Opening GNU Emacs

Open Emacs:

emacs filename.extension

Open Emacs as a background task:

emacs filename.extension &

Open Emacs in the terminal window:

emacs -nw filename.extension

Cheat Sheet

Command	Use	Description
Ctrl-X Ctrl-S	save	Save the current file
Ctrl-X Ctrl-C	exit	Leave the current Emacs session
Ctrl-X Ctrl-1	delete other windows	Delete all windows other than the one you have selected
Ctrl-X Ctrl-0	delete this window	Delete the window you currently have selected
Ctrl-X o	Switch window	Switch the selected window

Please note: a full GNU Emacs cheat sheet is available at refcard.pdf

Also please note that Ctrl-V will not paste in Emacs.