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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, 1995, 1998, 1999
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4 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @setfilename ../info/windows
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7 @node Windows, Frames, Buffers, Top
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8 @chapter Windows
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9
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10 This chapter describes most of the functions and variables related to
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11 Emacs windows. See @ref{Display}, for information on how text is
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12 displayed in windows.
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14 @menu
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15 * Basic Windows:: Basic information on using windows.
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16 * Splitting Windows:: Splitting one window into two windows.
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17 * Deleting Windows:: Deleting a window gives its space to other windows.
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18 * Selecting Windows:: The selected window is the one that you edit in.
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19 * Cyclic Window Ordering:: Moving around the existing windows.
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20 * Buffers and Windows:: Each window displays the contents of a buffer.
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21 * Displaying Buffers:: Higher-lever functions for displaying a buffer
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22 and choosing a window for it.
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23 * Choosing Window:: How to choose a window for displaying a buffer.
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24 * Window Point:: Each window has its own location of point.
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25 * Window Start:: The display-start position controls which text
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26 is on-screen in the window.
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27 * Textual Scrolling:: Moving text up and down through the window.
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28 * Vertical Scrolling:: Moving the contents up and down on the window.
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29 * Horizontal Scrolling:: Moving the contents sideways on the window.
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30 * Size of Window:: Accessing the size of a window.
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31 * Resizing Windows:: Changing the size of a window.
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32 * Coordinates and Windows:: Converting coordinates to windows.
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33 * Window Configurations:: Saving and restoring the state of the screen.
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34 * Window Hooks:: Hooks for scrolling, window size changes,
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35 redisplay going past a certain point,
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36 or window configuration changes.
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37 @end menu
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39 @node Basic Windows
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40 @section Basic Concepts of Emacs Windows
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41 @cindex window
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42 @cindex selected window
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44 A @dfn{window} in Emacs is the physical area of the screen in which a
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45 buffer is displayed. The term is also used to refer to a Lisp object that
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46 represents that screen area in Emacs Lisp. It should be
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47 clear from the context which is meant.
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49 Emacs groups windows into frames. A frame represents an area of
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50 screen available for Emacs to use. Each frame always contains at least
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51 one window, but you can subdivide it vertically or horizontally into
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52 multiple nonoverlapping Emacs windows.
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57 selected within that frame is @dfn{the selected window}. The selected
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58 window's buffer is usually the current buffer (except when
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59 @code{set-buffer} has been used). @xref{Current Buffer}.
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61 For practical purposes, a window exists only while it is displayed in
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62 a frame. Once removed from the frame, the window is effectively deleted
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63 and should not be used, @emph{even though there may still be references
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64 to it} from other Lisp objects. Restoring a saved window configuration
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65 is the only way for a window no longer on the screen to come back to
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66 life. (@xref{Deleting Windows}.)
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68 Each window has the following attributes:
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70 @itemize @bullet
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71 @item
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72 containing frame
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81 window edges with respect to the screen or frame
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99 how recently the window was selected
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100 @end itemize
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102 @cindex multiple windows
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103 Users create multiple windows so they can look at several buffers at
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104 once. Lisp libraries use multiple windows for a variety of reasons, but
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105 most often to display related information. In Rmail, for example, you
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106 can move through a summary buffer in one window while the other window
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107 shows messages one at a time as they are reached.
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109 The meaning of ``window'' in Emacs is similar to what it means in the
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110 context of general-purpose window systems such as X, but not identical.
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111 The X Window System places X windows on the screen; Emacs uses one or
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112 more X windows as frames, and subdivides them into
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113 Emacs windows. When you use Emacs on a character-only terminal, Emacs
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114 treats the whole terminal screen as one frame.
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116 @cindex terminal screen
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117 @cindex screen of terminal
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118 @cindex tiled windows
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119 Most window systems support arbitrarily located overlapping windows.
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120 In contrast, Emacs windows are @dfn{tiled}; they never overlap, and
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121 together they fill the whole screen or frame. Because of the way in
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122 which Emacs creates new windows and resizes them, not all conceivable
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123 tilings of windows on an Emacs frame are actually possible.
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124 @xref{Splitting Windows}, and @ref{Size of Window}.
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126 @xref{Display}, for information on how the contents of the
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127 window's buffer are displayed in the window.
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129 @defun windowp object
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130 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a window.
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131 @end defun
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133 @node Splitting Windows
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134 @section Splitting Windows
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135 @cindex splitting windows
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136 @cindex window splitting
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138 The functions described here are the primitives used to split a window
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139 into two windows. Two higher level functions sometimes split a window,
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140 but not always: @code{pop-to-buffer} and @code{display-buffer}
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141 (@pxref{Displaying Buffers}).
