Emacs notes
I'm not a huge fan of emacs having grown up on Macs, but I do occassionally
really want to use it when sshing into a Unix box.
The best cheatsheet I've found is here.
Standard cut-copy-paste
Turning on CUA mode makes the cut-copy-paste controls a lot more intuitive to an Emacs non-guru. You can do this by pressing Alt-x then typing cua-mode, and hitting return,
or by adding the line (cua-mode t) to your .emacs file (or by making a .emacs file with this line in in your home directory if you don't yet have one).
You can then use Control-X,C,V for cut-copy-paste like you expect, as well as being able to use Shift with the arrow keys to select text.
Note that you still have to hit Control-Space to start selecting stuff in the first place.
Essential commands
C here means Control.
| C-x C-s | Save current buffer. |
| C-x C-f | Open file. |
| C-x C-w | Save as. |
| C-x b | Change buffer |
| C-x C-c | Quit |
| C-x g | Cancel current command |