Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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GNU Emacs
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GNU Emacs keyboard shortcuts

GNU Emacs · Windows, macOS, Linux

ActionWindowsmacOSLinux
Movement
Move forward one characterCtrl FCtrl FCtrl F
Move backward one characterCtrl BCtrl BCtrl B
Move to the next lineCtrl NCtrl NCtrl N
Move to the previous lineCtrl PCtrl PCtrl P
Move to the beginning of the lineCtrl ACtrl ACtrl A
Move to the end of the lineCtrl ECtrl ECtrl E
Move forward one wordAlt FOption FAlt F
Move backward one wordAlt BOption BAlt B
Move to the previous sentenceAlt AOption AAlt A
Move to the next sentenceAlt EOption EAlt E
Scroll forward one screenCtrl VCtrl VCtrl V
Scroll backward one screenAlt VOption VAlt V
Move to the beginning of the bufferAlt <Option <Alt <
Move to the end of the bufferAlt >Option >Alt >
Go to a lineAlt G then GOption G then GAlt G then G
Editing and regions
Delete the character at pointCtrl DCtrl DCtrl D
Delete the character before pointDELDELDEL
Kill to the end of the lineCtrl KCtrl KCtrl K
Kill the next wordAlt DOption DAlt D
Kill the previous wordAlt BackspaceOption BackspaceAlt Backspace
Kill the active regionCtrl WCtrl WCtrl W
Copy the active region to the kill ringAlt WOption WAlt W
Yank the most recent killCtrl YCtrl YCtrl Y
Replace the last yank with the previous killAlt YOption YAlt Y
Set the markCtrl SpaceCtrl SpaceCtrl Space
Exchange point and markCtrl X then Ctrl XCtrl X then Ctrl XCtrl X then Ctrl X
Mark the entire bufferCtrl X then HCtrl X then HCtrl X then H
UndoCtrl _Ctrl _Ctrl _
Quit the current commandCtrl GCtrl GCtrl G
Files
Visit a fileCtrl X then Ctrl FCtrl X then Ctrl FCtrl X then Ctrl F
Visit a file read-onlyCtrl X then Ctrl RCtrl X then Ctrl RCtrl X then Ctrl R
Visit a different file in the current bufferCtrl X then Ctrl VCtrl X then Ctrl VCtrl X then Ctrl V
Visit a file in another windowCtrl X then 4 then FCtrl X then 4 then FCtrl X then 4 then F
Visit a file in another frameCtrl X then 5 then FCtrl X then 5 then FCtrl X then 5 then F
Save the current bufferCtrl X then Ctrl SCtrl X then Ctrl SCtrl X then Ctrl S
Write the buffer to a new fileCtrl X then Ctrl WCtrl X then Ctrl WCtrl X then Ctrl W
Save some modified buffersCtrl X then SCtrl X then SCtrl X then S
Execute a named commandAlt XOption XAlt X
Quit EmacsCtrl X then Ctrl CCtrl X then Ctrl CCtrl X then Ctrl C
Buffers and windows
Switch to a bufferCtrl X then BCtrl X then BCtrl X then B
Switch to a buffer in another windowCtrl X then 4 then BCtrl X then 4 then BCtrl X then 4 then B
Switch to a buffer in another frameCtrl X then 5 then BCtrl X then 5 then BCtrl X then 5 then B
Kill a bufferCtrl X then KCtrl X then KCtrl X then K
Remove the selected windowCtrl X then 0Ctrl X then 0Ctrl X then 0
Make the selected window the only windowCtrl X then 1Ctrl X then 1Ctrl X then 1
Split the selected window horizontallyCtrl X then 2Ctrl X then 2Ctrl X then 2
Split the selected window verticallyCtrl X then 3Ctrl X then 3Ctrl X then 3
Move to another windowCtrl X then OCtrl X then OCtrl X then O
Search and replacement
Search forward incrementallyCtrl SCtrl SCtrl S
Search backward incrementallyCtrl RCtrl RCtrl R
Search forward with a regular expressionCtrl Alt SCtrl Option SCtrl Alt S
Query and replace textAlt %Option %Alt %
Help
Show active key bindingsCtrl H then BCtrl H then BCtrl H then B
Show the command bound to a keyCtrl H then CCtrl H then CCtrl H then C
Show documentation for a keyCtrl H then KCtrl H then KCtrl H then K
Show documentation for a functionCtrl H then FCtrl H then FCtrl H then F
Search for commands by topicCtrl H then ACtrl H then ACtrl H then A
Open the Emacs manualCtrl H then RCtrl H then RCtrl H then R
Open the Emacs tutorialCtrl H then TCtrl H then TCtrl H then T
Keyboard macros
Start recording a keyboard macroCtrl X then (Ctrl X then (Ctrl X then (
Stop recording a keyboard macroCtrl X then )Ctrl X then )Ctrl X then )
Run the last keyboard macroCtrl X then ECtrl X then ECtrl X then E

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.