CUA Keyboard

CUA Binding	Epsilon Binding	Command Name
Ctrl-a	Ctrl-x h	mark-whole-buffer
Ctrl-c	Alt-w	copy-region
Ctrl-f	Ctrl-s	incremental-search
Ctrl-h	Alt-r	query-replace
Ctrl-k ...	Ctrl-c ...	(prefix key: see below)
Ctrl-n		new-file
Ctrl-o	Ctrl-x Ctrl-f	find-file
Ctrl-p	Alt-F9	print-buffer
Ctrl-v	Ctrl-y	yank ("paste")
Ctrl-w ...	Ctrl-x ...	(prefix key: see below)
Ctrl-x	Ctrl-w	kill-region ("cut")
Ctrl-z	F9	undo
Alt-a	Ctrl-z	scroll-up
Alt-z	Alt-z	scroll-down
Alt-o	Ctrl-x h	mark-paragraph
<Escape>	Ctrl-g	abort
F3	Ctrl-s Ctrl-s	search-again
<Home>	Ctrl-a	beginning-of-line
<End>	Ctrl-e	end-of-line

In CUA emulation mode, Epsilon recognizes most of the key combinations commonly used in Windows programs. Other keys generally retain their usual Epsilon function.

To enable this emulation, press Alt-x, then type cua-keyboard and press <Enter>. Use Alt-x epsilon-keyboard <Enter> to return to Epsilon's default key assignments.

The table shows the CUA key combinations that differ from Epsilon's native (Emacs-style) key configuration. In addition, various Alt-letter key combinations not mentioned here invoke menu items (for example, Alt-f displays the File menu in CUA mode, though it doesn't in Epsilon's native configuration).

Many commands in Epsilon are two-key combinations starting with Ctrl-x or Ctrl-c. In CUA mode, use Ctrl-w instead of Ctrl-x, and Ctrl-k instead of Ctrl-c. For example, the command delete-blank-lines, normally on Ctrl-x Ctrl-o, is on Ctrl-w Ctrl-o in CUA emulation.

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