Climacs Commands Comparison

2005-8-19 10:23:37

Currently implemented climacs commands, together with a comparison to some other editors.

climacs		Gnu Emacs		TI Zmacs		Hemlock		TECO EMACS
C-x C-c	Quit	C-x C-c	save-buffers-kill-emacs	END	Quit	C-x C-z	Exit Hemlock	C-X C-Z	Exit
	Insert Charcode	C-q	quoted-insert	CTRL-Q	Various Quantities	C-q	Quoted Insert	C-Q	Quoted Insert
C-a	Beginning Of Line	C-a	move-beginning-of-line	CTRL-A	Beginning of Line	C-a	Beginning of Line	C-A	Beginning of Line
C-e	End Of Line	C-e	move-end-of-line	CTRL-E	End of Line	C-e	End of Line	C-E	End of Line
C-f	Forward Object	C-f	forward-char	CTRL-F	Forward Character	C-f	Forward Character	C-F	Forward Character
C-b	Backward Object	C-b	backward-char	CTRL-B	Backward Character	C-b	Backward Character	C-B	Backward Character
M-f	Forward Word	M-f	forward-word	META-F	Forward Word	M-f	Forward Word	M-F	Forward Word
M-b	Backward Word	M-b	backward-word	META-B	Backward Word	M-b	Backward Word	M-B	Backward Word
C-n	Next Line	C-n	next-line	CTRL-N	Down Real Line	C-n	Next Line	C-N	Down Real Line
C-p	Previous Line	C-p	previous-line	CTRL-P	Up Real Line	C-p	Previous Line	C-P	Up Real Line
		M-r	move-to-window-line	META-R	Move to Screen Edge	M-r	Reverse Search	M-R	Move to Screen Edge
M-<	Beginning Of Buffer	M-<	beginning-of-buffer	META-<	Goto Beginning	M-<	Beginning of Buffer	M-<	Goto Beginning
M->	End Of Buffer	M->	end-of-buffer	META->	Goto End	M->	End of Buffer	M->	Goto End
C-v	Page Down	C-v	scroll-up	CTRL-V	Next Screen	C-v	Scroll Window Down	C-V	Next Screen
M-v	Page Up	M-v	scroll-down	META-V	Previous Screen	M-v	Scroll Window Up	M-V	Previous Screen
	Goto Position		goto-char
	Goto Line	M-g g/M-g M-g	goto-line				Goto Absolute Line
		C-x C-n	set-goal-column	CTRL-X CTRL-N	Set Goal Column			C-X N	Set Goal Column
Backspace	Backward Delete Object	DEL	delete-backward-char	RUBOUT	Delete Backward	Backspace	Delete Previous Character	Rubout	Backward Delete Character
C-d	Delete Object	C-d	delete-char	CTRL-D	Delete Forward	C-d	Delete Next Character	C-D	Delete Character
C-k	Kill Line	C-k	kill-line	CTRL-K	Kill Line	C-k	Kill Line	C-K	Kill Line
M-d	Kill Word	M-d	kill-word	META-D	Kill Word	M-d	Kill Next Word	M-D	Kill Word
M-Backspace	Backward Kill Word	M-DEL	backward-kill-word	META-RUBOUT	Backward Kill Word	M-Backspace	Kill Previous Word	M-Rubout	Backward Kill Word
C-x u	Undo	C-x u	advertised-undo	HELP U or UNDO	Undo		Undo		Undo
C-_	Undo	C-_	undo	HELP U or UNDO	Undo		Undo		Undo
M-_	Redo				Redo
C-x r	Redo				Redo
C-x C-f	Find File	C-x C-f	find-file	CTRL-X CTRL-F	Find File	C-x C-f	Find File	C-X C-F	Find File
C-x C-s	Save Buffer	C-x C-s	save-buffer	CTRL-X CTRL-S	Save File	C-x C-s	Save File	C-X C-S	Save File
C-o	Open Line	C-o	open-line			C-o	Open Line	C-O	Open Line
		C-x C-o	delete-blank-lines	CTRL-X CTRL-O	Delete Blank Lines	C-x C-o	Delete Blank Lines	C-X C-O	Delete Blank Lines
			what-page						What Page
			what-line	CTRL-=	Where Am I			C-=	What Cursor Position
M-=	Count Lines Region	M-=	count-lines-region	META-=	Count Lines Region		Count Lines	M-=	Count Lines Region
C-x =	What Cursor Position	C-x =	what-cursor-position	CTRL-=	Where Am I			C-X =	What Cursor Position
		C-x z	repeat	C-x ESCAPE	Repeat Minibuffer Command			C-X Altmode	Re-execute Minibuffer
		C-h etc	help...	HELP...	...	C-_/HOME	Help ...	C-_	Help ...
