emacs gets you in. You can also say emacs myfile to load a file when you start.
In what you see below...
Meta-x means hit Esc then hit x
Ctrl-x means hold Ctrl down and hit x.
| Basic commands | |
| Ctrl-x Ctrl-f | load a file (or make one) |
| Ctrl-x s | save a file |
| Ctrl-x 2 | get 2 windows |
| Ctrl-x o | go to other window |
| Meta-x shell | get a command prompt |
| Ctrl-x Ctrl-c | close emacs |
| Ctrl-g | abort current command |
| Meta-x goto-line | goto line (by number) |
| Cutting and pasting | |
| Ctrl-k | kill (cut) current line, to end of line subsequent calls kill subsequent lines |
| Ctrl-y | yank what you just killed (cut) back, at current cursor location |
| Ctrl-<space> | start a region to cut |
| Ctrl-w | cut it |
Tabbing on a particular line indents it appropriately based on the mode you're in. If your file ends in .lisp, you'll be in LISP mode.