the entire marked region to upper case.
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Lower-region
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+L
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Changes the text of the entire marked region to lower case.
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List-buffers
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+B
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Splits the current buffer's window and displays a list of the buffers MEmacs is maintaining. To redisplay the current buffer, select the One-window command or press Ctrl+X,1. The List-Buffer fields are:
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C
Displays an asterisk if the buffer has been modified since it was last saved to a file. (Stands for changed.)
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Size
Shows how many characters are in the buffer.
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Buffer
Shows the name given to the buffer. If you read in a file, this is the name of the file without the full path.
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File
Shows the full path to the file. This is the file to which MEmacs writes the buffer if you Save-file or Save-exit while the cursor is in that buffer.
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Select-buffer
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Ctrl+X,B
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Allows you to select the buffer to edit in the current window. Replaces the contents of the window with the selected buffer or new buffer.
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Insert-buffer
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Esc, Ctrl+Y
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Insert the contents of a named buffer into the current buffer at the line above the current cursor position.
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Kill-buffer
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Ctrl+X,K
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Deletes the contents of one or more chosen buffers, returning the memory to the memory manager to reuse. You must specify the buffer to be deleted; a buffer cannot be killed if its contents are currently displayed.
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Justify-buffer
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Ctrl+X,J
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Removes all blank spaces and tabs from the left edge of all the lines in the current buffer. The text realigns with the current margins.
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Redisplay
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Ctrl+L
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Redraws the screen.
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Quote-char
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Ctrl+Q
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Allows insertion of any literal character in the text file, except the Tab key. Alternative keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+X,Q.
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Indent
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Ctrl+J
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Moves the cursor to the next line, automatically indenting the same amount of spaces as the previous line. Alternative keyboard shortcuts: Help or Enter on the numeric keypad.
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Transpose
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Ctrl+T
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Swaps the positions of two adjacent characters. Place the cursor on the right-most of the two characters and execute the command.
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Cancel
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Ctrl+G
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Ends an ongoing menu command, such as query search and replace.
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