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143 The functions described here do not accept a buffer as an argument.
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144 The two ``halves'' of the split window initially display the same buffer
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145 previously visible in the window that was split.
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147 @deffn Command split-window &optional window size horizontal
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148 This function splits @var{window} into two windows. The original
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149 window @var{window} remains the selected window, but occupies only
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150 part of its former screen area. The rest is occupied by a newly created
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151 window which is returned as the value of this function.
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153 If @var{horizontal} is non-@code{nil}, then @var{window} splits into
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190 @result{} (0 15 80 50) ; @r{Bottom window;}
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232 @result{} (0 15 80 50) ; @r{Bottom window unchanged}
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260 @deffn Command split-window-vertically &optional size
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284 (setq size (+ (window-width) size)))
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332 adjacent sibling.
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336 This function returns @code{nil} if @var{window} is deleted, and
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344 This function removes @var{window} from display, and returns @code{nil}.
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345 If @var{window} is omitted, then the selected window is deleted. An
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346 error is signaled if there is only one window when @code{delete-window}
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351 This function makes @var{window} the only window on its frame, by
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355 The return value is @code{nil}.
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359 This function deletes all windows showing @var{buffer}. If there are
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370 The argument @var{frame} controls which frames to operate on. This
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377 @item
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378 If it is @code{nil}, operate on all frames.
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379 @item
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380 If it is @code{t}, operate on the selected frame.
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381 @item
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382 If it is @code{visible}, operate on all visible frames.
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383 @item
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384 If it is 0, operate on all visible or iconified frames.
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385 @item
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386 If it is a frame, operate on that frame.
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387 @end itemize
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389 This function always returns @code{nil}.
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390 @end deffn
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393 @section Selecting Windows
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394 @cindex selecting windows
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395
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396 When a window is selected, the buffer in the window becomes the current
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397 buffer, and the cursor will appear in it.
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399 @defun selected-window
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400 This function returns the selected window. This is the window in
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401 which the cursor appears and to which many commands apply.
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402 @end defun
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404 @defun select-window window
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405 This function makes @var{window} the selected window. The cursor then
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407 @var{window} is immediately designated the current buffer.
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409 The return value is @var{window}.
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412 @group
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413 (setq w (next-window))
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415 @result{} #<window 65 on windows.texi>
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416 @end group
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417 @end example
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418 @end defun
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420 @defmac save-selected-window forms@dots{}
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421 This macro records the selected window, executes @var{forms}
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424 This macro does not save or restore anything about the sizes, arrangement
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425 or contents of windows; therefore, if the @var{forms} change them,
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426 the change persists.
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428 Each frame, at any time, has a window selected within the frame. This
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429 macro saves only @emph{the} selected window; it does not save anything
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431 alter the window selected within it, the change persists.
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432 @end defmac
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435 The following functions choose one of the windows on the screen,
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438 @defun get-lru-window &optional frame
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439 This function returns the window least recently ``used'' (that is,
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442 The selected window can be the least recently used window if it is the
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444 window until it is selected. A minibuffer window is never a candidate.
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448 @itemize @bullet
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449 @item
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450 If it is @code{nil}, consider windows on the selected frame.
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451 @item
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460 @end defun
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462 @defun get-largest-window &optional frame
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463 This function returns the window with the largest area (height times
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472 consider. See @code{get-lru-window}, above.
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475 @cindex window that satisfies a predicate
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476 @cindex conditional selection of windows
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485 The optional arguments @var{minibuf} and @var{all-frames} specify the
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491 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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492 @section Cyclic Ordering of Windows
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493 @cindex cyclic ordering of windows
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494 @cindex ordering of windows, cyclic
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514 @defun next-window &optional window minibuf all-frames
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515 @cindex minibuffer window
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518 if typed when @var{window} is selected. If @var{window} is the only
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522 The value of the argument @var{minibuf} determines whether the
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528 If @var{minibuf} is @code{t}, then the cyclic ordering includes the
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531 If @var{minibuf} is neither @code{t} nor @code{nil}, then the minibuffer
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534 The argument @var{all-frames} specifies which frames to consider. Here
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537 @table @asis
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538 @item @code{nil}
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542 @item @code{t}
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545 @item @code{visible}
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553 Consider precisely the windows in @var{window}'s frame, and no others.
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556 This example assumes there are two windows, both displaying the
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559 @example
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560 @group
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562 @result{} #<window 56 on windows.texi>
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565 (next-window (selected-window))
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566 @result{} #<window 52 on windows.texi>
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570 @result{} #<window 56 on windows.texi>
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571 @end group
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572 @end example
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573 @end defun
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575 @defun previous-window &optional window minibuf all-frames
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576 This function returns the window preceding @var{window} in the cyclic
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578 include in the cycle, as in @code{next-window}.
