System Crafters

Help Cheatsheet

¶Hints to find what you are looking for

Emacs is self documented, the code's documentation is searchable, accessible within emacs.

functions, commands, variables are usually prefixed by the mode name. For example, org-roam is the prefix for org-roam-db-build-cache command.
All these shortcuts present you with a minibuffer, or a selection prompt (ex: ivy, helm). The user experience really depends on your configuration.

¶Cheatsheet

Here are the most helpful shortcuts to reach the Emacs help system:

Key	command	Purpose
C-h i	info	User guide for emacs and important modes
		Also displays Linux tools info pages
C-h r	info-emacs-manual	Emacs User Manual
C-h f	describe-function	show detailed information about functions and commands
C-h v	describe-variable	variables detailed information
C-h b	describe-bindings	describes the enabled key bindings with the functions/commands they call
C-h m	describe-mode	describes the current major mode enabled with all enabled minor modes
		Also lists key bindings
C-h a	apropos-command	Search documentation related to a command
C-h d	apropos-documentaion	Search documentation for a specific keyword