Delete-forw
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Esc,D
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Deletes the character on which the cursor is positioned and all remaining characters to the right until the next non-alphanumeric character is found, such as a blank space, tab, or punctuation.
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Delete-back
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Esc,H
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Delets all characters to the left of the cursor until it finds the first character of a word. The character at the cursor position is not deleted. Alternative keyboard shortcut: Esc,Del.
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Upper-word
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Esc,U
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Changes a word to upper case, starting at the cursor position and proceeding to the last character of the word.
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Lower-word
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Esc,L
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Changes a word to lower case, starting at the cursor position and proceeding to the last character of the word.
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Cap-word
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Esc,C
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Changes the character at the cursor position to upper case. Also changes the characters to the right of the cursor, up to the end of the word, to lower case.
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Switch-case
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Esc,^
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Changes the case of a word, starting at the current cursor position and proceeding to the right until it reaches the end of the word. If a word is upper case or has mixed text, it changes upper to lowr case and vice versa.
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Search-forward
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Ctrl+S
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Searches through the text starting at the current cursor position and moving forward to the end of the buffer. At the prompt, enter the character string for the search. Alternative keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+X,S.
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Search-backward
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Ctrl+R
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Searches through the text from the current cursor position backwards to the beginning to the buffer. Alternative keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+X,R.
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Search-replace
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Esc,R
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Searches the same as Search-forward, allowing you to replace the string with different text. At the prompt, enter the replacement string of characters.
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Query-s-r
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Esc,Q
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Operates the same as Search-replace, except it asks for confirmation to replace each time it finds the specified string. The options are Y (yes), N (no), C (change all occurrences), and Ctrl+G (abort).
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Fence-match
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Esc, Ctrl+F
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Finds the closest occurrence of the fence character to match the one at the current cursor position. Fence characters are parenthesis, brackets, braces, and angle brackets.
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Set-arg
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Ctrl+U
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Lets you specify a numeric argument for a command.
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Set
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Esc,S
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Lets you set the following MEmacs parameters:
Screen
Places the MEmacs display in a Workbench window or back onto a custom screen.
Interlace
Turns the interlace mode on or off.
Mode
Results in a second prompt "Mode:"; you can enter Cmode (for editing C programs) or Wrap (to enable automatic word-wrap when the text reaches a set cursor position). Cmode provides automatic fence matching. Use +mode or -mode to add or subtract a mode.
Left
Determines the left margin. Prompts for a numerical argument if not provided with the entry.
Right
Determines the right margin. Prompts for a numerical argument if not provided with the entry.
Tab
Sets the increment for tab spacing. Prompts for a numerical argument if not provided with the entry.
Indent
Determines how far to indent each level of nesting (used in Cmode). Prompts for a numerical argument if not provided with the entry.
Case
Turns case-sensitive searches on of off; default is off.
Backup
Turns the MEmacs backup function on or off. Your options are: ON (renames the current file <filename>.bak and saves that bakkup file to the T: directory); SAFE (this option checks to see if a file already exists for the buffer - if so, it displays an error and does not overwrite the existing file, Ctrl+X clears the display); and OFF (this is the default option - MEmacs does not perform any backup).
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Start-macro
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Ctrl+X,(
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Tells MEmacs to start recording any subsequent keystrokes. Used with the Stop-macro and Execute-macro commands.
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Stop-macro
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Ctrl+X,)
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Tells MEmacs to stop recording keystrokes.
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Execute-macro
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Ctrl+X,E
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Repeats keystrokes that were entered between Start-macro and Stop-macro.
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Set-key
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Ctrl+X, Ctrl+K
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Allows you to redefine all of the function keys, the Shifted function keys, the Help key, or any key on the numeric keypad as keyboard macros. You cannot use the menu shortcut of Ctrl+@ to insert the Set-mark command into any keyboard macro definitions.
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Reset-keys
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Esc,K
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Returns any keys defined by Set-keys to their original default state.
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Execute-file
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Esc,E
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Allows you to execute a program file within MEmacs.
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Execute-line
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Ctrl+[, Ctrl+[
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Sets MEmacs to command mode. At the prompt enter any menu command and its parameters. Alternate keyboard shortcut: Esc,Esc.
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