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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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5 @setfilename ../info/windows
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6 @node Windows, Frames, Buffers, Top
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7 @chapter Windows
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8
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9 This chapter describes most of the functions and variables related to
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10 Emacs windows. See @ref{Display}, for information on how text is
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11 displayed in windows.
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12
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13 @menu
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14 * Basic Windows:: Basic information on using windows.
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15 * Splitting Windows:: Splitting one window into two windows.
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16 * Deleting Windows:: Deleting a window gives its space to other windows.
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17 * Selecting Windows:: The selected window is the one that you edit in.
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18 * Cyclic Window Ordering:: Moving around the existing windows.
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19 * Buffers and Windows:: Each window displays the contents of a buffer.
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20 * Displaying Buffers:: Higher-lever functions for displaying a buffer
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21 and choosing a window for it.
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22 * Choosing Window:: How to choose a window for displaying a buffer.
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23 * Window Point:: Each window has its own location of point.
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24 * Window Start:: The display-start position controls which text
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25 is on-screen in the window.
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26 * Vertical Scrolling:: Moving text up and down in the window.
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27 * Horizontal Scrolling:: Moving text sideways on the window.
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28 * Size of Window:: Accessing the size of a window.
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29 * Resizing Windows:: Changing the size of a window.
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30 * Coordinates and Windows::Converting coordinates to windows.
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31 * Window Configurations:: Saving and restoring the state of the screen.
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32 @end menu
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33
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34 @node Basic Windows
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35 @section Basic Concepts of Emacs Windows
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36 @cindex window
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37 @cindex selected window
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39 A @dfn{window} is the physical area of the screen in which a buffer is
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40 displayed. The term is also used to refer to a Lisp object that
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41 represents that screen area in Emacs Lisp. It should be
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42 clear from the context which is meant.
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44 There is always at least one window in any frame. In each frame, at
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45 any time, one and only one window is designated as @dfn{selected within
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46 the frame}. The frame's cursor appears in that window. There is also
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47 one selected frame; and the window selected within that frame is
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48 @dfn{the selected window}. The selected window's buffer is usually the
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49 current buffer (except when @code{set-buffer} has been used).
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50 @xref{Current Buffer}.
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52 For practical purposes, a window exists only while it is displayed on the
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53 terminal. Once removed from the display, the window is effectively
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54 deleted and should not be used, @emph{even though there may still be
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55 references to it} from other Lisp objects. Restoring a saved window
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56 configuration is the only way for a window no longer on the screen to
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57 come back to life. (@xref{Deleting Windows}.)
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59 Each window has the following attributes:
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60
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61 @itemize @bullet
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62 @item
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63 containing frame
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65 @item
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66 window height
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68 @item
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69 window width
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71 @item
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72 window edges with respect to the screen or frame
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73
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74 @item
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75 the buffer it displays
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77 @item
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78 position within the buffer at the upper left of the window
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80 @item
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81 amount of horizontal scrolling, in columns
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83 @item
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84 point
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86 @item
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87 the mark
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89 @item
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90 how recently the window was selected
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91 @end itemize
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93 @cindex multiple windows
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94 Users create multiple windows so they can look at several buffers at
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95 once. Lisp libraries use multiple windows for a variety of reasons, but
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96 most often to give different views of the same information. In Rmail,
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97 for example, you can move through a summary buffer in one window while
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98 the other window shows messages one at a time as they are reached.
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99
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100 The meaning of ``window'' in Emacs is similar to what it means in the
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101 context of general-purpose window systems such as X, but not identical.
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102 The X Window System subdivides the screen into X windows; Emacs uses one
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103 or more X windows, called @dfn{frames} in Emacs terminology, and
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104 subdivides each of them into (nonoverlapping) Emacs windows. When you
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105 use Emacs on an ordinary display terminal, Emacs subdivides the terminal
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106 screen into Emacs windows.
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107
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108 @cindex terminal screen
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109 @cindex screen of terminal
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110 @cindex tiled windows
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111 Most window systems support arbitrarily located overlapping windows.
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112 In contrast, Emacs windows are @dfn{tiled}; they never overlap, and
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113 together they fill the whole screen or frame. Because of the way
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114 in which Emacs creates new windows and resizes them, you can't create
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115 every conceivable tiling of windows on an Emacs frame. @xref{Splitting
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116 Windows}, and @ref{Size of Window}.
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117
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118 @xref{Display}, for information on how the contents of the
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119 window's buffer are displayed in the window.
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120
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121 @defun windowp object
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122 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a window.
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123 @end defun
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125 @node Splitting Windows
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126 @section Splitting Windows
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127 @cindex splitting windows
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128 @cindex window splitting
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129
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130 The functions described here are the primitives used to split a window
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131 into two windows. Two higher level functions sometimes split a window,
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132 but not always: @code{pop-to-buffer} and @code{display-buffer}
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133 (@pxref{Displaying Buffers}).
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135 The functions described here do not accept a buffer as an argument.
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136 The two ``halves'' of the split window initially display the same buffer
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137 previously visible in the window that was split.
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139 @deffn Command split-window &optional window size horizontal
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140 This function splits @var{window} into two windows. The original
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141 window @var{window} remains the selected window, but occupies only
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142 part of its former screen area. The rest is occupied by a newly created
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143 window which is returned as the value of this function.
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144
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145 If @var{horizontal} is non-@code{nil}, then @var{window} splits into
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146 two side by side windows. The original window @var{window} keeps the
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147 leftmost @var{size} columns, and gives the rest of the columns to the
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148 new window. Otherwise, it splits into windows one above the other, and
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149 @var{window} keeps the upper @var{size} lines and gives the rest of the
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150 lines to the new window. The original window is therefore the
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151 left-hand or upper of the two, and the new window is the right-hand or
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152 lower.
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154 If @var{window} is omitted or @code{nil}, then the selected window is
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155 split. If @var{size} is omitted or @code{nil}, then @var{window} is
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156 divided evenly into two parts. (If there is an odd line, it is
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157 allocated to the new window.) When @code{split-window} is called
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158 interactively, all its arguments are @code{nil}.
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159
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160 The following example starts with one window on a screen that is 50
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161 lines high by 80 columns wide; then the window is split.
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163 @smallexample
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164 @group
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165 (setq w (selected-window))
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166 @result{} #<window 8 on windows.texi>
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275 "Split selected window into two windows, side by side..."
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345 This function makes @var{window} the only window on its frame, by
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346 deleting the other windows in that frame. If @var{window} is omitted or
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349 The result is @code{nil}.
