The following global key bindings are defined in /etc/emacs/site-start.d/80keybindings.el:

• HOME – go to the beginning of line;
• END – go to the end of line;
• ESC HOME – go to the beginning of buffer;
• ESC END – go to the end of buffer;
• C-x g – go to a line by number;
• F1 – help ¹;
• F2 – save current buffer into a file;
• F3 – open a file (for editing) or directory (enter file manager);
• F4 – switch buffer;
• F5 – maximize current window (delete all other windows) ²;
• F6 – delete current window ²;
• F7 – search by grep;
• F8 – kill buffer;
• F9 – compile ³;
• F11 – BBDB address book ⁴;
• F12 – switch to another window ²;
• SHIFT-F3 – embedded mail and news client Gnus;
• SHIFT-F4 – inferior shell;
• SHIFT-F5 – search a word in dictionaries ⁵;
• SHIFT-F6 – web browser W3m ⁶;
• SHIFT-F7 – search files containing specified regular expression in a directory tree;
• SHIFT-F8 – start Emacs server;
• ESC F3 – submit a Debian bug report ⁷;
• ESC F4 – information about specified Debian package ⁷;
• ESC F5 – search Debian packages by regular expression ⁷;
• ESC F7 – search files by name pattern in a directory tree.

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1. Usually can be used instead of C-h prefix in the native keyboard shortcuts. ↩

2. Of course, here we are talking about Emacs windows inside current frame. ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. Usually by running make, but any other command may be specified as well. ↩

4. Install bbdb package to make use of it. ↩

5. Install dictionary-el package to make use of it. ↩

6. Install w3m-el or w3m-el-snapshot package to make use of it. ↩

7. Install debian-el package to make use of it. ↩ ↩² ↩³