GNU Emacs Pocket Reference

1.5. Emacs as a Work Environment

1.5.1. Shell Mode

Shell mode lets you access the UNIX shell without leaving Emacs. A rule of thumb in shell mode is that you preface all ordinary control sequences with C-c. For example, to interrupt a command, type C-c C-c.

To	Keystrokes Command Name
Enter shell mode	ESC x shell,
Interrupt current job; equivalent to C-c in UNIX shells	C-c C-c comint-interrupt-subjob
Delete a character; if at end of buffer send an EOF character	C-d comint-delchar-or- maybe-eof
Send EOF character	C-c C-d comint-send-eof
Erase current line; C-u> in UNIX shells	C-c C-u comint-kill-input
Suspend or stop a job; C-z in UNIX shells	C-c C-z comint-stop-subjob
Display previous command; repeat to display earlier commands	ESC p comint-previous-input
Display subsequent commands; repeat to display more recent commands	ESC n comint-next-input
Execute command on current line	RETURN comint-send-input
Complete command, filename, or variable name	TAB comint-dynamic- complete
Delete output from last command	C-c C-o comint-kill-output
Move last line of output to bottom of window	C-c C-e comint-show-maximum- output

1.5.2. Working with Dired

Dired is Emacs's directory editor. It provides a convenient way to manage files and directories.

To	Keystrokes Command Name
Start Dired	C-x d dired
Copy	C dired-do-copy
Flag for deletion	d dired-flag-file-deletion
Delete immediately	D dired-do-delete
Open file or directory	e or f dired-find-file ...