Summary of Emacs commands

To enter emacs and read file: type emacs < filename>

C- = control character
M- (meta) = Escape key pressed first

Useful commands

M-f	next word	M-b	previous word
C-a	beginning of line	C-e	end of line
C-k	delete line (starting from cursor)	C-d	delete next character after the cursor
C-y	restore (yank) line	C-x i	insert (file)
M-<	top of file	M->	bottom of file
C-v	next screen	M-v	previous screen
C-s	search	M-x	and then type "goto-line"
C-x C-s	save file	C-x C-c	quit emacs
C-z	suspend emacs (fg to restore)	C-x C-w	save file to different name

C-x i looks for a file in the same directory as the file you are editing. If sending mail, directory would be /tmp. If you want to insert a file from your home directory, delete '/tmp/' and type '~/filename'.