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353 This function deletes all windows showing @var{buffer}. If there are
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356 @code{delete-windows-on} operates frame by frame. If a frame has
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358 @var{buffer} are removed, and the others expand to fill the space. If
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361 single window showing another buffer chosen with @code{other-buffer}.
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362 @xref{The Buffer List}.
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369 @item
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371 @item
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381 @section Selecting Windows
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382 @cindex selecting windows
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384 When a window is selected, the buffer in the window becomes the current
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388 This function returns the selected window. This is the window in
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389 which the cursor appears and to which many commands apply.
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393 This function makes @var{window} the selected window. The cursor then
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403 @result{} #<window 65 on windows.texi>
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409 The following functions choose one of the windows on the screen,
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412 @defun get-lru-window &optional frame
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413 This function returns the window least recently ``used'' (that is,
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414 selected). The selected window is always the most recently used window.
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418 window until it is selected. A minibuffer window is never a candidate.
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424 If it is @code{nil}, consider windows on the selected frame.
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425 @item
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427 @item
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428 If it is @code{visible}, consider windows on all visible frames.
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429 @item
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434 @defun get-largest-window &optional frame
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435 This function returns the window with the largest area (height times
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436 width). If there are no side-by-side windows, then this is the window
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443 The argument @var{frame} controls which set of windows are
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445 @end defun
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448 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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449 @section Cyclic Ordering of Windows
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450 @cindex cyclic ordering of windows
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451 @cindex ordering of windows, cyclic
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452 @cindex window ordering, cyclic
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453
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454 When you use the command @kbd{C-x o} (@code{other-window}) to select
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455 the next window, it moves through all the windows on the screen in a
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456 specific cyclic order. For any given configuration of windows, this
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457 order never varies. It is called the @dfn{cyclic ordering of windows}.
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459 This ordering generally goes from top to bottom, and from left to
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460 right. But it may go down first or go right first, depending on the
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471 @defun next-window &optional window minibuf all-frames
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472 @cindex minibuffer window
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473 This function returns the window following @var{window} in the cyclic
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474 ordering of windows. This is the window that @kbd{C-x o} would select
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514 @group
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515 (selected-window)
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516 @result{} #<window 56 on windows.texi>
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517 @end group
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518 @group
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519 (next-window (selected-window))
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520 @result{} #<window 52 on windows.texi>
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521 @end group
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522 @group
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523 (next-window (next-window (selected-window)))
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524 @result{} #<window 56 on windows.texi>
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525 @end group
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526 @end example
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527 @end defun
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528
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529 @defun previous-window &optional window minibuf all-frames
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530 This function returns the window preceding @var{window} in the cyclic
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531 ordering of windows. The other arguments specify which windows to
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532 include in the cycle, as in @code{next-window}.
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533 @end defun
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534
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535 @deffn Command other-window count
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536 This function selects the @var{count}th following window in the cyclic
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537 order. If count is negative, then it selects the @minus{}@var{count}th
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538 preceding window. It returns @code{nil}.
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539
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540 In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument.
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541 @end deffn
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542
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543 @c Emacs 19 feature
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544 @defun walk-windows proc &optional minibuf all-frames
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545 This function cycles through all windows, calling @code{proc}
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546 once for each window with the window as its sole argument.
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547
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548 The optional arguments @var{minibuf} and @var{all-frames} specify the
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549 set of windows to include in the scan. See @code{next-window}, above,
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550 for details.
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551 @end defun
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553 @node Buffers and Windows
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554 @section Buffers and Windows
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555 @cindex examining windows
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556 @cindex windows, controlling precisely
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557 @cindex buffers, controlled in windows
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558
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559 This section describes low-level functions to examine windows or to
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560 display buffers in windows in a precisely controlled fashion.
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561 @iftex
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562 See the following section for
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563 @end iftex
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564 @ifinfo
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565 @xref{Displaying Buffers}, for
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566 @end ifinfo
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567 related functions that find a window to use and specify a buffer for it.
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568 The functions described there are easier to use than these, but they
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569 employ heuristics in choosing or creating a window; use these functions
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570 when you need complete control.
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571
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572 @defun set-window-buffer window buffer-or-name
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573 This function makes @var{window} display @var{buffer-or-name} as its
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574 contents. It returns @code{nil}.
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575
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576 @example
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577 @group
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578 (set-window-buffer (selected-window) "foo")
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579 @result{} nil
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580 @end group
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581 @end example
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582 @end defun
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583
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584 @defun window-buffer &optional window
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585 This function returns the buffer that @var{window} is displaying. If
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586 @var{window} is omitted, this function returns the buffer for the
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587 selected window.
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588
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589 @example
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590 @group
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591 (window-buffer)
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592 @result{} #<buffer windows.texi>
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593 @end group
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594 @end example
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595 @end defun
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596
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597 @defun get-buffer-window buffer-or-name &optional all-frames
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598 This function returns a window currently displaying
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599 @var{buffer-or-name}, or @code{nil} if there is none. If there are
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600 several such windows, then the function returns the first one in the
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601 cyclic ordering of windows, starting from the selected window.
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602 @xref{Cyclic Window Ordering}.
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603
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604 The argument @var{all-frames} controls which windows to consider.
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605
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606 @itemize @bullet
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607 @item
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608 If it is @code{nil}, consider windows on the selected frame.
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609 @item
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610 If it is @code{t}, consider windows on all frames.
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611 @item
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612 If it is @code{visible}, consider windows on all visible frames.
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613 @item
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614 If it is a frame, consider windows on that frame.
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615 @end itemize
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616 @end defun
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617
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618 @deffn Command replace-buffer-in-windows buffer
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619 This function replaces @var{buffer} with some other buffer in all
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620 windows displaying it. The other buffer used is chosen with
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621 @code{other-buffer}. In the usual applications of this function, you
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622 don't care which other buffer is used; you just want to make sure that
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623 @var{buffer} is no longer displayed.
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625 This function returns @code{nil}.
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626 @end deffn
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627
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628 @node Displaying Buffers
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629 @section Displaying Buffers in Windows
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630 @cindex switching to a buffer
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631 @cindex displaying a buffer
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633 In this section we describe convenient functions that choose a window
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634 automatically and use it to display a specified buffer. These functions
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635 can also split an existing window in certain circumstances. We also
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636 describe variables that parameterize the heuristics used for choosing a
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637 window.
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638 @iftex
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639 See the preceding section for
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640 @end iftex
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641 @ifinfo
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642 @xref{Buffers and Windows}, for
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643 @end ifinfo
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644 low-level functions that give you more precise control.