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579 @end defun
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580
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591 @end deffn
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593 @c Emacs 19 feature
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594 @defun walk-windows proc &optional minibuf all-frames
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595 This function cycles through all windows, calling @code{proc}
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598 The optional arguments @var{minibuf} and @var{all-frames} specify the
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599 set of windows to include in the scan. See @code{next-window}, above,
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601 @end defun
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603 @defun window-list &optional frame minibuf window
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604 This function returns a list of the windows on @var{frame}, starting
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619 @section Buffers and Windows
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620 @cindex examining windows
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621 @cindex windows, controlling precisely
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622 @cindex buffers, controlled in windows
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624 This section describes low-level functions to examine windows or to
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626 @iftex
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643 @example
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644 @group
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645 (set-window-buffer (selected-window) "foo")
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646 @result{} nil
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647 @end group
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648 @end example
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649 @end defun
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650
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651 @defun window-buffer &optional window
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652 This function returns the buffer that @var{window} is displaying. If
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653 @var{window} is omitted, this function returns the buffer for the
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654 selected window.
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655
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656 @example
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657 @group
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658 (window-buffer)
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659 @result{} #<buffer windows.texi>
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660 @end group
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661 @end example
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662 @end defun
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663
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664 @defun get-buffer-window buffer-or-name &optional all-frames
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665 This function returns a window currently displaying
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666 @var{buffer-or-name}, or @code{nil} if there is none. If there are
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667 several such windows, then the function returns the first one in the
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668 cyclic ordering of windows, starting from the selected window.
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669 @xref{Cyclic Window Ordering}.
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670
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671 The argument @var{all-frames} controls which windows to consider.
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672
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673 @itemize @bullet
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674 @item
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675 If it is @code{nil}, consider windows on the selected frame.
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676 @item
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677 If it is @code{t}, consider windows on all frames.
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678 @item
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679 If it is @code{visible}, consider windows on all visible frames.
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680 @item
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681 If it is 0, consider windows on all visible or iconified frames.
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682 @item
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683 If it is a frame, consider windows on that frame.
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684 @end itemize
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685 @end defun
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686
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687 @defun get-buffer-window-list buffer-or-name &optional minibuf all-frames
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688 This function returns a list of all the windows currently displaying
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689 @var{buffer-or-name}.
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690
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691 The two optional arguments work like the optional arguments of
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692 @code{next-window} (@pxref{Cyclic Window Ordering}); they are @emph{not}
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693 like the single optional argument of @code{get-buffer-window}. Perhaps
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694 we should change @code{get-buffer-window} in the future to make it
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695 compatible with the other functions.
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696
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697 The argument @var{all-frames} controls which windows to consider.
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698
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699 @itemize @bullet
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700 @item
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701 If it is @code{nil}, consider windows on the selected frame.
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702 @item
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703 If it is @code{t}, consider windows on all frames.
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704 @item
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705 If it is @code{visible}, consider windows on all visible frames.
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706 @item
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707 If it is 0, consider windows on all visible or iconified frames.
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708 @item
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709 If it is a frame, consider windows on that frame.
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710 @end itemize
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711 @end defun
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712
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713 @defvar buffer-display-time
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714 This variable records the time at which a buffer was last made visible
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715 in a window. It is always local in each buffer; each time
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716 @code{set-window-buffer} is called, it sets this variable to
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717 @code{(current-time)} in the specified buffer (@pxref{Time of Day}).
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718 When a buffer is first created, @code{buffer-display-time} starts out
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719 with the value @code{nil}.
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720 @end defvar
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721
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722 @node Displaying Buffers
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723 @section Displaying Buffers in Windows
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724 @cindex switching to a buffer
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725 @cindex displaying a buffer
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726
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727 In this section we describe convenient functions that choose a window
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728 automatically and use it to display a specified buffer. These functions
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729 can also split an existing window in certain circumstances. We also
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730 describe variables that parameterize the heuristics used for choosing a
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731 window.
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732 @iftex
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733 See the preceding section for
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734 @end iftex
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735 @ifnottex
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736 @xref{Buffers and Windows}, for
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737 @end ifnottex
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738 low-level functions that give you more precise control. All of these
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739 functions work by calling @code{set-window-buffer}.
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741 Do not use the functions in this section in order to make a buffer
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742 current so that a Lisp program can access or modify it; they are too
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743 drastic for that purpose, since they change the display of buffers in
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744 windows, which would be gratuitous and surprise the user. Instead, use
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745 @code{set-buffer} and @code{save-current-buffer} (@pxref{Current
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746 Buffer}), which designate buffers as current for programmed access
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747 without affecting the display of buffers in windows.
