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describe-bindings(2)
describe-bindings(2)describe-bindings - Show current command/key binding
describe-bindings (C-h b)
describe-bindings pops up a window with a list of all the named commands, and the keys currently bound to them. Each entry is formatted as:
keyCode ........... command
describe-bindings is buffer context sensitive and shows the bindings for the currently active buffer (i.e. the buffer that is active when the command is invoked). The resultant command list is divided into three sections as follows:
Buffer Bindings
Ml Bindings
Global Bindings
The following is an example of the displayed output from describe-bindings. This was invoked while editing buffer m2fun038.2 which is the Nroff file for this manual page; the local bindings for the buffer are all Nroff related.
Buffer [m2cmd038.2] bindings:
"C-c C-s" ..................... nroff-size
"C-c C-r" ..................... nroff-roman
"C-c C-b" ..................... nroff-bold
"C-c C-i" ..................... nroff-italic
"C-c C-c" ..................... nroff-mono
"C-c C-o" ..................... nroff-para
"esc o" ....................... nroff-para
"esc q" ....................... nroff-para
"C-c b" ....................... nroff-bold-block
"C-c i" ....................... nroff-italic-block
"C-c C-h" ..................... nroff-swap-hilight
"C-c &" ....................... nroff-add-padding
"C-x &" ....................... nroff-remove-padding
"C-c C-p" ..................... nroff-prev
"C-mouse-drop-1" .............. nroff-tag
Ml bindings:
"esc esc" ..................... tab
Global bindings:
"C-a" ......................... beginning-of-line
"C-b" ......................... backward-char
"C-c" ......................... 4 prefix
"C-d" ......................... forward-delete-char
"C-e" ......................... end-of-line
"C-f" ......................... forward-char
"C-g" ......................... abort-command
"C-h" ......................... 3 prefix
"C-i" ......................... insert-tab
"C-k" ......................... kill-line
"C-l" ......................... recenter
"C-m" ......................... newline
"C-n" ......................... forward-line
"C-o" ......................... insert-newline
"C-p" ......................... backward-line
"C-q" ......................... quote-char
"C-r" ......................... isearch-backward
"C-s" ......................... isearch-forward
"C-t" ......................... transpose-chars
"C-u" ......................... universal-argument
"C-v" ......................... scroll-down
"C-w" ......................... kill-region
"C-x" ......................... 2 prefix
"C-y" ......................... yank
"C-z" ......................... scroll-up
"C-_" ......................... undo
"A-e" ......................... file-browser
"A-r" ......................... replace-all-string
"esc C-c" ..................... count-words
"esc C-f" ..................... goto-matching-fence
"esc C-g" ..................... abort-command
"esc C-i" ..................... goto-matching-fence
"esc C-k" ..................... global-unbind-key
"esc C-n" ..................... change-buffer-name
"esc C-r" ..................... query-replace-string
"esc C-v" ..................... scroll-next-window-down
"esc C-w" ..................... kill-paragraph
"esc C-z" ..................... scroll-next-window-up
"esc space" ................... set-mark
"esc !" ....................... pipe-shell-command
"esc $" ....................... spell-word
"esc ." ....................... set-mark
"esc /" ....................... execute-file
"esc <" ....................... beginning-of-buffer
"esc >" ....................... end-of-buffer
"esc ?" ....................... help
"esc @" ....................... pipe-shell-command
"esc [" ....................... backward-paragraph
"esc \\" ...................... ipipe-shell-command
"esc ]" ....................... forward-paragraph
"esc ^" ....................... delete-indentation
"esc b" ....................... backward-word
"esc c" ....................... compile
"esc d" ....................... forward-kill-word
"esc e" ....................... set-encryption-key
"esc f" ....................... forward-word
"esc g" ....................... goto-line
"esc i" ....................... tab
"esc k" ....................... global-bind-key
"esc l" ....................... lower-case-word
"esc m" ....................... global-mode
"esc n" ....................... forward-paragraph
"esc o" ....................... fill-paragraph
"esc p" ....................... backward-paragraph
"esc q" ....................... fill-paragraph
"esc r" ....................... replace-string
"esc t" ....................... find-tag
"esc u" ....................... upper-case-word
"esc v" ....................... scroll-up
"esc w" ....................... copy-region
"esc x" ....................... execute-named-command
"esc y" ....................... reyank
"esc z" ....................... quick-exit
"esc ~" ....................... -30 buffer-mode
"esc A-r" ..................... query-replace-all-string
"C-x C-a" ..................... set-alpha-mark
"C-x C-b" ..................... list-buffers
"C-x C-c" ..................... save-buffers-exit-emacs
"C-x C-e" ..................... execute-kbd-macro