C-Space	Set Mark	C-SPC	set-mark-command	CTRL-space bar	Set Pop Mark	C-Space	Set/Pop Mark	C-Space	Set/Pop Mark
C-x C-x	Exchange Point And Mark	C-x C-x	exchange-point-and-mark	CTRL-X CTRL-X	Swap Point and Mark	C-x C-x	Exchange Point and Mark	C-X C-X	Exchange Point and Mark
M-@	Mark Word	M-@	mark-word	META-@	Mark Word			M-@	Mark Word
M-C-@	Mark Expression	C-M-@	mark-sexp	META-CTRL-@	Mark Sexp	C-M-@	Mark Form	C-M-@	Mark Sexp
M-h	Mark Paragraph	M-h	mark-paragraph	META-H	Mark Paragraph	M-h	Mark Paragraph	M-H	Mark Paragraph
M-C-h	Mark Definition	C-M-h	mark-defun	META-CTRL-H	Mark Definition	C-M-h	Mark Defun	C-M-H	Mark Defun
C-x h	Mark Whole Buffer	C-x h	mark-whole-buffer	CTRL-X H	Mark Whole	C-x h	Mark Whole Buffer	C-X H	Mark Whole Buffer
C-x C-p	Mark Page	C-x C-p	mark-page	CTRL-X CTRL-P	Mark Page	C-x C-p	Mark Page	C-X C-P	Mark Page
		C-x C-SPC	pop-global-mark	META-CTRL-space bar	Move to Previous Point	M-@/M-Space	Pop and Goto Mark
M-\	Delete Horizontal Space	M-\	delete-horizontal-space	META-\	Delete Horizontal Space	M-\	Delete Horizontal Space	M-\	Delete Horizontal Space
M-Space	Just One Space	M-SPC	just-one-space		Just One Space	M-\|	Just One Space
M-^	Delete Indentation	M-^	delete-indentation	META-^	Delete Indentation	M-^	Delete Indentation	M-^	Delete Indentation
C-w	Kill Region	C-w	kill-region	CTRL-W	Kill Region	C-w	Kill Region	C-W	Kill Region
C-x Backspace	Backward Kill Sentence	C-x DEL	backward-kill-sentence	CTRL-X RUBOUT	Backward Kill Sentence	C-x Backspace	Backward Kill Sentence	C-X Rubout	Backward Kill Sentence
M-k	Kill Sentence	M-k	kill-sentence	META-K	Kill Sentence	M-k	Forward Kill Sentence	M-K	Kill Sentence
M-C-k	Kill Expression	C-M-k	kill-sexp	META-CTRL-K	Kill Sexp	C-M-k	Forward Kill Form	C-M-K	Kill Sexp
M-C-Backspace	Backward Kill Experession	C-M-DEL	backward-kill-sexp			C-M-Backspace	Backward Kill Form	C-M-Backspace	Mark Defun
M-z	Zap To Character	M-z	zap-to-char
C-y	Yank	C-y	yank	CTRL-Y	Yank	C-y	Un-Kill	C-Y	Un-kill
M-y	Rotate Yank	M-y	yank-pop	META-Y	Yank Pop	M-y	Rotate Kill Ring	M-Y	Un-Kill Pop
M-w	Copy Region	M-w	kill-ring-save	META-W	Save Region	M-w	Save Region	M-W	Copy Region
M-C-w	Append Next Kill	C-M-w	append-next-kill	META-CTRL-W	Append Next Kill			C-M-W	Append Next Kill
			append-to-buffer	CTRL-X A	Append to Buffer			C-X A	Append to Buffer
			prepend-to-buffer
			copy-to-buffer
			insert-buffer		Insert Buffer		Insert Buffer		Insert Buffer
			append-to-file		Append to File		Write Region		Append to File
									Prepend to File
C-l	Full Redisplay	C-l	recenter	CTRL-L	Recenter Window	C-l	Refresh	C-L	New Window
		C-M-l	reposition-window	META-CTRL-R	Reposition Window	M-#	Line to Center of Window	C-M-R	Reposition Window
		C-x <	scroll-left
		C-x >	scroll-right
C-s	Isearch Mode Forward	C-s	isearch-forward	CTRL-S	Incremental Search	C-s	Incremental Search	C-S	Incremental Search
C-r	Isearch Mode Backward	C-r	isearch-backward	CTRL-R	Reverse Incremental Search	C-r	Reverse Incremental Search	C-R	Reverse Search
		C-s RET	search-forward	CTRL-S ESCAPE	String Search	M-s	Forward Search
		C-r RET	search-backward	CTRL-R ESCAPE	Reverse String Search	M-r	Reverse Search
		C-s RET C-w	word-search-forward
