Emacs Key Layout Diagram

Emacs Keybinding Layout (QWERTY)

1 #n #n

2 #n #n

3 #n #n

4 #n #n

5 #n #n

6 #n #n

7 #n #n

8 #n #n

9 #n #n

0 #n #n

- #-n #-n

= nil count lines

⌫ ⌫w nil

q quoted-insert fill¶

w cut copy

e ⇥ →s

r search← center▮↕

t ⇋ ⇋w

y paste paste↖

u #arg upcase

i ↦ ⇥

o ↩↑ facemenu

p ↑ nil

[ esc nil

] abort-recursive-edit nil

\ toggle-input-method ⌦␣⌫

a ⇤ ←s

s search→ highlight

d ⌦ ⌦w

f → →w

g cancel goto

h help mark¶

j ↩ ↩↦cmt

k ⌦l ⌦s

l center↕ downcase

; nil comment

' nil abbrev-prefix-mark

↵ nil nil

z suspend-frame ⌦tochar

x misc M-x

c mode specific cap case

v ⇟ ⇞

b ← ←w

n ↓ nil

m ↩ ↤▮

, nil tags-loop-continue

. nil find-tag

/ undo dabbrev-expand

Ctrl

Alt

Space set-mark-command just-one-space

Emacs Keybinding Layout, Dvorak

Key Symbols

↑	previous-line	↓	next-line
←	backward-char	→	forward-char
←w	backward-word	→w	forward-word
←s	backward-sentence	→s	forward-sentence
←¶	backward-paragraph	→¶	forward-paragraph
⇤	move-beginning-of-line	⇥	move-end-of-line
↤▮	back-to-indentation
⇞	scroll-down (Page Up)	⇟	scroll-up (Page Down)
⤒	beginning-of-buffer	⤓	end-of-buffer
search←	isearch-backward	search→	isearch-forward

⌫	delete-backward-char	⌦	delete-char
⌫w	backward-kill-word	⌦w	kill-word
|⌫	kill-line-backward	⌦|	kill-line
⌦tochar	zap-to-char	⌦s	kill-sentence
⌦␣⌫	delete-horizontal-space

↩	newline
↩↑	open-line
↩↦cmt	indent-new-comment-line
⇥	tab-to-tab-stop (insert tab or spaces)
↦	indent-for-tab-command
#n	digit-argument
#-n	negative-argument
#arg	universal-argument
center▮↕	move-to-window-line
center↕	recenter
⇋	transpose-chars
⇋w	transpose-words
undo	undo
copy	kill-ring-save
cut	kill-region
cancel	keyboard-quit
iconify	iconify-or-deiconify-frame
mark¶	mark-paragraph
paste	yank
paste↖	yank-pop
M-x	execute-extended-command

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Top Row Symbols

~ nil not-modified

` nil tmm-menubar

! nil shell-command

@ set-mark-command mark-word

# nil nil

$ nil ispell-word

% nil query-replace

^ nil delete-indentation

& nil nil

* nil pop-tag-mark

( nil insert-parentheses

) nil move-past-close-and-reindent

_ nil nil

+ nil nil

Function Keys

F1 help

F2 2C-two-columns

F3 kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter

F4 kmacro-end-or-call-macro

F5 nil

F6 nil

F7 nil

F8 nil

F9 nil

F10 menu-bar-open

F11 toggle-frame-fullscreen

F12 nil

No Ctrl nor Meta are defined with function keys by default.

Home/End Key Cluster

Ins overwrite-mode	Home ⇤	PgUp ⇞
Del ⌦	End ⇥	PgDn ⇟

Ins kill-ring-save nil	Home |◀ |◀-other-window	PgUp scroll-right scroll-other-window-down
Del ⌦w ⌫w	End ▶| ▶|-other-window	PgDn scroll-left scroll-other-window

Arrow Key Cluster

	↑ ↑¶ nil
← ←w ←w	↓ ↓¶ nil	→ →w →w