++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LIST OF USEFUL EMACS COMMANDS Author: Mauricio Esguerra Date: November 2009 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ M-x html-mode Changes the syntax highlighting mode to the type you want, in this case html. Other common modes are, latex-mode, java-mode, python-mode, php-mode, c-mode, sql-mode. M-x line-number-mode Enable or disable the line number mode. M-x column-number-mode Enable or disable the column number mode. M-x ediff Activates the diff command inside emacs. If you want to switch the display from "top/bottom" to "left/right" use the pipe command (|)