C – ctrl
S – shift
M – Alt
RET – Enter
1.Set color scheme in emacs
Edit ~/.emacs and add below lines
(if (fboundp ‘global-font-lock-mode)
(global-font-lock-mode 1) ; GNU Emacs
(setq font-lock-auto-fontify t)) ; XEmacs
2. open a file in emacs in terminal
emacs <file-name> -nw
3. close a file
C – x C-c
4. save a file
C – x C – s
5. delete a line
C – k
6. enable debug
M – x pdb (for python) RET
7. quit debug
q
8.delete a window
C – x 0 (0 for current window, 1 – first, 2 – second etc )
9. Enable indentation for python
Edit ~/.emacs and add below line
;;; Ignoring electric indentation
(defun electric-indent-ignore-python (char)
“Ignore electric indentation for python-mode”
(if (equal major-mode ‘python-mode)
`no-indent’
nil))
(add-hook ‘electric-indent-functions ‘electric-indent-ignore-python)
;; Enter key executes newline-and-indent
(defun set-newline-and-indent ()
“Map the return key with `newline-and-indent'”
(local-set-key (kbd “RET”) ‘newline-and-indent))
(add-hook ‘python-mode-hook ‘set-newline-and-indent)
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