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>> Try using M-v and C-v to move up and down, one page at a time.

The final two motion commands we will learn are M-< (Meta-Less than) and

M-> (Meta-Greater than) which move you to the beginning and end of this file.

M-> (Meta-Greater than) which move you to the beginning and end of a file,

You may not want to try that now as you will probably lose your place in this

respectively. You may not want to try that now as you will probably lose your

tutorial. Note that on most terminals, < is above the , key, so you'll need

place in this tutorial. Note that on most terminals, < is above the , key, so

to press the Shift key to type <.

you'll need to press the Shift key to type <.

Movement Summary

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To insert text anywhere, simply move your cursor to the appropriate position

and begin typing. To delete characters, use the backspace key. If you use

M-<backspace (Meta and backspace key), you will delete one word instead

M-<backspace> (Meta and backspace key), you will delete one word instead

of one character at a time.

To delete characters to the right of the cursor, you can use C-d to delete

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then type C-y again to restore the last cut text block again.

Another way to cut or copy chunks of text is to first position your cursor at

the starting point of the chunk of text. Then type C-space to mark this as the

the starting point of the chunk of text. Then type C-<space> to mark this as

starting point to cut or copy. Then move the cursor to the end point of the

the starting point to cut or copy. Then move the cursor to the end point of the

text chunk that you wish to manipulate. Then type C-w to cut the region, or

M-w to copy the region. If you wish to cancel marking a block of text, simply

type C-g to cancel the operation.

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Original Author of this document: Mayukh Bose,

Date last updated: 2011-09-02

Date last updated: 2011-09-10

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