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645
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646 Do not use the functions in this section in order to make a buffer
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647 current so that a Lisp program can access or modify it; they are too
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648 drastic for that purpose, since they change the display of buffers in
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649 windows, which is gratuitous and will surprise the user. Instead, use
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650 @code{set-buffer} (@pxref{Current Buffer}) and @code{save-excursion}
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651 (@pxref{Excursions}), which designate buffers as current for programmed
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652 access without affecting the display of buffers in windows.
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653
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654 @deffn Command switch-to-buffer buffer-or-name &optional norecord
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655 This function makes @var{buffer-or-name} the current buffer, and also
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656 displays the buffer in the selected window. This means that a human can
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657 see the buffer and subsequent keyboard commands will apply to it.
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658 Contrast this with @code{set-buffer}, which makes @var{buffer-or-name}
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659 the current buffer but does not display it in the selected window.
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660 @xref{Current Buffer}.
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661
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662 If @var{buffer-or-name} does not identify an existing buffer, then
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663 a new buffer by that name is created.
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665 Normally the specified buffer is put at the front of the buffer list.
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666 This affects the operation of @code{other-buffer}. However, if
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667 @var{norecord} is non-@code{nil}, this is not done. @xref{The Buffer
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668 List}.
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670 The @code{switch-to-buffer} function is often used interactively, as
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671 the binding of @kbd{C-x b}. It is also used frequently in programs. It
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673 @end deffn
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675 @deffn Command switch-to-buffer-other-window buffer-or-name
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676 This function makes @var{buffer-or-name} the current buffer and
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677 displays it in a window not currently selected. It then selects that
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678 window. The handling of the buffer is the same as in
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679 @code{switch-to-buffer}.
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682 If it is the only window, then it is split to make a distinct window for
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684 then it continues to do so, but another window is nonetheless found to
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685 display it in as well.
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686 @end deffn
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687
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688 @defun pop-to-buffer buffer-or-name &optional other-window
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689 This function makes @var{buffer-or-name} the current buffer and
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690 switches to it in some window, preferably not the window previously
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691 selected. The ``popped-to'' window becomes the selected window within
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692 its frame.
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693
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694 If the variable @code{pop-up-frames} is non-@code{nil},
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695 @code{pop-to-buffer} looks for a window in any visible frame already
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696 displaying the buffer; if there is one, it returns that window and makes
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697 it be selected within its frame. If there is none, it creates a new
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698 frame and displays the buffer in it.
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699
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700 If @code{pop-up-frames} is @code{nil}, then @code{pop-to-buffer}
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705 If the variable @code{pop-up-windows} is non-@code{nil}, windows may
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706 be split to create a new window that is different from the original
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707 window. For details, see @ref{Choosing Window}.
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709 If @var{other-window} is non-@code{nil}, @code{pop-to-buffer} finds or
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710 creates another window even if @var{buffer-or-name} is already visible
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712 displayed in two windows. On the other hand, if @var{buffer-or-name} is
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713 already displayed in the selected window and @var{other-window} is
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714 @code{nil}, then the selected window is considered sufficient display
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716
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717 If @var{buffer-or-name} is a string that does not name an existing
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718 buffer, a buffer by that name is created.
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719 @end defun
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720
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721 @node Choosing Window
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722 @section Choosing a Window for Display
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723
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724 This section describes the basic facility that chooses a window to
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725 display a buffer in---@code{display-buffer}. All the higher-level
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726 functions and commands use this subroutine. Here we describe how to use
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727 @code{display-buffer} and how to customize it.
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729 @deffn Command display-buffer buffer-or-name &optional not-this-window
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730 This command makes @var{buffer-or-name} appear in some window, like
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731 @code{pop-to-buffer}, but it does not select that window and does not
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732 make the buffer current. The identity of the selected window is
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733 unaltered by this function.
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734
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735 If @var{not-this-window} is non-@code{nil}, it means to display the
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736 specified buffer in a window other than the selected one, even if it is
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738 appear in two windows at once. Otherwise, if @var{buffer-or-name} is
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739 already being displayed in any window, that is good enough, so this
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740 function does nothing.
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741
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742 @code{display-buffer} returns the window chosen to display
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743 @var{buffer-or-name}.
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744
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745 Precisely how @code{display-buffer} finds or creates a window depends on
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746 the variables described below.
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747 @end deffn
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748
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749 @defopt pop-up-windows
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750 This variable controls whether @code{display-buffer} makes new windows.
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751 If it is non-@code{nil} and there is only one window, then that window
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752 is split. If it is @code{nil}, then @code{display-buffer} does not
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753 split the single window, but uses it whole.
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754 @end defopt
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755
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756 @defopt split-height-threshold
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757 This variable determines when @code{display-buffer} may split a window,
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758 if there are multiple windows. @code{display-buffer} always splits the
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759 largest window if it has at least this many lines. If the largest
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760 window is not this tall, it is split only if it is the sole window and
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761 @code{pop-up-windows} is non-@code{nil}.
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762 @end defopt
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763
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764 @c Emacs 19 feature
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765 @defopt pop-up-frames
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766 This variable controls whether @code{display-buffer} makes new frames.
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767 If it is non-@code{nil}, @code{display-buffer} looks for an existing
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768 window already displaying the desired buffer, on any visible frame. If
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769 it finds one, it returns that window. Otherwise it makes a new frame.
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770 The variables @code{pop-up-windows} and @code{split-height-threshold} do
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771 not matter if @code{pop-up-frames} is non-@code{nil}.
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772
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773 If @code{pop-up-frames} is @code{nil}, then @code{display-buffer} either
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774 splits a window or reuses one.
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775
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776 @xref{Frames}, for more information.
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777 @end defopt
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778
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779 @c Emacs 19 feature
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780 @defvar pop-up-frame-function
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781 This variable specifies how to make a new frame if @code{pop-up-frames}
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782 is non-@code{nil}.
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783
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784 Its value should be a function of no arguments. When
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785 @code{display-buffer} makes a new frame, it does so by calling that
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786 function, which should return a frame. The default value of the
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787 variable is a function that creates a frame using parameters from
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788 @code{pop-up-frame-alist}.
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789 @end defvar
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790
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791 @defvar pop-up-frame-alist
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792 This variable holds an alist specifying frame parameters used when
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793 @code{display-buffer} makes a new frame. @xref{Frame Parameters}, for
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794 more information about frame parameters.