"C-x C-f" ..................... find-file
"C-x C-g" ..................... abort-command
"C-x C-h" ..................... hunt-backward
"C-x C-i" ..................... insert-file
"C-x C-l" ..................... lower-case-region
"C-x C-o" ..................... delete-blank-lines
"C-x C-q" ..................... rcs-file
"C-x C-r" ..................... read-file
"C-x C-s" ..................... save-buffer
"C-x C-t" ..................... transpose-lines
"C-x C-u" ..................... upper-case-region
"C-x C-v" ..................... view-file
"C-x C-w" ..................... write-buffer
"C-x C-x" ..................... exchange-point-and-mark
"C-x C-y" ..................... insert-file-name
"C-x C-z" ..................... shrink-window-vertically
"C-x #" ....................... filter-buffer
"C-x (" ....................... start-kbd-macro
"C-x )" ....................... end-kbd-macro
"C-x /" ....................... isearch-forward
"C-x 0" ....................... delete-window
"C-x 1" ....................... delete-other-windows
"C-x 2" ....................... split-window-vertically
"C-x 3" ....................... next-window-find-buffer
"C-x 4" ....................... next-window-find-file
"C-x 5" ....................... split-window-horizontally
"C-x 9" ....................... find-bfile
"C-x <" ....................... scroll-left
"C-x =" ....................... buffer-info
"C-x >" ....................... scroll-right
"C-x ?" ....................... describe-key
"C-x @" ....................... pipe-shell-command
"C-x [" ....................... scroll-up
"C-x ]" ....................... scroll-down
"C-x ^" ....................... grow-window-vertically
"C-x `" ....................... get-next-line
"C-x a" ....................... goto-alpha-mark
"C-x b" ....................... find-buffer
"C-x c" ....................... shell
"C-x e" ....................... execute-kbd-macro
"C-x h" ....................... hunt-forward
"C-x k" ....................... delete-buffer
"C-x m" ....................... buffer-mode
"C-x n" ....................... change-file-name
"C-x o" ....................... next-window
"C-x p" ....................... previous-window
"C-x q" ....................... kbd-macro-query
"C-x r" ....................... search-backward
"C-x s" ....................... search-forward
"C-x u" ....................... undo
"C-x v" ....................... set-variable
"C-x w" ....................... resize-window-vertically
"C-x x" ....................... next-buffer
"C-x z" ....................... grow-window-vertically
"C-x {" ....................... shrink-window-horizontally
"C-x }" ....................... grow-window-horizontally
"C-h C-c" ..................... help-command
"C-h C-i" ..................... help-item
"C-h C-v" ..................... help-variable
"C-h a" ....................... command-apropos
"C-h b" ....................... describe-bindings
"C-h c" ....................... list-commands
"C-h d" ....................... describe-variable
"C-h k" ....................... describe-key
"C-h v" ....................... list-variables
"backspace" ................... backward-delete-char
"delete" ...................... forward-delete-char
"down" ........................ forward-line
"end" ......................... end-of-buffer
"esc" ......................... 1 prefix
"f1" .......................... menu
"home" ........................ beginning-of-buffer
"insert" ...................... 141 buffer-mode
"left" ........................ backward-char
"mouse-drop-1" ................ mouse-drop-left
"mouse-drop-2" ................ yank
"mouse-drop-3" ................ menu
"mouse-pick-1" ................ mouse-pick-left
"mouse-pick-2" ................ void
"mouse-pick-3" ................ void
"page-down" ................... scroll-down
"page-up" ..................... scroll-up
"redraw" ...................... screen-update
"return" ...................... newline
"right" ....................... forward-char
"tab" ......................... tab
"up" .......................... backward-line
"S-backspace" ................. backward-delete-char
"S-delete" .................... forward-delete-char
"S-tab" ....................... backward-delete-tab
"C-down" ...................... 5 forward-line
"C-left" ...................... backward-word
"C-mouse-drop-1" .............. mouse-control-drop-left
"C-mouse-pick-1" .............. set-cursor-to-mouse
"C-page-down" ................. scroll-next-window-down
"C-page-up" ................... scroll-next-window-up
"C-right" ..................... forward-word
"C-up" ........................ 5 backward-line
"A-down" ...................... 1 scroll-down
"A-left" ...................... 1 scroll-left
"A-right" ..................... 1 scroll-right
"A-up" ........................ 1 scroll-up
"esc backspace" ............... backward-kill-word
"esc esc" ..................... expand-abbrev
"C-c g" ....................... grep
Note that both internal commands and macro commands are shown in the list.
buffer-bind-key(2), command-apropos(2), describe-key(2), describe-variable(2), global-bind-key(2), list-commands(2), ml-bind-key(2).
Ref: describe-bindings(2) File: m2cmd038.2 Date: 2022/06/12
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