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 the work of Richard M. Stallman of the M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence
 laboratory, who conceived and implemented EMACS.
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+                  **** AMIS QUICK REFERENCE CARD ****
+SOME NECESSARY INFORMATION:
+Any ordinary character goes into the buffer (no insert command needed).
+In commands, use carriage return, shown as <CR>, after a string unless
+the chart shows $, meaning, use ESCAPE.
+C-            A  control character.  C-F means "control F".  C-_ means
+              "control underscore" (use C-? on a VT100 to get C-_).
+M-            A two-character command sequence where the first character
+              is ESCAPE.  M-F means "ESCAPE then F".
+M-X string    A command designated "by hand".  M-X Write Region means:
+              ESCAPE, then "X", then type "Write Region", then <CR>.
+Dot           AMIS term for cursor position in current buffer.
+GETTING OUT.
+C-X C-S       Write current buffer into a new version of current file.
+C-X C-W       Write current buffer into a file with a different name
+C-X C-Z       Quit by exiting to the monitor.
+M-X Push      Push to a subprocess. (Depends on the operating system.)
+BUFFER OPERATIONS.
+C-X C-F       Get a file into a buffer for editing.
+C-X B         Select a different buffer (prompts; default = last one).
+C-X C-B       Display the list of available buffers.
+C-X K         Kill a buffer (prompts; default = current one).
+M-<           Move to the beginning of the current buffer.
+M->           Move to the end of the current buffer.
+HELP AND HELPER FUNCTIONS.
+C-G           Abort while AMIS expects input. (beeps; you may need 2).
+M-? X         What does this key do? (try M-? C-K as an example).
+C-_ A string  Show every command containing string (try C-_ A Paragr).
+C-_ D string  Describe a command (try C-_ D Query Rep).
+M-X Undo      Cancel a gross change already in effect.
+C-Y           Yank back the last thing killed (not the same as deleted).
+M-n           Provide a numeric argument of n for the next command.
+C-Q           Insert a control character in the buffer (e.g. C-Q C-L).
+CHARACTER OPERATIONS.
+C-B           Move left (Back).
+C-F           Move right (Forward).
+C-P           Move up (Previous).
+C-N           Move down (Next).
+RUBOUT        Delete left.
+C-D           Delete right.
+C-T           Transpose the characters before and after dot (ht -> th).
+WORD OPERATIONS.
+M-B           Move left (Back).
+M-F           Move right (Forward).
+M-RUBOUT      Kill left (C-Y yanks it back at dot).
+M-D           Kill right (C-Y yanks it back at dot).
+M-T           Transpose 2 words around dot (if only -> only if).
+M-C           Capitalize word.
+M-U           Upcase word.
+M-L           Downcase word.
+LINE OPERATIONS.
+C-A           Move to the beginning.
+C-E           Move to the end.
+C-O           Open up a line for typing.
+C-X C-O       Close up all blank lines but one around dot.
+M-0 C-K       Kill from beginning to dot (C-Y yanks it back at dot).
+C-K           Kill from dot to end (C-Y yanks it back at dot).
+SENTENCE OPERATIONS.
+M-A           Move to the beginning.
+M-E           Move to the end.
+C-X RUBOUT    Kill from beginning to dot (C-Y yanks it back at dot).
+M-K           Kill from dot to end (C-Y yanks it back at dot).
+PARAGRAPH OPERATIONS.
+M-[           Move to beginning.
+M-]           Move to end.
+M-Q           Fill the current paragraph.
+M-n C-X F     Set the fill column to n (e.g. M-60 C-X F).
+SCREEN OPERATIONS.
+C-V           Show next screen page.
+M-V           Show previous screen page.
+C-L           Redisplay screen page.
+M-0 C-L       Move the line where dot is to line 0 (top) of the screen.
+PAGE OPERATIONS.
+C-X [         Move to beginning (last ^L).
+C-X ]         Move to end (next ^L).
+SEARCH AND REPLACE.
+C-S           "Incremental" search; searches while you enter string
+              (C-S str$).
+C-R           "Incremental" backward search (C-R str$).
+M-X Replace String
+              Replace one string with another (M-X Repl$one string$another).
+M-X Query Replace
+              Replace one string with another, wants SPACE meaning
+              "do it" or RUBOUT to skip (M-X Qu$one string$another).
+REGION OPERATIONS.
+Note: Region is the area of buffer between dot and mark (or mark and
+dot). Some commands set the mark, so check it before using.
+C-@           Set the mark (for use with REGION commands).
+C-X C-X       Exchange dot and mark (i.e. go to other end of region).
+C-W           Kill region (C-Y yanks it back at dot).
+WINDOW OPERATIONS.
+C-X 2         Split screen in two windows (same buffer shown in both.)
+C-X 1         Resume single window (using buffer from top window).
+C-X O         Move cursor to other window (usual commands still apply).
+C-Z V         Display the next screen in the other window.
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