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You are looking at the Emacs tutorial.
Emacs commands generally involve the CONTROL key (sometimes labeled
CTRL or CTL) or the META key (sometimes labeled EDIT or ALT). Rather than
-write out META or CONTROL each time we want you to prefix a character,
-we'll use the following abbreviations:
+write that in full each time, we'll use the following abbreviations:
C-<chr> means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character <chr>
Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key and type f.
M-<chr> means hold the META or EDIT or ALT key down while typing <chr>.
- If there is no META key or equivalent, type <ESC>, release it,
- then type the character <chr>. "<ESC>" stands for the
- key labeled "ESC".
+ If there is no META, EDIT or ALT key, instead press and release the
+ ESC key and then type <chr>. We write <ESC> for the ESC key.
Important note: to end the Emacs session, type C-x C-c. (Two characters.)
The characters ">>" at the left margin indicate directions for you to