Commands that operate on paragraphs, and the layout of paragraphs:
Paragraphs are separated by blank lines. A single paragraph is defined as all of the text enclosed between two blank lines, with no intervening blank lines.
backward-paragraph(2) (esc p) Move the cursor to the previous paragraph
fill-paragraph(2) (esc o) Format a paragraph
forward-paragraph(2) (esc n) Move the cursor to the next paragraph
ifill-paragraph(3) (esc q) Format a paragraph
kill-paragraph(2) (esc C-w) Delete a paragraph
paragraph-to-line(3) Convert a paragraph to a single line
wrap-word(2) Wrap word onto next line
A region is the text located between the point (the current cursor position) and the mark defined by set-mark.
copy-region(2) (esc w) Copy a region of the buffer
count-words(2) (esc C-c) Count the number of words in a region
exchange-point-and-mark(2) (C-x C-x) Exchange the cursor and marked position
goto-alpha-mark(2) (C-x a) Move the cursor to a alpha marked location
kill-region(2) (C-w) Delete all characters in the marked region
set-alpha-mark(2) (C-x C-a) Place an alphabetic marker in the buffer
set-mark(2) (esc space) Set starting point of region
$dot-space(5) Paragraph filling; full stop padding
$fill-bullet(5) Paragraph filling bullet character set
$fill-bullet-len(5) Paragraph filling bullet search depth
$fill-col(5) Paragraph Mode; right fill column
$fill-ignore(5) Ignore paragraph filling character(s)
$fill-mode(5) Paragraph mode; justification method
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Last Modified: 1999/07/12
Generated On: 1999/07/16