Jacob Beauregard <[email protected]> writes:
> As a newb to Emacs, if I were to change one thing about it, it would be
> its learning curve.

But if there wasn't as much to learn, then emacs wouldn't be as
compelling. ;)


My handful of suggestions are:

C-h m: describe-mode

  Shows all currently active major and minor modes and what key
  sequences they have bound and promote.  Very useful for
  understanding what's available, and/or as a quick reminder.

C-h a: apropos-command

  Have a feeling that there's a command in a given situation, but
  maybe don't quite know the name?  apropos-command functions like
  `apropos` command-line, generally searching (interactive)
  functions.

C-h k: describe-key

  Prompts you to enter a key sequence, and shows you what it's bound to.
  Useful if you accidentally do something awesome, and want detail, or
  know a command by muscle memory but want more detail about it (and
  maybe any arguments it takes).

M-x customize-apropos

  Apropos-style search over customize-able fields.  Quite useful given
  how sprawlin^Wextensive emacs is.

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