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6.1 List of Syntactical Elements

char
  • left-char (‘C-f’), right-char (‘C-b’)
word
  • forward-word (‘M-f’) (‘C-<right>’), backward-word (‘M-b’) (‘C-<left>’)
line
  • visual, screen — what you see; the default way to move
    • Visual Line Mode’ wraps by word boundaries
    • M-x customize-option RET global-visual-line-mode
  • logical — what Emacs sees
    • M-x customize-option RET line-move-visual nil’ — move by logical lines
    • toggle-truncate-lines
    • toggle-word-wrap
  • next-line (‘C-n’), previous-line (‘C-p’)
  • beginning-of-line (‘C-a’) (‘<home>’), end-of-line (‘C-e’) (‘<end>’)
  • forward-line
  • back-to-indentation (‘M-m’)