Using the Emacs Keyboard Layout

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** General Shortcut Keys

Edit.EmacsExtendedCommand is ALT + X

Places the cursor in the Find/Command box on the Standard toolbar.

Edit.EmacsFindReplace is SHIFT + ALT + 5

Displays the replace options in the Quick tab of the Find and Replace dialog box.

Edit.EmacsPasteRotate is ALT + Y

Pastes an item from the Clipboard Ring tab of the Toolbox to the file

and automatically selects the pasted item. Press ALT + Y again to

paste the next item to the Clipboard Ring.

Edit.EmacsQuit is CTRL + G

Stops the current command or code and deactivates the region.

Edit.EmacsUniversalArgument > CTRL + U

Prompts for an integer, returns negative if the first character

entered is a hyphen. When a non-digit character is entered, the prefix

for the command is set to the entered integer. If no integer is

entered, the default value is 4. Repeatedly invoking the command

multiplies the current value entered by the previous accumulated

value.

** Text Manipulation

- Edit.EmacsBreakLine: ENTER

Inserts a new line.

- Edit.EmacsBreakLineIndent: CTRL + J

Inserts a new line and indents it.

- Edit.EmacsCharTranspose: CTRL + T

Transposes the characters on either side of the cursor. For example,

Ed|n Sub would be changed to read End| Sub.

- Edit.EmacsDeleteSelection: CTRL + DELETE

Deletes the current selection.

- Edit.EmacsDeleteToEOL: CTRL + K

Deletes from the cursor to the end of the current line.

- Edit.EmacsLineOpen: CTRL + O

Inserts a new line after the cursor. The cursor stays in the current line.

- Edit.EmacsQuotedInsert: CTRL + Q

Reads another key and inserts the key into the buffer. Keys must be

8-bit ASCII characters. Use this command to insert control characters,

meta characters, or graphics characters into the buffer.

- Edit.EmacsWordCapitalize: ALT + C

Capitalizes the character to the right of the cursor or the first

character of the next word if the cursor is between words.

- Edit.EmacsWordDeleteToEnd: ALT + D

Deletes the characters to the right of the cursor to the end of the word.

- Edit.EmacsWordDeleteToStart

ALT + BACKSPACE

—or—

ALT + DELETE

- Deletes the characters from the left of the cursor to the start of the word.: ALT + L

Changes the selected text to lowercase characters.

- Edit.EmacsWordTranspose: ALT + T

Transposes the words on either side of the cursor. For example, |End

Sub would be changed to read Sub End|.

- Edit.EmacsWordUppercase: ALT + U

Changes the selected text to uppercase characters.

Text Navigation

Command

Keys

Description

Edit.EmacsCharLeft

CTRL + B

Moves the cursor one character to the left.

Edit.EmacsCharRight

CTRL + F

Moves the cursor one character to the right.

Edit.EmacsDocumentEnd

END

—or—

SHIFT + ALT + . (period)

—or—

SHIFT + END

—or—

CTRL + X, ]

Moves the cursor to the bottom of the current document.

Edit.EmacsDocumentStart

HOME

—or—

SHIFT + ALT + , (comma)

—or—

SHIFT + HOME

—or—

CTRL + X, [

Moves the cursor to the top of the current document.

Edit.EmacsGoToLine

ALT + G

Displays the Go To Line dialog box, which allows you to navigate to a specific line of code in the current document.

Edit.EmacsLineDown

CTRL + N

Moves the cursor down one line.

Edit.EmacsLineEnd

CTRL + E

Moves the cursor to the end of the current line. If you use word wrap, the cursor moves to the physical, not the displayed, end of the current line.

Edit.EmacsLineStart

CTRL + A

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line. If you use word wrap, the cursor moves to the physical, not the displayed, beginning of the current line.

Edit.EmacsLineUp

CTRL + P

Moves the cursor up one line.

Edit.EmacsPopMark

CTRL + X, CTRL + SPACEBAR

—or—

CTRL + X, CTRL + SHIFT + 2

Moves the cursor to the current mark and then removes the mark for the location stack.

Edit.EmacsScrollLineCenter

CTRL + L

Scrolls the document so that the current line is now in the center of the viewable area in the editor.

Edit.EmacsScrollLineTop

SHIFT + ALT + 1

Scrolls the document so that the current line appears at the top of the viewable area in the editor.

Edit.EmacsScrollPageDown

CTRL + V

Scrolls down within the document.

Edit.EmacsScrollPageUp

ALT + V

Scrolls up within the document.

Edit.EmacsSetMark

CTRL + SHIFT + 2

—or—

CTRL + SPACEBAR

Adds a mark to the location stack for the current cursor.

Edit.EmacsSwapPointAndMark

CTRL + X, CTRL + X

Moves the cursor to the current mark in the location stack and moves the current mark to the location where the cursor mark was when the command was invoked.

Edit.EmacsWordNext

CTRL + RIGHT ARROW

—or—

ALT + F

—or—

ALT + RIGHT ARROW

Moves the cursor to the first character in the next word.

Edit.EmacsWordPrevious

CTRL + LEFT ARROW

—or—

ALT + B

—or—

ALT + LEFT ARROW

Moves the cursor to the first character in the previous word