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795 @end defvar
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796
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797 @defvar special-display-buffer-names
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798 A list of buffer names for buffers that should be displayed specially.
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799 If the buffer's name is in this list, @code{display-buffer} handles the
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800 buffer specially.
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801
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802 By default, special display means to give the buffer a dedicated frame.
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803 @end defvar
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804
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805 @defvar special-display-regexps
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806 A list of regular expressions that specify buffers that should be
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807 displayed specially. If the buffer's name matches any of the regular
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808 expressions in this list, @code{display-buffer} handles the buffer
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809 specially.
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810
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811 By default, special display means to give the buffer a dedicated frame.
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812 @end defvar
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813
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814 @defvar special-display-function
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815 This variable holds the function to call to display a buffer specially.
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816 It receives the buffer as an argument, and should return the window in
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817 which it is displayed.
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818
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819 The default value of this variable is
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820 @code{special-display-popup-frame}.
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821 @end defvar
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822
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823 @defun special-display-popup-frame buffer
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824 This function makes @var{buffer} visible in a frame of its own. If
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825 @var{buffer} is already displayed in a window in some frame, it makes
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826 the frame visible and raises it, to use that window. Otherwise, it
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827 creates a frame that will be dedicated to @var{buffer}.
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828
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829 This function uses an existing window displaying @var{buffer} whether or
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830 not it is in a frame of its own; but if you set up the above variables
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831 in your init file, before @var{buffer} was created, then presumably the
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832 window was previously made by this function.
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833 @end defun
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834
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835 @defopt special-display-frame-alist
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836 This variable holds frame parameters for
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837 @code{special-display-popup-frame} to use when it creates a frame.
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838 @end defopt
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839
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840 @c Emacs 19 feature
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841 @defvar display-buffer-function
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842 This variable is the most flexible way to customize the behavior of
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843 @code{display-buffer}. If it is non-@code{nil}, it should be a function
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844 that @code{display-buffer} calls to do the work. The function should
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845 accept two arguments, the same two arguments that @code{display-buffer}
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846 received. It should choose or create a window, display the specified
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847 buffer, and then return the window.
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848
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849 This hook takes precedence over all the other options and hooks
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850 described above.
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851 @end defvar
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852
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853 @c Emacs 19 feature
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854 @cindex dedicated window
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855 A window can be marked as ``dedicated'' to its buffer. Then
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856 @code{display-buffer} does not try to use that window.
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857
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858 @defun window-dedicated-p window
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859 This function returns @code{t} if @var{window} is marked as dedicated;
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860 otherwise @code{nil}.
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861 @end defun
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862
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863 @defun set-window-dedicated-p window flag
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864 This function marks @var{window} as dedicated if @var{flag} is
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865 non-@code{nil}, and nondedicated otherwise.
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866 @end defun
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867
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868 @node Window Point
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869 @section Windows and Point
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870 @cindex window position
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871 @cindex window point
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872 @cindex position in window
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873 @cindex point in window
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874
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875 Each window has its own value of point, independent of the value of
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876 point in other windows displaying the same buffer. This makes it useful
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877 to have multiple windows showing one buffer.
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878
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879 @itemize @bullet
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880 @item
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881 The window point is established when a window is first created; it is
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882 initialized from the buffer's point, or from the window point of another
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883 window opened on the buffer if such a window exists.
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884
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885 @item
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886 Selecting a window sets the value of point in its buffer to the window's
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887 value of point. Conversely, deselecting a window sets the window's
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888 value of point from that of the buffer. Thus, when you switch between
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889 windows that display a given buffer, the point value for the selected
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890 window is in effect in the buffer, while the point values for the other
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891 windows are stored in those windows.
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892
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893 @item
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894 As long as the selected window displays the current buffer, the window's
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895 point and the buffer's point always move together; they remain equal.
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896
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897 @item
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898 @xref{Positions}, for more details on buffer positions.
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899 @end itemize
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900
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901 As far as the user is concerned, point is where the cursor is, and
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902 when the user switches to another buffer, the cursor jumps to the
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903 position of point in that buffer.
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904
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905 @defun window-point window
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906 This function returns the current position of point in @var{window}.
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907 For a nonselected window, this is the value point would have (in that
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908 window's buffer) if that window were selected.
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909
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910 When @var{window} is the selected window and its buffer is also the
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911 current buffer, the value returned is the same as point in that buffer.
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912
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913 Strictly speaking, it would be more correct to return the
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914 ``top-level'' value of point, outside of any @code{save-excursion}
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915 forms. But that value is hard to find.
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916 @end defun
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917
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918 @defun set-window-point window position
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919 This function positions point in @var{window} at position
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920 @var{position} in @var{window}'s buffer.
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921 @end defun
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922
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923 @node Window Start
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924 @section The Window Start Position
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925
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926 Each window contains a marker used to keep track of a buffer position
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927 that specifies where in the buffer display should start. This position
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928 is called the @dfn{display-start} position of the window (or just the
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929 @dfn{start}). The character after this position is the one that appears
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930 at the upper left corner of the window. It is usually, but not
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931 inevitably, at the beginning of a text line.
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932
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933 @defun window-start &optional window
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934 @cindex window top line
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935 This function returns the display-start position of window
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936 @var{window}. If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is
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937 used. For example,
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938
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939 @example
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940 @group
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941 (window-start)
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942 @result{} 7058
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943 @end group
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944 @end example
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945
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946 When you create a window, or display a different buffer in it, the
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947 display-start position is set to a display-start position recently used
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948 for the same buffer, or 1 if the buffer doesn't have any.
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949
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950 For a realistic example, see the description of @code{count-lines} in
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951 @ref{Text Lines}.
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952 @end defun
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953
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954 @defun window-end &optional window
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955 This function returns the position of the end of the display in window
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956 @var{window}. If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is
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957 used.
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958
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959 If the last redisplay of @var{window} was preempted, and did not finish,
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960 Emacs does not know the position of the end of display in that window.
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961 In that case, this function returns a value that is not correct. In a
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962 future version, @code{window-end} will return @code{nil} in that case.
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963 @ignore
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964 in that case, this function returns @code{nil}. You can compute where
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965 the end of the window @emph{would} have been, if redisplay had finished,
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966 like this:
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967
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968 @example
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969 (save-excursion
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970 (goto-char (window-start window))
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971 (vertical-motion (1- (window-height window))
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972 window)
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973 (point))
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974 @end example
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975 @end ignore
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976 @end defun
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977
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978 @defun set-window-start window position &optional noforce
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979 This function sets the display-start position of @var{window} to
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980 @var{position} in @var{window}'s buffer. It returns @var{position}.
