EMACS

Here are a few emacs and terminal tricks I picked up today.

C- means hold down control and press the next letter. Example C-x means hold down control and press x.

M- means press and release ESC and press the next letter. Example M-x means press ESC then press x. Also on some systems holding down ALT will work also.

For the mac users, ALT=OPTION.

Terminal:

Lock your command prompt: C-s

Unlock your command prompt: C-q

Minimize emacs: C-z (from within emacs)

Restore emacs: fg (type fg into command promt)

Emacs:

Split window horizontally: C-x 2

Split window vertically: C-x 3

Merge back to single window: C-x 1

Close current buffer: C-x 4 0

Open a file in a new window: C-x 4 f filename

More to come later.