C- means hold the CONTROL key while typing the character Thus, C-f would be: hold the CONTROL key and type f. M- means type ESC, release it, then type the character.
C-x C-f Find/open a file
C-x C-w Save a file/Save to a different file name
C-x k Kill a buffer
C-x b switch buffers
C-x C-b list all buffers (use ``f'' to select desired buffer)
C-z Suspend Emacs so you can run a SAS batch file
(for example css_freq.sas)
To get back in to emacs, from the "tempter%" prompt, you
would type "\%e".
C-x C-c Quit Emacs.
C-x u Undo.
C-v move forward one screenful
M-v move backward one screenful
C-p move to previous line
C-n move to next line
C-b move backward a character
C-f move forward a character
C-a move to beginning of line
C-e move to end on line
M-< go to beginning of file
M-> go to end of file
C-g quit current command
You should notice the "C-g" (keyboard-quit) command. You should try C-g
(two or three times in a row) whenever you're in trouble (in emacs, that
is), and don't know what else to do.