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981
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982 The display routines insist that the position of point be visible when a
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983 buffer is displayed. Normally, they change the display-start position
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984 (that is, scroll the window) whenever necessary to make point visible.
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985 However, if you specify the start position with this function using
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986 @code{nil} for @var{noforce}, it means you want display to start at
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987 @var{position} even if that would put the location of point off the
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988 screen. If this does place point off screen, the display routines move
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989 point to the left margin on the middle line in the window.
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990
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991 For example, if point @w{is 1} and you set the start of the window @w{to
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992 2}, then point would be ``above'' the top of the window. The display
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993 routines will automatically move point if it is still 1 when redisplay
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995
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996 @example
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997 @group
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998 ;; @r{Here is what @samp{foo} looks like before executing}
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999 ;; @r{the @code{set-window-start} expression.}
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1000 @end group
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1002 @group
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1003 ---------- Buffer: foo ----------
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1004 @point{}This is the contents of buffer foo.
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1010 ---------- Buffer: foo ----------
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1011 @end group
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1012
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1013 @group
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1014 (set-window-start
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1015 (selected-window)
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1016 (1+ (window-start)))
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1017 @result{} 2
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1018 @end group
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1019
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1020 @group
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1021 ;; @r{Here is what @samp{foo} looks like after executing}
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1022 ;; @r{the @code{set-window-start} expression.}
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1023 ---------- Buffer: foo ----------
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1024 his is the contents of buffer foo.
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1025 2
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1026 3
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1027 @point{}4
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1028 5
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1029 6
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1030 ---------- Buffer: foo ----------
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1031 @end group
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1032 @end example
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1033
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1035 off screen at the next redisplay, then redisplay computes a new window-start
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1036 position that works well with point, and thus @var{position} is not used.
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1037 @end defun
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1038
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1039 @defun pos-visible-in-window-p &optional position window
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1040 This function returns @code{t} if @var{position} is within the range
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1041 of text currently visible on the screen in @var{window}. It returns
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1042 @code{nil} if @var{position} is scrolled vertically out of view. The
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1043 argument @var{position} defaults to the current position of point;
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1044 @var{window}, to the selected window. Here is an example:
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1045
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1046 @example
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1047 @group
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1048 (or (pos-visible-in-window-p
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1049 (point) (selected-window))
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1050 (recenter 0))
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1051 @end group
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1052 @end example
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1053
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1054 The @code{pos-visible-in-window-p} function considers only vertical
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1055 scrolling. If @var{position} is out of view only because @var{window}
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1056 has been scrolled horizontally, @code{pos-visible-in-window-p} returns
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1057 @code{t}. @xref{Horizontal Scrolling}.
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1058 @end defun
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1059
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1060 @node Vertical Scrolling
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1061 @section Vertical Scrolling
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1062 @cindex vertical scrolling
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1063 @cindex scrolling vertically
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1064
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1065 Vertical scrolling means moving the text up or down in a window. It
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1066 works by changing the value of the window's display-start location. It
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1067 may also change the value of @code{window-point} to keep it on the
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1068 screen.
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1069
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1070 In the commands @code{scroll-up} and @code{scroll-down}, the directions
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1071 ``up'' and ``down'' refer to the motion of the text in the buffer at which
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1072 you are looking through the window. Imagine that the text is
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1073 written on a long roll of paper and that the scrolling commands move the
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1074 paper up and down. Thus, if you are looking at text in the middle of a
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1075 buffer and repeatedly call @code{scroll-down}, you will eventually see
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1076 the beginning of the buffer.
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1077
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1078 Some people have urged that the opposite convention be used: they
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1079 imagine that the window moves over text that remains in place. Then
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1080 ``down'' commands would take you to the end of the buffer. This view is
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1081 more consistent with the actual relationship between windows and the
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1082 text in the buffer, but it is less like what the user sees. The
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1083 position of a window on the terminal does not move, and short scrolling
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1084 commands clearly move the text up or down on the screen. We have chosen
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1085 names that fit the user's point of view.
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1086
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1087 The scrolling functions (aside from @code{scroll-other-window}) have
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1088 unpredictable results if the current buffer is different from the buffer
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1089 that is displayed in the selected window. @xref{Current Buffer}.
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1090
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1091 @deffn Command scroll-up &optional count
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1092 This function scrolls the text in the selected window upward
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1093 @var{count} lines. If @var{count} is negative, scrolling is actually
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1094 downward.
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1095
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1096 If @var{count} is @code{nil} (or omitted), then the length of scroll
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1097 is @code{next-screen-context-lines} lines less than the usable height of
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1098 the window (not counting its mode line).
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1099
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1100 @code{scroll-up} returns @code{nil}.
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1101 @end deffn
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1102
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1103 @deffn Command scroll-down &optional count
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1104 This function scrolls the text in the selected window downward
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1105 @var{count} lines. If @var{count} is negative, scrolling is actually
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1106 upward.
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1107
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1108 If @var{count} is omitted or @code{nil}, then the length of the scroll
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1109 is @code{next-screen-context-lines} lines less than the usable height of
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1110 the window (not counting its mode line).
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1111
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1112 @code{scroll-down} returns @code{nil}.
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1113 @end deffn
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1114
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1115 @deffn Command scroll-other-window &optional count
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1116 This function scrolls the text in another window upward @var{count}
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1117 lines. Negative values of @var{count}, or @code{nil}, are handled
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1118 as in @code{scroll-up}.
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1119
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1120 The window that is scrolled is normally the one following the selected
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1121 window in the cyclic ordering of windows---the window that
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1122 @code{next-window} would return. @xref{Cyclic Window Ordering}.
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1123
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1124 You can specify a buffer to scroll with the variable
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1125 @code{other-window-scroll-buffer}. When the selected window is the
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1126 minibuffer, the next window is normally the one at the top left corner.
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1127 You can specify a different window to scroll with the variable
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1128 @code{minibuffer-scroll-window}. This variable has no effect when any
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1129 other window is selected. @xref{Minibuffer Misc}.
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1130
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1131 When the minibuffer is active, it is the next window if the selected
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1132 window is the one at the bottom right corner. In this case,
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1133 @code{scroll-other-window} attempts to scroll the minibuffer. If the
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1134 minibuffer contains just one line, it has nowhere to scroll to, so the
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1135 line reappears after the echo area momentarily displays the message
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1136 ``Beginning of buffer''.
