Favorite Emacs shortcuts

These are some of the shortcuts I constantly use in Emacs, especially for org-mode.

org-mode, sum up column in table

C-c +

Back to higher level heading (org-mode)

C-c C-u (outline-up-heading)

Call up org agenda

C-x a org-agenda

Display images inline org-mode

C-c C-x C-v org-toggle-inline-images

I nee to type C-u first though

emphasis markers

• *bold*
• /italics/
• _underlined_
• =verbatim=
• ~code~
• +strike-through+

Follow link

C-c C-o (org-open-at-point)

Insert link

C-c C-l (org-insert-link)

Insert timestamp

C-c C-. (org-time-stamp)

Move to next heading

C-c C-n (org-next-visible-heading)

Next heading with same level

C-c C-f (org-forward-heading-same-level)

Move to previous heading

C-c C-p (org-previous-visible-heading)

Previous heading with same level

C-c C-b (org-backward-heading-same-level)

Move to parent heading

C-c C-u (outline-up-heading)

Move to subheading

C-c C-j (org-goto)

Go back after following an internal link

C-c & org-mark-ring-goto

Increase/decrease font size in GUI

• C-x C-+ (text-scale-increase)
• C-x C– (text-scale-decrease)
• C-x C-0 (text-scale-adjust)

magit pull

• F p (magit-pull-from-pushremote)
• F u (magit-pull-from-upstream)

org mode insert structure template

C-c C-, (org-insert-structure-template)

Can insert templates for code, quotes, exporting html, etc.

org special editing mode

C-c ‘ org-edit-special

spawns a new buffer to edit source code

org tangle code blocks

C-c C-v C-t (org-babel-tangle)

Reload file

C-x C-v RET or M-x revert-buffer

search word under cursor

C-s C-w

Show subtree i.e. expand in org-mode

z O outline-show-subtree

toggle treemacs fixed width

tw (treemacs-toggle-fixed-width)

update ibuffer list

g r (ibuffer-update)

yank from kill-ring

Enter insert mode, and then M+y to browse history

Choose a mode

M-x mode-name

For example, I wanted to set mode to docker file: M-x dockerfile-mode