		C-r RET C-w	word-search-backward
		C-M-s	isearch-forward-regexp
		C-M-r	isearch-backward-regexp
		C-M-s RET	re-search-forward		Extended String Search
		C-M-r RET	re-search-backward		Extended Reverse String Search
					Find Pattern
					Lisp Match Search
			replace-string	CTRL-%	Replace String		Replace String	C-%	Replace String
			replace-regexp
M-%	Query Replace	M-%	query-replace	META-%	Query Replace	M-%	Query Replace	M-%	Query Replace
		C-M-%	query-replace-regexp
					Atom Query Replace
					Multiple Query Replace
					Multiple Query Replace From Buffer
					Query Exchange
			occur		Occur
			list-matching-lines		List Matching Lines		List Matching Lines
C-t	Transpose Objects	C-t	transpose-chars	CTRL-T	Exchange Characters	C-t	Transpose Characters	C-T	Transpose Characters
M-t	Transpose Words	M-t	transpose-words	META-T	Exchange Words	M-t	Transpose Words	M-T	Transpose Words
		C-M-t	transpose-sexps	META-CTRL-T	Exchange Sexps	C-M-t	Transpose Forms	C-M-T	Transpose Sexps
C-x C-t	Transpose Lines	C-x C-t	transpose-lines	CTRL-X CTRL-T	Exchange Lines	C-x C-t	Transpose Lines	C-X C-T	Transpose Lines
C-x (	Start Kbd Macro	C-x (	kmacro-start-macro	CTRL-X (	Start Kbd Macro	C-x (	Define Keyboard Macro	C-x (	Start Kbd Macro
C-x )	End Kbd Macro	C-x )	kmacro-end	CTRL-X )	End Kbd Macro	C-x )	End Keyboard Macro	C-X )	End Kbd Macro
C-x e	Call Last Kbd Macro	C-x e	kmacro-end-and-call-macro	CTRL-X e	Call Last Kbd Macro	C-x e	Last Keyboard Macro	C-X E	Call Last Kbd Macro
		C-x q	kbd-macro-query	CTRL-X Q	Kbd Macro Query	C-x q	Keyboard Macro Query	C-X Q	Kbd Macro Query
		C-x C-k n	kmacro-name-last-macro		Name Last Kbd Macro		Name Keyboard Macro		Name Kbd Macro
		C-x C-k b	kmacro-bind-to-key		Install Macro
					Find System Files
C-x C-r	Find File Read Only	C-x C-r	find-file-read-only					C-X C-R	Visit File
		C-x C-v	find-alternate-file	CTRL-X CTRL-V	Visit File	C-x C-v	Visit File	C-X C-V	Visit File
		C-x 4 f	find-file-other-window					C-X 4	Visit in Other Window
		C-x s	save-some-buffers		Save All Files	C-x Return	Save All Files		Save All Files
M-~	Not Modified	M-~	not-modified	META-~	Not Modified	M-~	Buffer Not Modified	M-~	Buffer Not Modified
C-x C-w	Write Buffer	C-x C-w	write-file	CTRL-X CTRL-W	Write File	C-x C-w	Write File	C-X C-W	Write File
	Set Visited File Name		set-visited-file-name		Set Visited Filename				Set Visited Filename
	Revert Buffer		revert-buffer	CTRL-X CTRL-R	Revert Buffer		Revert File		Revert File
			view-file		View File		View File		View File
			view-buffer	CTRL-X V	View Buffer				View Buffer
C-x i	Insert File	C-x i	insert-file		Insert File	C-x C-r	Insert File		Insert File
			write-region		Write Region		Write Region		Write Region
			delete-file		Delete File		Delete File
			rename-file		Rename File		Rename File		Rename File
			copy-file		Copy File		Copy File
C-x b	Switch To Buffer	C-x b	switch-to-buffer	CTRL-X B	Select Buffer	C-x b	Select Buffer	C-X B	Select Buffer
		C-x LEFT	prev-buffer	META-CTRL-L	Select Previous Buffer	C-M-l	Select Previous Buffer
		C-x RIGHT	next-buffer
		C-x 4 b	switch-to-buffer-other-window
		C-x C-b	list-buffers	CTRL-X CTRL-B	List Buffers	C-x C-b	List Buffers	C-X C-B	List Buffers