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1137 @end deffn
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1138
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1139 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1140 @defvar other-window-scroll-buffer
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1141 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it tells @code{scroll-other-window}
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1142 which buffer to scroll.
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1143 @end defvar
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1144
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1145 @defopt scroll-step
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1146 This variable controls how scrolling is done automatically when point
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1147 moves off the screen. If the value is zero, then redisplay scrolls the
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1148 text to center point vertically in the window. If the value is a
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1149 positive integer @var{n}, then redisplay brings point back on screen by
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1150 scrolling @var{n} lines in either direction, if possible; otherwise, it
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1151 centers point. The default value is zero.
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1152 @end defopt
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1153
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1154 @defopt next-screen-context-lines
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1155 The value of this variable is the number of lines of continuity to
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1156 retain when scrolling by full screens. For example, @code{scroll-up}
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1157 with an argument of @code{nil} scrolls so that this many lines at the
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1158 bottom of the window appear instead at the top. The default value is
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1159 @code{2}.
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1160 @end defopt
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1161
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1162 @deffn Command recenter &optional count
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1163 @cindex centering point
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1164 This function scrolls the selected window to put the text where point
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1165 is located at a specified vertical position within the window.
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1166
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1167 If @var{count} is a nonnegative number, it puts the line containing
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1168 point @var{count} lines down from the top of the window. If @var{count}
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1169 is a negative number, then it counts upward from the bottom of the
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1170 window, so that @minus{}1 stands for the last usable line in the window.
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1171 If @var{count} is a non-@code{nil} list, then it stands for the line in
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1172 the middle of the window.
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1173
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1174 If @var{count} is @code{nil}, @code{recenter} puts the line containing
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1175 point in the middle of the window, then clears and redisplays the entire
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1176 selected frame.
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1178 When @code{recenter} is called interactively, @var{count} is the raw
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1179 prefix argument. Thus, typing @kbd{C-u} as the prefix sets the
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1181 @var{count} to 4, which positions the current line four lines from the
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1182 top.
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1184 With an argument of zero, @code{recenter} positions the current line at
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1185 the top of the window. This action is so handy that some people make a
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1186 separate key binding to do this. For example,
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1187
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1188 @example
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1189 @group
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1190 (defun line-to-top-of-window ()
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1191 "Scroll current line to top of window.
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1192 Replaces three keystroke sequence C-u 0 C-l."
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1193 (interactive)
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1194 (recenter 0))
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1195
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1196 (global-set-key [kp-multiply] 'line-to-top-of-window)
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1197 @end group
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1198 @end example
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1199 @end deffn
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1200
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1201 @node Horizontal Scrolling
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1202 @section Horizontal Scrolling
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1203 @cindex horizontal scrolling
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1204
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1205 Because we read English first from top to bottom and second from left
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1206 to right, horizontal scrolling is not like vertical scrolling. Vertical
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1207 scrolling involves selection of a contiguous portion of text to display.
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1208 Horizontal scrolling causes part of each line to go off screen. The
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1209 amount of horizontal scrolling is therefore specified as a number of
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1210 columns rather than as a position in the buffer. It has nothing to do
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1211 with the display-start position returned by @code{window-start}.
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1212
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1213 Usually, no horizontal scrolling is in effect; then the leftmost
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1215 the right is meaningless, since there is no data to the left of the
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1216 screen to be revealed by it; so this is not allowed. Scrolling to the
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1217 left is allowed; it scrolls the first columns of text off the edge of
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1218 the window and can reveal additional columns on the right that were
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1219 truncated before. Once a window has a nonzero amount of leftward
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1220 horizontal scrolling, you can scroll it back to the right, but only so
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1221 far as to reduce the net horizontal scroll to zero. There is no limit
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1222 to how far left you can scroll, but eventually all the text will
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1223 disappear off the left edge.
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1224
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1225 @deffn Command scroll-left count
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1226 This function scrolls the selected window @var{count} columns to the
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1227 left (or to the right if @var{count} is negative). The return value is
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1228 the total amount of leftward horizontal scrolling in effect after the
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1229 change---just like the value returned by @code{window-hscroll} (below).
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1230 @end deffn
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1231
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1232 @deffn Command scroll-right count
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1233 This function scrolls the selected window @var{count} columns to the
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1234 right (or to the left if @var{count} is negative). The return value is
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1235 the total amount of leftward horizontal scrolling in effect after the
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1236 change---just like the value returned by @code{window-hscroll} (below).
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1237
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1238 Once you scroll a window as far right as it can go, back to its normal
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1239 position where the total leftward scrolling is zero, attempts to scroll
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1240 any farther right have no effect.
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1241 @end deffn
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1242
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1243 @defun window-hscroll &optional window
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1244 This function returns the total leftward horizontal scrolling of
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1245 @var{window}---the number of columns by which the text in @var{window}
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1246 is scrolled left past the left margin.
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1247
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1248 The value is never negative. It is zero when no horizontal scrolling
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1249 has been done in @var{window} (which is usually the case).
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1250
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1251 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is used.
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1252
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1253 @example
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1254 @group
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1255 (window-hscroll)
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1256 @result{} 0
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1257 @end group
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1258 @group
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1259 (scroll-left 5)
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1260 @result{} 5
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1261 @end group
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1262 @group
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1263 (window-hscroll)
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1264 @result{} 5
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1265 @end group
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1266 @end example
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1267 @end defun
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1268
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1269 @defun set-window-hscroll window columns
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1270 This function sets the number of columns from the left margin that
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1271 @var{window} is scrolled to the value of @var{columns}. The argument
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1272 @var{columns} should be zero or positive; if not, it is taken as zero.
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1273
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1274 The value returned is @var{columns}.
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1275
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1276 @example
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1277 @group
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1278 (set-window-hscroll (selected-window) 10)
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1279 @result{} 10
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1280 @end group
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1281 @end example
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1282 @end defun
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1283
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1284 Here is how you can determine whether a given position @var{position}
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1285 is off the screen due to horizontal scrolling:
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1286
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1287 @example
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1288 @group
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1289 (defun hscroll-on-screen (window position)
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1290 (save-excursion
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1291 (goto-char position)
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1292 (and
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1293 (>= (- (current-column) (window-hscroll window)) 0)
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1294 (< (- (current-column) (window-hscroll window))
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1295 (window-width window)))))
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1296 @end group
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1297 @end example
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1298
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1299 @node Size of Window
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1300 @section The Size of a Window
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1301 @cindex window size
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1302 @cindex size of window
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1303
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1304 An Emacs window is rectangular, and its size information consists of
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1305 the height (the number of lines) and the width (the number of character
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1307 the width does not count the scroll bar or the column of @samp{|}
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1308 characters that separates side-by-side windows.
