Moves point to the first non-whitespace character on this line
Moving by word
Key Binding
Purpose
M-f
Move forward by word
M-b
Move backward by word
Subword and superword
movement
Command
Purpose
M-x subword-mode
Minor mode that treats CamelCase as distinct words
M-x superword-mode
Minor mode that treats snake_case as one word
Moving by s-expression
Key Binding
Purpose
C-M-f
Move forward by s-expression
C-M-b
Move backward by s-expression
Down and up List
Key Binding
Purpose
C-M-d
Move down into a list
C-M-u
Move up out of a list
Forward and backward list
Key Binding
Purpose
C-M-n
Move forward to the next list
C-M-p
Move backward to the previous list
Other movement commands
Moving by Paragraph
Key Binding
Purpose
M-}
Move forward to end of paragraph
M-{
Move backward to start of paragraph
a set of variables that define the beginning and end of a
paragraph:
Variable Name
Purpose
paragraph-start
Defines the beginning of a paragraph using a large regular
expression
paragraph-separate
Defines the paragraph separator as a regular expression
use-hard-newlines
Set by the command M-x use-hard-newlines and defines whether a hard
newline defines a paragraph
Moving by sentence
Key Binding
Purpose
M-a
Move to beginning of sentence
M-e
Move to end of sentence
You can alter this behavior by customizing (with M-x
customize-option) the following variables:
Variable Name
Purpose
sentence-end-double-space
Non-nil means a single space does not end a sentence
sentence-end-without-period
Non-nil means a sentence will end without a period
sentence-end-without-space
A string of characters that end a sentence without requiring spaces
after
Moving by Defun
Key Binding
Purpose
C-M-a
Move to beginning of defun
C-M-e
Move to end of defun
Moving by Pages
Key Binding
Purpose
C-x ]
Moves forward one page
C-x [
Moves backward one page
Scrolling
Key Binding
Purpose
C-v
Scroll down one page
M-v
Scroll up one page
C-M-v
Scroll down the other window
C-M-S-v
Scroll up the other window
In Mac iterm2, you should use M-PageUp and
M-PageDn to scroll the other window.
Move to begin and end
Key Binding
Purpose
M-<
Move to the beginning of the buffer
M->
Move to the end of the buffer
When you move to the beginning or end of the buffer, Emacs will place
the mark – an invisible location marker – where you came from, so you
can return to your old position. For instance, if you type
M-< to jump to the beginning of the buffer, you can type
C-u C-<SPC> to go back.
Numeric arguments
Move down 50 lines
1
M-5 0 C-n
C-u alone has the special meaning of “four times”, moves forward
sixteen characters