C-x C-q	Toggle Read Only	C-x C-q	toggle-read-only	CTRL-X R	Toggle Read Only		Set Buffer Read-Only	C-X C-Q	Set File Read-Only
			rename-buffer		Rename Buffer		Rename Buffer		Rename Buffer
C-x k	Kill Buffer	C-x k	kill-buffer	CTRL-X K	Kill Buffer	C-x k	Kill Buffer	C-X K	Kill Buffer
			kill-some-buffers		Kill Some Buffers				Kill Some Buffers
			buffer-menu		Edit Buffers	C-x C-M-b	Bufed
C-x 2	Split Window Vertically	C-x 2	split-window-vertically	CTRL-X 2	Two Windows	C-x 2	Split Window	C-X 2	Two Windows
C-x 3	Split Window Horizontally	C-x 3	split-window-horizontally
C-x 0	Delete Window	C-x 0	delete-window			C-x d	Delete Window
C-x o	Other Window	C-x o	other-window	CTRL-X O	Other Window	C-x o	Next Window	C-X O	Other Window
M-C-v	Scroll Other Window	C-M-v	scroll-other-window	META-CTRL-V	Scroll Other Window	C-M-v	Scroll Next Window Down	C-M-V	Scroll Other Window
C-x 1	Single Window	C-x 1	delete-other-windows	CTRL-X 1	One Window	C-x 1	Delete Next Window	C-X 1	One Window
		C-x ^	enlarge-window	CTRL-X ^	Grow Window			C-X ^	Grow Window
Tab	Indent Line	TAB	{mumble}-indent-line	TAB	Indent for Lisp {etc}	Tab	Indent	Tab	Indent According To Mode
C-j	Newline And Indent	C-j	newline-and-indent	LINE FEED	Indent New Line	Linefeed	Indent New Line	C-J	Indent New Line
		C-M-o	split-line	META-CTRL-O	Split Line			M-O	Split Line
M-m	Back To Indentation	M-m	back-to-indentation	META-M	Back to Indentation	M-m	Back to Indentation	M-M	Back to Indentation
		C-M-\	indent-region	META-CTRL-\	Indent Region	C-M-\	Indent Region	C-M-\	Indent Region
		C-x TAB	indent-rigidly	CTRL-X CTRL-I	Indent Rigidly	C-x TAB	Indent Rigidly	C-X Tab	Indent Rigidly
			indent-relative		Indent Relative
		M-i	tab-to-tab-stop	TAB/none	Tab to Tab Stop	Tab/M-Tab	tab-to-tab-stop	M-I	Tab to Tab Stop
			edit-tab-stops		Edit Tab Stops				Edit Tab Stops
	Tabify Region		tabify		Tabify				Tabify
	Untabify Region		untabify		Untabify				Untabify
M-b	Backward Word	M-b	backward-word	META-B	Backward Word	M-b	Backward Word	M-B	Backward Word
M-a	Backward Sentence	M-a	backward-sentence	META-A	Backward Sentence	M-a	Backward Sentence	M-A	Backward Sentence
M-e	Forward Sentence	M-e	forward-sentence	META-E	Forward Sentence	M-e	Forward Sentence	M-E	Forward Sentence
M-{	Backward Paragraph	M-{	backward-paragraph	META-[	Backward Paragraph	M-[	Backward Paragraph	M-[	Backward Paragraph
M-}	Forward Paragraph	M-}	forward-paragraph	META-]	Forward Paragraph	M-]	Forward Paragraph	M-]	Forward Paragraph
C-x [	Backward Page	C-x [	backward-page			C-x [	Previous Page	C-X [	Previous Page
C-x ]	Forward Page	C-x ]	forward-page			C-x ]	Next Page	C-x ]	Next Page
C-x l	Count Lines Page	C-x l	count-lines-page	CTRL-X L	Count Lines Page	C-x l	Count Lines Page	C-X L	Count Lines Page
	Auto Fill Mode		auto-fill-mode		Auto Fill Mode		Auto Fill Mode		Auto Fill Mode
M-q	Fill Paragraph	M-q	fill-paragraph	META-Q	Fill Paragraph	M-q	Fill Paragraph	M-Q	Fill Paragraph
C-x f	Set Fill Column	C-x f	set-fill-column	CTRL-X F	Set Fill Column	C-x f	Set Fill Column	C-X F	Set Fill Column
			fill-region	META-G	Fill Region	M-g	Fill Region	M-G	Fill Region
								C-M-G	Format Code
		M-s	center-line	META-S	Center Line		Center Line	M-S	Center Line
