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In this video, we'll continue learning about the basics of Emacs and talk about the default key bindings for moving around in text buffers efficiently! This is the basis for a few more videos covering the basics of using Emacs as a text editor.

Check out the show notes here: https://systemcrafters.cc/emacs-essentials/efficient-movement-key-bindings/

We cover the following topics:

- 0:00 Intro
- 0:31 What will we learn?
- 2:28 The Point
- 4:55 Basic Point Movements
- 8:44 Moving to Beginning and End of Line
- 10:19 Moving to Beginning and End of Buffer
- 12:05 Moving to a Specific Line or Column
- 14:45 Moving by Words, Sentences, and Paragraphs
- 15:09 Moving by Words
- 17:33 Moving by Paragraphs
- 20:13 Moving by Sentences
- 24:13 Scrolling the Window
- 26:18 Centering the Window
- 29:35 Searching for Text
- 33:44 What's next?

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My system configurations: https://config.daviwil.com/systems

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Check out my other video series!

- Emacs From Scratch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74zOY-vgkyw&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPH1au7H6B7bBJ4ZO7BXjSZ
- Emacs Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKTKmE1wLyw&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oMHJ6Xil1YdnYtlWd5hHZql
- Emacs Desktop Environment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7xB2fFk1tQ&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNPbEMYEtswOVTvq7CVddCS
- Emacs IDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NAM9U5JYE&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oNvsrtk_iZSb94krGRofFjN
- Emacs Mail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZRyEhi4y44&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oM-kA19xOQc8s0gr0PpFGJQ
- Learning Emacs Lisp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQK_DaaX34Q&list=PLEoMzSkcN8oPQtn7FQEF3D7sroZbXuPZ7

Intro music: Coriolis Effect by logos feat. stefsax, licensed CC-BY
http://ccmixter.org/files/mseq/26296
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