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1309
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1310 The following three functions return size information about a window:
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1311
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1312 @defun window-height &optional window
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1313 This function returns the number of lines in @var{window}, including
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1314 its mode line. If @var{window} fills its entire frame, this is one less
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1315 than the value of @code{frame-height} on that frame (since the last line
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1317
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1318 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the function uses the selected window.
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1319
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1320 @example
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1321 @group
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1322 (window-height)
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1323 @result{} 23
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1324 @end group
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1325 @group
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1326 (split-window-vertically)
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1327 @result{} #<window 4 on windows.texi>
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1328 @end group
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1329 @group
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1330 (window-height)
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1331 @result{} 11
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1332 @end group
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1333 @end example
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1334 @end defun
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1335
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1336 @defun window-width &optional window
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1337 This function returns the number of columns in @var{window}. If
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1338 @var{window} fills its entire frame, this is the same as the value of
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1339 @code{frame-width} on that frame. The width does not include the
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1340 window's scroll bar or the column of @samp{|} characters that separates
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1341 side-by-side windows.
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1342
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1343 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the function uses the selected window.
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1344
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1345 @example
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1346 @group
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1347 (window-width)
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1348 @result{} 80
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1349 @end group
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1350 @end example
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1351 @end defun
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1352
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1353 @defun window-edges &optional window
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1354 This function returns a list of the edge coordinates of @var{window}.
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1355 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is used.
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1356
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1357 The order of the list is @code{(@var{left} @var{top} @var{right}
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1358 @var{bottom})}, all elements relative to 0, 0 at the top left corner of
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1359 the frame. The element @var{right} of the value is one more than the
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1360 rightmost column used by @var{window}, and @var{bottom} is one more than
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1361 the bottommost row used by @var{window} and its mode-line.
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1362
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1363 When you have side-by-side windows, the right edge value for a window
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1364 with a neighbor on the right includes the width of the separator between
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1365 the window and that neighbor. This separator may be a column of
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1366 @samp{|} characters or it may be a scroll bar. Since the width of the
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1367 window does not include this separator, the width does not equal the
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1368 difference between the right and left edges in this case.
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1369
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1370 Here is the result obtained on a typical 24-line terminal with just one
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1371 window:
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1372
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1373 @example
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1374 @group
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1375 (window-edges (selected-window))
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1376 @result{} (0 0 80 23)
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1377 @end group
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1378 @end example
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1379
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1380 @noindent
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1381 The bottom edge is at line 23 because the last line is the echo area.
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1382
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1383 If @var{window} is at the upper left corner of its frame, @var{right}
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1384 and @var{bottom} are the same as the values returned by
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1385 @code{(window-width)} and @code{(window-height)} respectively, and
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1386 @var{top} and @var{bottom} are zero. For example, the edges of the
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1387 following window are @w{@samp{0 0 5 8}}. Assuming that the frame has
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1388 more than 8 columns, the last column of the window (column 7) holds a
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1389 border rather than text. The last row (row 4) holds the mode line,
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1390 shown here with @samp{xxxxxxxxx}.
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1391
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1392 @example
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1393 @group
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1394 0
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1395 _______
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1396 0 | |
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1397 | |
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1398 | |
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1399 | |
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1400 xxxxxxxxx 4
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1401
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1402 7
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1403 @end group
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1404 @end example
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1405
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1406 When there are side-by-side windows, any window not at the right edge of
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1407 its frame has a separator in its last column or columns. The separator
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1408 counts as one or two columns in the width of the window. A window never
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1409 includes a separator on its left, since that belongs to the window to
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1410 the left.
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1411
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1412 In the following example, let's suppose that the frame is 7
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1413 columns wide. Then the edges of the left window are @w{@samp{0 0 4 3}}
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1414 and the edges of the right window are @w{@samp{4 0 7 3}}.
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1415
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1416 @example
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1417 @group
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1418 ___ ___
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1419 | | |
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1420 | | |
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1421 xxxxxxxxx
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1422
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1423 0 34 7
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1424 @end group
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1425 @end example
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1426 @end defun
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1427
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1428 @node Resizing Windows
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1429 @section Changing the Size of a Window
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1430 @cindex window resizing
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1431 @cindex changing window size
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1432 @cindex window size, changing
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1433
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1434 The window size functions fall into two classes: high-level commands
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1435 that change the size of windows and low-level functions that access
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1436 window size. Emacs does not permit overlapping windows or gaps between
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1437 windows, so resizing one window affects other windows.
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1438
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1439 @deffn Command enlarge-window size &optional horizontal
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1440 This function makes the selected window @var{size} lines taller,
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1441 stealing lines from neighboring windows. It takes the lines from one
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1442 window at a time until that window is used up, then takes from another.
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1443 If a window from which lines are stolen shrinks below
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1444 @code{window-min-height} lines, that window disappears.
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1445
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1446 If @var{horizontal} is non-@code{nil}, this function makes
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1447 @var{window} wider by @var{size} columns, stealing columns instead of
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1448 lines. If a window from which columns are stolen shrinks below
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1449 @code{window-min-width} columns, that window disappears.
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1450
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1451 If the requested size would exceed that of the window's frame, then the
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1452 function makes the window occupy the entire height (or width) of the
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1453 frame.
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1454
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1455 If @var{size} is negative, this function shrinks the window by
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1456 @minus{}@var{size} lines or columns. If that makes the window smaller
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1457 than the minimum size (@code{window-min-height} and
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1458 @code{window-min-width}), @code{enlarge-window} deletes the window.
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1459
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1460 @code{enlarge-window} returns @code{nil}.
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1461 @end deffn
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1462
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1463 @deffn Command enlarge-window-horizontally columns
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1464 This function makes the selected window @var{columns} wider.
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1465 It could be defined as follows:
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1466
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1467 @example
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1468 @group
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1469 (defun enlarge-window-horizontally (columns)
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1470 (enlarge-window columns t))
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1471 @end group
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1472 @end example
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1473 @end deffn
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1474
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1475 @deffn Command shrink-window size &optional horizontal
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1476 This function is like @code{enlarge-window} but negates the argument
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1477 @var{size}, making the selected window smaller by giving lines (or
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1478 columns) to the other windows. If the window shrinks below
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1479 @code{window-min-height} or @code{window-min-width}, then it disappears.