		C-x .	set-fill-prefix	CTRL-X .	Set Fill Prefix	C-x .	Set Fill Prefix	C-X .	Set Fill Prefix
M-l	Downcase Word	M-l	downcase-word	META-L	Lowercase Word	M-l	Lowercase Word	M-L	Lowercase Word
M-u	Upcase Word	M-u	upcase-word	META-U	Uppercase Word	M-u	Uppercase Word	M-U	Uppercase Word
M-c	Capitalize Word	M-c	capitalize-word			M-c	Capitalize Word	M-C	Uppercase Initial
	Downcase Region	C-x C-l	downcase-region	CTRL-X CTRL-L	Lowercase Region	C-x C-l	Lowercase Region	C-X C-L	Lowercase Region
	Upcase Region	C-x C-u	upcase-region	CTRL-X CTRL-U	Uppercase Region	C-x C-u	Uppercase Region	C-X C-U	Uppercase Region
	Capitalize Region		capitalize-region
M-C-a	Beginning Of Definition	C-M-a	beginning-of-defun	META-CTRL-(	Beginning of Definition	C-M-a	Beginning of Defun	C-M-A	Beginning of Defun
M-C-e	End Of Definition	C-M-e	end-of-defun	META-CTRL-)	End of Definition	C-M-e	End of Defun	C-M-E	End of Defun
M-C-f	Forward Expression	C-M-f	forward-sexp	META-CTRL-F	Forward Sexp	C-M-f	Forward Form	C-M-F	Forward Sexp
M-C-b	Backward Expression	C-M-b	backward-sexp	META-CTRL-B	Backward Sexp	C-M-b	Backward Form	C-M-B	Backward Sexp
M-C-n	Forward List	C-M-n	forward-list	META-CTRL-N	Forward List	C-M-n	Forward List	C-M-N	Forward List
M-C-p	Backward List	C-M-p	backward-list	META-CTRL-P	Backward List	C-M-p	Backward List	C-M-P	Backward List
M-C-u	Backward Up List	C-M-u	backward-up-list	META-CTRL-(	Backward Up List	C-M-u	Backward Up List	C-M-U/C-M-(	Backward Up List
M-C-d	Down List	C-M-d	down-list	META-CTRL-D	Down List	C-M-d	Down List	C-M-D	Down List
	Backward Down List				Backward Down List
	Up List		up-list					C-M-)	Forward Up List
		M-;	comment-dwim	META-;	Indent for Comment	M-;	Indent for Comment	M-;	Indent for Comment
	Comment Region		comment-region	CTRL-X CTRL-;	Comment Out Region
	Uncomment Region		uncomment-region	CTRL-X META-;	Uncomment Out Region
		C-x ;	comment-set-column	CTRL-X ;	Set Comment Column	C-x ;	Set Comment Column	C-X ;	Set Comment Column
		M-j	comment-indent-new-line	META-LINE FEED	Indent New Comment Line	M-Linefeed	Indent New Comment Line	M-J	Indent New Comment Line
	Load File		load-file		Load File		Load File
M-:	Eval Expression	M-:	eval-expression	META-ESCAPE	Evaluate Minibuffer	M-Escape	Evaluate Expression	M-Altmode	Execute Minibuffer
M-C-x	Eval Defun	C-M-x	eval-defun	CTRL-SHIFT-E	Evaluate Region	C-x C-e	Evaluate Defun
			eval-region	CTRL-SHIFT-E	Evaluate Region		Evaluate Region
			eval-current-buffer		Evaluate Buffer		Evaluate Buffer
M-/	Dabbrev Expand	M-/	dabbrev-expand			M-/	Dabbrev Expand
Insert	Toggle Overwrite Mode	INSERT	overwrite-mode		Overwrite Mode		Overwrite Mode		Overwrite Mode
	Set Syntax		{mumble}-mode		{Mumble} Mode		{Mumble} Mode		Load Library
					Set Package		Set Buffer Package
	Package
	Resize Kill Ring
	Zap To Object
	Reset Profile
	Report Profile
	Recompile
	Browse URL
	Accept String
	Accept Symbol
	Accept Lisp String

Gnu Emacs comparisons by me from my current Emacs; Zmacs comparisons from June 1987 Zmacs Editor Reference; Hemlock comparisons thanks to Martin Rydström; TECO EMACS comparisons from the mit_emacs_170_teco_1220 documentation at the Trailing-Edge PDP-10 Archives.

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