(Latest Revision -- 09/25/07)
THE CHALLENGE -- JOVE IN TWO PAGES
Note: log into the system and type "teachjove" if you want to
get an online tutorial introduction to jove.
THE CHALLENGE -- JOVE IN TWO PAGES
SOME NECESSARY NOTATION.
Any ordinary character goes into the buffer (no insert command
needed). In commands, use carriage return, shown as <cr>, after
a string unless the chart shows otherwise.
C- A control character. C-f means "control-f".
M- A two-character command sequence where the first
character is the ESC key (Altmode). M-f means ESC, then "f".
M-x string A command designated "by hand". M-x revert file
means: type ESC, "x", "revert file", then <cr>.
point Point is the current position of THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CURSOR.
GETTING OUT.
C-x C-\ SAVE current buffer into a new version of current file.
C-x C-w Save current buffer to file with ANOTHER name. (prompts)
C-x C-c (EXIT JOVE)
BUFFER OPERATIONS.
C-x C-f Get a file into a buffer for editing (prompts for filename)
C-x b Select a different buffer (prompts; default is last one)
C-x C-b Display the list of available buffers
C-x k Kill buffer (prompts; default is current one; use with caution)
M-< Move to the top of the current buffer
M-> Move to the end of the current buffer
M-g n Move to line n
M-x number Number the lines in the buffer, or get rid of the numbers
if they are already there.
HELP AND HELPER FUNCTIONS.
C-g Abort anything, anytime (it beeps, you may need two)
Also, GOOD FOR EXITING FROM HELP functions.
M-? string Describe command. (try M-? query-replace, as an example)
M-x apropos string Show all commands that contain string
C-x ? key Describe-key (what does this key do? try C-x ? C-d)
C-y Yank back last thing killed (kill and delete are
different. You can't yank back a killed buffer.)
M-n Provide a numeric argument of n for the command that
follows. (HANDY! Try M-10 C-p as an example)
CHARACTER OPERATIONS.
C-b Move left (Back)
C-f Move right (Forward)
C-p Move up (Previous)
C-n Move down (Next)
backspace Delete left
C-d Delete right
C-t Transposes the 2 characters before and after point, and then
moves point forward one position (ht --> th)
WORD OPERATIONS.
M-b Move left (Back)
M-f Move right (Forward)
M-RUBOUT Kill left (C-y yanks it back at point)
M-DEL Same as M-RUBOUT
M-d Kill right (C-y yanks it back at point)
M-c Capitalize word (phil --> Phil)
M-u Uppercase word (phil --> PHIL)
M-l Lowercase word (PHIL --> phil)
LINE OPERATIONS.
C-a Move to the beginning
C-e Move to the end
C-o Open up a line for typing
C-x C-o Close up any blank lines around point
M-0 C-k Kill from beginning to point (C-y yanks it back)
C-k Kill from point to end (C-y yanks it back at point)
SENTENCE OPERATIONS.
M-a Move to the beginning.
M-e Move to the end.
C-x RUBOUT Kill from beginning to point. (C-y yanks it back)
M-k Kill from point to end. (C-y yanks it back at point)
PARAGRAPH OPERATIONS.
M-[ Move to the beginning
M-] Move to the end
M-j Fill current paragraph (Fills space between margins,
HANDY! There are other useful fill commands, try
doing M-x apropos auto-fill)
M-x set right-margin n Set right margin at column n
M-x set left-margin n Set left margin at column n
SCREEN OPERATIONS.
C-v Show next screen
M-v Show previous screen
C-l Redisplay screen
M-n C-l Move line at point to line n of screen (try n = 0, or 15)
SEARCH AND REPLACE.
C-\ string Searches forward and moves to string typed
C-r string Searches backward and moves to string typed
M-x replace-string Replace string with another (prompts for other string)
M-x query-replace Replace string with another, wants SPACE or "y",
meaning "do it", or RUBOUT or "n" to skip.
REGION OPERATIONS. Region is area of buffer between point & mark
C-@ Set the mark at point (for use with region commands)
C-x C-x Interchange point and mark (i.e. go to the other end
of the current region)
M-w Copy the current region to the kill-buffer (C-y yanks it at point)
C-w Kill the current region (C-y yanks it back at point)
WINDOW OPERATIONS.
C-x 2 Split the screen in two windows
C-x 1 Resume single window (using buffer from top window)
C-x O Move cursor to other window