| Keystroke | Action |
| Ctrl-A | beginning-of-line() |
| Ctrl-B | backward-character() |
| Ctrl-D | delete-next-character() |
| Ctrl-E | end-of-line() |
| Ctrl-F | forward-character() |
| Ctrl-G | multiply(Reset) |
| Ctrl-H | delete-previous-character() |
| Ctrl-J | newline-and-indent() |
| Ctrl-K | kill-to-end-of-line() |
| Ctrl-L | redraw-display() |
| Ctrl-M | newline() |
| Ctrl-N | next-line() |
| Ctrl-O | newline-and-backup() |
| Ctrl-P | previous-line() |
| Ctrl-R | search(backward) |
| Ctrl-S | search(forward) |
| Ctrl-T | transpose-characters() |
| Ctrl-U | multiply(4) |
| Ctrl-V | next-page() |
| Ctrl-W | kill-selection() |
| Ctrl-Y | insert-selection(CUT_BUFFER1) |
| Ctrl-Z | scroll-one-line-up() |
| Meta-B | backward-word() |
| Meta-F | forward-word() |
| Meta-I | insert-file() |
| Meta-K | kill-to-end-of-paragraph() |
| Meta-Q | form-paragraph() |
| Meta-V | previous-page() |
| Meta-Y | insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) |
| Meta-Z | scroll-one-line-down() |
| :Meta-d | delete-next-word() |
| :Meta-D | kill-word() |
| :Meta-h | delete-previous-word() |
| :Meta-H | backward-kill-word() |
| :Meta-< | beginning-of-file() |
| :Meta-> | end-of-file() |
| :Meta-] | forward-paragraph() |
| :Meta-[ | backward-paragraph() |
| ~Shift Meta-Delete | delete-previous-word() |
| Shift Meta-Delete | backward-kill-word() |
| ~Shift Meta-Backspace | delete-previous-word() |
| Shift Meta-Backspace | backward-kill-word() |
| Right | forward-character() |
| Left | backward-character() |
| Down | next-line() |
| Up | previous-line() |
| Delete | delete-previous-character() |
| BackSpace | delete-previous-character() |
| Linefeed | newline-and-indent() |
| Return | newline() |
| | insert-char() |
| <FocusIn> | focus-in() |
| <FocusOut> | focus-out() |
| <Btn1Down> | select-start() |
| <Btn1Motion> | extend-adjust() |
| <Btn1Up> | extend-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) |
| <Btn2Down> | insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) |
| <Btn3Down> | extend-start() |
| <Btn3Motion> | extend-adjust() |
| <Btn3Up> | extend-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) |