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7 Basic Editing Commands

Here we explain the basics of how to enter text, make corrections, and save the text in a file. If this material is new to you, we suggest you first run the Emacs learn-by-doing tutorial, by typing C-h t (help-with-tutorial).


      		
    


    

      • Inserting
      Text:

        

      Inserting text by simply typing
      it.
    


    

      • Moving
      Point:

        

      Moving the cursor to the place
      where you want to change something.
    


    

      • Erasing:

        

      Deleting and killing text.
    


    

      • Basic
      Undo:

        

      Undoing recent changes in the
      text.
    


    

      • Files:

        

      Visiting, creating, and saving
      files.
    


    

      • Help:

        

      Asking what a character
      does.
    


    

      • Blank
      Lines:

        

      Making and deleting blank
      lines.
    


    

      • Continuation Lines:

        

      How Emacs displays lines too
      wide for the screen.
    


    

      • Position
      Info:

        

      What line, row, or column is
      point on?
    


    

      • Arguments:

        

      Numeric arguments for repeating
      a command N times.
    


    

      • Repeating:

        

      Repeating the previous command
      quickly.