If you've chosen `Emacs Bindings' on the jstools Global Preferences panel, you can use the following keyboard commands to edit text (in large text windows, and also in one¡line text fields, except as noted):
Control-d - delete the character after the insertion point
Control-b or Left arrow - move one character left
Control-f or Right arrow - move one character right
Control-p or Up arrow - move one line up (1)
Control-n or Down arrow - move one line down (1)
Control-a or Home - move to the beginning of the line
Control-e or End - move to the end of the line
Esc v or Page Up - scroll back one screenful (1)
Control-v or Page Down - scroll forward one screenful (1)
Esc < - move to the begining of the document (1)
Esc > - move to the end of the document (1)
Esc b - move one word left (to the beginning of the word)
Esc f - move one word right (to the end of the word)
Delete or Backspace - delete the character before the insertion point
Control-h also deletes the character before the insertion point (unlike Emacs itself)
Control-d - delete the character after the insertion point
Esc Delete or Esc Backspace - delete the word before the insertion point
Esc d - delete the word after the insertion point
Control-k - delete from the insertion point to the end of the line, or, if the insert point is at the end of the line, deletes the newline, as in Emacs
Control-w - delete the (highlighted) selection
Control-slash - select the entire contents
Control-backslash - clear the selection
Control-y inserts whatever you most recently deleted with Control-k or Control-w at the insertion point. Multiple lines deleted with Control-k will be inserted together. (1)
Control-q causes the next character to be inserted literally, even if it is a control character.
Control-space or Control-@ sets the Emacs mark, kind of like a bookmark. (1) Control-x Control-x (that's two Control-xes in sequence) replaces the current mark with the current position of the insert point and moves to the last mark you set, so you can move back and forth between two places in a document. (1)
Esc followed by a number sets a repeat count; the next command will be repeated that many times. Control-g cancels a pending repeat count. Control-u sets the count to four, or multiplies it by four, as in Emacs. (1)
Footnote
(1) Only available in multi¡line text windows
See Also
Mouse Bindings
Basic Bindings
vi Bindings
Compose¡Key Combinations
Future Directions
* Esc b and Esc e are sorely lacking.
* I'd like to support incremental searching.
* I'd like to support a real kill ring.
* I'd like to support keyboard macros.
Please feel free to tell me (at <js@bu.edu>) what crucial Emacs keyboard bindings I've left out; I'm sure there are a lot.
