Go from 0 to ... uh... 5 MPH in just a few minutes. Don't worry about becoming a text editor ninja. Just get the basics down so you can start writing whatever crap you need to get done! 0:37 - Reference cheat sheet 1:05 - Command keys 1:36 - Open file 1:52 - Create a new file 2:28 - Buffers 3:42 - Split windows 4:34 - Customizing Emacs c means "ctrl" m means "alt" key and everything else is just the specified key c-x 1 delete all other windows c-x 2 split window c-x c-f read a file into emacs ~/.emacs find the config file ;;****************************************************** ;; Things I have added to customize emacs, copy and ;; paste the text below into your "config" (.emacs) file ;;****************************************************** ;; Use 2 spaces for auto indent (setq c-default-style "linux" c-basic-offset 2) ;; Set column-mode to always be on (setq column-number-mode t) ;; Set line number mode to always be on (global-linum-mode t) ;; no startup message (setq inhibit-startup-message t) ;; have your emacs window to always show your system-name and the full ;; path of the buffer your currently editing : (setq frame-title-format (list (format "%s %%S: %%j " (system-name)) '(buffer-file-name "%f" (dired-directory dired-directory "%b"))))