Cursor Movement Commands

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CURSOR MOVEMENT COMMANDS

The cursor movement commands control how the cursor is moved around the buffer.

Commands

backward-char(2) (C-b) Move the cursor left
backward-line(2) (C-p) Move the cursor to the previous line
backward-paragraph(2) (esc p) Move the cursor to the previous paragraph
backward-word(2) (esc b) Move the cursor to the previous word
beginning-of-buffer(2) (esc <) Move to beginning of buffer/file
beginning-of-line(2) (C-a) Move to beginning of line
display-matching-fence(3) Display the matching bracket
end-of-buffer(2) (esc >) Move to end of buffer/file
end-of-line(2) (C-e) Move to end of line
forward-char(2) (C-f) Move the cursor right
forward-line(2) (C-n) Move the cursor to the next line
forward-paragraph(2) (esc n) Move the cursor to the next paragraph
forward-word(2) (esc f) Move the cursor to the next word
goto-line(2) (esc g) Move the cursor to specified line
goto-matching-fence(2) (esc C-f) Move the cursor to matching fence
goto-position(2) Restore a stored position
goto-window(2) Restore a saved window to the current window (historic)
list-commands(2) (C-h c) List available commands
list-variables(2) (C-h v) List defined variables
page-file-backward-line(3) (C-p) Move backwards one line in paged buffer
page-file-beginning-of-buffer(3) Move to the start of the paged file
page-file-end-of-buffer(3) Move to the end of the paged file
page-file-forward-line(3) (C-n) Move forwards one line in paged buffer
page-file-goto-byte(3) Page to the buffer byte offset
page-file-goto-page(3) Move to page
recenter(2) (C-l) Recenter the window (refresh the screen)
set-position(2) Store the current position
set-window(2) Save the current window for restore (historic)
universal-argument(2) (C-u) Set the command argument count

Variables

$fmatchdelay(5) Fence matching delay time
$pause-time(5) Length of time to pause for user

Ref: Cursor Movement Commands File: me.0 Date: 2026/03/05