Keyboard shortcuts

Key	Function
Ctrl-A	Move to start of line
Ctrl-B	Move left one character
Ctrl-C	Show current line/position in status bar (see also Meta-C)
Ctrl-D	Delete next character
Ctrl-E	Move to end of line
Ctrl-F	Move right one character
Ctrl-G	Show help
Ctrl-H	Backspace (delete preceding character)
Ctrl-I	Indent (same as hitting 'Tab')
Ctrl-J	Justify current line (if enabled)
Ctrl-K	Cut current line (see Ctrl-U)
Ctrl-L	Force repaint of screen
Ctrl-M	Insert newline (same as 'Enter'/'Return')
Ctrl-N	Move down one line
Ctrl-O	Write file
Ctrl-P	Move up one line
Ctrl-Q	Noop (suppresses default XON)
Ctrl-R	Insert/open file
Ctrl-S	Noop (suppresses default XOFF)
Ctrl-T	Run spell checker (if enabled)
Ctrl-U	Paste cut line (see Ctrl-K)
Ctrl-V	Page down
Ctrl-W	Search
Ctrl-X	Exit
Ctrl-Y	Page up
Ctrl-Z	Suspend (if enabled)
Ctrl-space	Move to start of next word
Ctrl-_	Show "Go to line"
Ctrl-^	Start/end mark
Ctrl-\	Search & replace
Meta-0	UNUSED
Meta-1	UNUSED
Meta-2	UNUSED
Meta-3	UNUSED
Meta-4	UNUSED
Meta-5	UNUSED
Meta-6	Copy current line (see Ctrl-U/Ctrl-K)
Meta-7	UNUSED
Meta-8	UNUSED
Meta-9	UNUSED
Meta-A	Start/end mark
Meta-B	Toggle use of backup files
Meta-C	Toggle constantly-updating line/position display (see also Ctrl-C)
Meta-D	Show word/line count
Meta-E	Redo (when available)
Meta-F	Enable/disable use of multiple buffers
Meta-G	Show "Go to line"
Meta-H	Toggle "smart home" feature
Meta-I	Toggle autoindent
Meta-J	Justify all lines (if enabled)
Meta-K	Toggle copy/cut behavior between full and partial lines)
Meta-L	Toggle wrapping of long lines
Meta-M	Toggle mouse support
Meta-N	Enable/disable conversion of DOS/Mac-style newlines to UNIX
Meta-O	Toggle whether the first line under the header is used for display
Meta-P	Toggle whitespace display
Meta-Q	Toggle conversion of Tab characters to spaces
Meta-R	Search and replace
Meta-S	Toggle smooth scrolling
Meta-T	Cut from current cursor to end of buffer
Meta-U	Undo (when available)
Meta-V	Insert next character verbatim (useful for inserting control characters)
Meta-W	Go to next match from last search
Meta-X	Show/hide help at bottom of window
Meta-Y	Toggle syntax coloring
Meta-Z	Toggle whether Ctrl-Z can suspend the program
Meta-space	Move to start of previous word
Meta-`	Execute a command, discarding output
Meta-$	Toggle soft line wrapping
Meta-^	Copy current line (see Ctrl-U/Ctrl-K)
Meta--	Scroll window one line up (don't move cursor)
Meta-_	Scroll window one line up (don't move cursor)
Meta-+	Scroll window one line down (don't move cursor)
Meta-=	Scroll window one line down (don't move cursor)
Meta-}	Indent current line
Meta-{	Unindent current line
Meta-\	Go to first line of buffer
Meta-|	Go to first line of buffer
Meta-/	Go to last line of buffer
Meta-?	Go to last line of buffer
Meta-]	If cursor is on a bracket character, find its matching open/close counterpart
Meta-<	Switch to preceding buffer
Meta-,	Switch to preceding buffer
Meta->	Switch to next buffer
Meta-.	Switch to next buffer