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1480
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1481 If @var{size} is negative, the window is enlarged by @minus{}@var{size}
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1482 lines or columns.
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1483 @end deffn
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1484
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1485 @deffn Command shrink-window-horizontally columns
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1486 This function makes the selected window @var{columns} narrower.
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1487 It could be defined as follows:
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1488
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1489 @example
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1490 @group
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1491 (defun shrink-window-horizontally (columns)
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1492 (shrink-window columns t))
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1493 @end group
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1494 @end example
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1495 @end deffn
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1496
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1497 @cindex minimum window size
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1498 The following two variables constrain the window-size-changing
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1499 functions to a minimum height and width.
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1501 @defopt window-min-height
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1502 The value of this variable determines how short a window may become
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1503 before it is automatically deleted. Making a window smaller than
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1504 @code{window-min-height} automatically deletes it, and no window may be
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1505 created shorter than this. The absolute minimum height is two (allowing
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1506 one line for the mode line, and one line for the buffer display).
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1507 Actions that change window sizes reset this variable to two if it is
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1508 less than two. The default value is 4.
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1509 @end defopt
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1511 @defopt window-min-width
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1512 The value of this variable determines how narrow a window may become
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1513 before it automatically deleted. Making a window smaller than
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1514 @code{window-min-width} automatically deletes it, and no window may be
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1515 created narrower than this. The absolute minimum width is one; any
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1516 value below that is ignored. The default value is 10.
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1517 @end defopt
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1518
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1519 @node Coordinates and Windows
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1520 @section Coordinates and Windows
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1521
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1522 This section describes how to relate screen coordinates to windows.
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1523
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1524 @defun window-at x y &optional frame
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1525 This function returns the window containing the specified cursor
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1526 position in the frame @var{frame}. The coordinates @var{x} and @var{y}
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1527 are measured in characters and count from the top left corner of the
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1528 frame. If they are out of range, @code{window-at} returns @code{nil}.
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1529
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1530 If you omit @var{frame}, the selected frame is used.
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1531 @end defun
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1532
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1533 @defun coordinates-in-window-p coordinates window
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1534 This function checks whether a particular frame position falls within
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1535 the window @var{window}.
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1536
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1537 The argument @var{coordinates} is a cons cell of this form:
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1538
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1539 @example
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1540 (@var{x} . @var{y})
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1541 @end example
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1542
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1543 @noindent
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1544 The coordinates @var{x} and @var{y} are measured in characters, and
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1545 count from the top left corner of the screen or frame.
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1546
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1547 The value of @code{coordinates-in-window-p} is non-@code{nil} if the
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1548 coordinates are inside @var{window}. The value also indicates what part
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1549 of the window the position is in, as follows:
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1550
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1551 @table @code
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1552 @item (@var{relx} . @var{rely})
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1553 The coordinates are inside @var{window}. The numbers @var{relx} and
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1554 @var{rely} are the equivalent window-relative coordinates for the
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1555 specified position, counting from 0 at the top left corner of the
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1556 window.
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1557
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1558 @item mode-line
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1559 The coordinates are in the mode line of @var{window}.
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1560
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1561 @item vertical-split
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1562 The coordinates are in the vertical line between @var{window} and its
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1563 neighbor to the right. This value occurs only if the window doesn't
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1564 have a scroll bar; positions in a scroll bar are considered outside the
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1565 window.
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1566
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1567 @item nil
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1568 The coordinates are not in any part of @var{window}.
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1569 @end table
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1570
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1571 The function @code{coordinates-in-window-p} does not require a frame as
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1572 argument because it always uses the frame that @var{window} is on.
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1573 @end defun
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1574
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1575 @node Window Configurations
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1576 @section Window Configurations
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1577 @cindex window configurations
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1578 @cindex saving window information
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1579
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1580 A @dfn{window configuration} records the entire layout of a
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1581 frame---all windows, their sizes, which buffers they contain, what part
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1582 of each buffer is displayed, and the values of point and the mark. You
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1583 can bring back an entire previous layout by restoring a window
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1584 configuration previously saved.
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1585
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1586 If you want to record all frames instead of just one, use a frame
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1587 configuration instead of a window configuration. @xref{Frame
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1588 Configurations}.
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1589
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1590 @defun current-window-configuration
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1591 This function returns a new object representing Emacs's current window
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1592 configuration, namely the number of windows, their sizes and current
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1593 buffers, which window is the selected window, and for each window the
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1594 displayed buffer, the display-start position, and the positions of point
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1595 and the mark. An exception is made for point in the current buffer,
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1596 whose value is not saved.
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1597 @end defun
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1598
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1599 @defun set-window-configuration configuration
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1600 This function restores the configuration of Emacs's windows and
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1601 buffers to the state specified by @var{configuration}. The argument
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1602 @var{configuration} must be a value that was previously returned by
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1603 @code{current-window-configuration}.
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1604
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1605 Here is a way of using this function to get the same effect
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1606 as @code{save-window-excursion}:
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1607
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1608 @example
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1609 @group
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1610 (let ((config (current-window-configuration)))
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1611 (unwind-protect
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1612 (progn (split-window-vertically nil)
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1613 @dots{})
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1614 (set-window-configuration config)))
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1615 @end group
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1616 @end example
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1617 @end defun
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1618
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1619 @defspec save-window-excursion forms@dots{}
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1620 This special form records the window configuration, executes @var{forms}
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1621 in sequence, then restores the earlier window configuration. The window
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1622 configuration includes the value of point and the portion of the buffer
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1623 that is visible. It also includes the choice of selected window.
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1624 However, it does not include the value of point in the current buffer;
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1625 use @code{save-excursion} if you wish to preserve that.
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1626
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1627 The return value is the value of the final form in @var{forms}.
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1628 For example:
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1629
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1630 @example
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1631 @group
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1632 (split-window)
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1633 @result{} #<window 25 on control.texi>
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1634 @end group
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1635 @group
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1636 (setq w (selected-window))
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1637 @result{} #<window 19 on control.texi>
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1638 @end group
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1639 @group
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1640 (save-window-excursion
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1641 (delete-other-windows w)
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1642 (switch-to-buffer "foo")
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1643 'do-something)
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1644 @result{} do-something
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1645 ;; @r{The screen is now split again.}
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1646 @end group
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1647 @end example
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1648 @end defspec
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1650 @defun window-configuration-p object
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1651 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a window configuration.
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1652 @end defun
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1653
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1654 Primitives to look inside of window configurations would make sense,
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