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748
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749 @deffn Command switch-to-buffer buffer-or-name &optional norecord
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750 This function makes @var{buffer-or-name} the current buffer, and also
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751 displays the buffer in the selected window. This means that a human can
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752 see the buffer and subsequent keyboard commands will apply to it.
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753 Contrast this with @code{set-buffer}, which makes @var{buffer-or-name}
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754 the current buffer but does not display it in the selected window.
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755 @xref{Current Buffer}.
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756
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757 If @var{buffer-or-name} does not identify an existing buffer, then a new
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758 buffer by that name is created. The major mode for the new buffer is
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759 set according to the variable @code{default-major-mode}. @xref{Auto
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760 Major Mode}.
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761
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762 Normally the specified buffer is put at the front of the buffer list
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763 (both the selected frame's buffer list and the frame-independent buffer
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764 list). This affects the operation of @code{other-buffer}. However, if
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765 @var{norecord} is non-@code{nil}, this is not done. @xref{The Buffer
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766 List}.
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768 The @code{switch-to-buffer} function is often used interactively, as
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769 the binding of @kbd{C-x b}. It is also used frequently in programs. It
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770 always returns @code{nil}.
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771 @end deffn
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772
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773 @deffn Command switch-to-buffer-other-window buffer-or-name &optional norecord
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774 This function makes @var{buffer-or-name} the current buffer and
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775 displays it in a window not currently selected. It then selects that
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776 window. The handling of the buffer is the same as in
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777 @code{switch-to-buffer}.
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778
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779 The currently selected window is absolutely never used to do the job.
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780 If it is the only window, then it is split to make a distinct window for
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781 this purpose. If the selected window is already displaying the buffer,
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782 then it continues to do so, but another window is nonetheless found to
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783 display it in as well.
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784
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785 This function updates the buffer list just like @code{switch-to-buffer}
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786 unless @var{norecord} is non-@code{nil}.
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787 @end deffn
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788
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789 @defun pop-to-buffer buffer-or-name &optional other-window norecord
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790 This function makes @var{buffer-or-name} the current buffer and
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791 switches to it in some window, preferably not the window previously
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792 selected. The ``popped-to'' window becomes the selected window within
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793 its frame.
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795 If the variable @code{pop-up-frames} is non-@code{nil},
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796 @code{pop-to-buffer} looks for a window in any visible frame already
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798 it be selected within its frame. If there is none, it creates a new
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799 frame and displays the buffer in it.
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801 If @code{pop-up-frames} is @code{nil}, then @code{pop-to-buffer}
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803 just a minibuffer, @code{pop-to-buffer} operates within the most
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804 recently selected frame that was not just a minibuffer.)
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805
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806 If the variable @code{pop-up-windows} is non-@code{nil}, windows may
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807 be split to create a new window that is different from the original
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808 window. For details, see @ref{Choosing Window}.
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809
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810 If @var{other-window} is non-@code{nil}, @code{pop-to-buffer} finds or
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811 creates another window even if @var{buffer-or-name} is already visible
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813 displayed in two windows. On the other hand, if @var{buffer-or-name} is
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814 already displayed in the selected window and @var{other-window} is
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815 @code{nil}, then the selected window is considered sufficient display
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817
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818 All the variables that affect @code{display-buffer} affect
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819 @code{pop-to-buffer} as well. @xref{Choosing Window}.
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820
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821 If @var{buffer-or-name} is a string that does not name an existing
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822 buffer, a buffer by that name is created. The major mode for the new
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823 buffer is set according to the variable @code{default-major-mode}.
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824 @xref{Auto Major Mode}.
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825
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826 This function updates the buffer list just like @code{switch-to-buffer}
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827 unless @var{norecord} is non-@code{nil}.
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828 @end defun
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829
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830 @deffn Command replace-buffer-in-windows buffer
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831 This function replaces @var{buffer} with some other buffer in all
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832 windows displaying it. The other buffer used is chosen with
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833 @code{other-buffer}. In the usual applications of this function, you
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834 don't care which other buffer is used; you just want to make sure that
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835 @var{buffer} is no longer displayed.
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836
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837 This function returns @code{nil}.
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838 @end deffn
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839
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840 @node Choosing Window
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841 @section Choosing a Window for Display
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842
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843 This section describes the basic facility that chooses a window to
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844 display a buffer in---@code{display-buffer}. All the higher-level
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845 functions and commands use this subroutine. Here we describe how to use
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846 @code{display-buffer} and how to customize it.
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847
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848 @deffn Command display-buffer buffer-or-name &optional not-this-window frame
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849 This command makes @var{buffer-or-name} appear in some window, like
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850 @code{pop-to-buffer}, but it does not select that window and does not
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851 make the buffer current. The identity of the selected window is
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852 unaltered by this function.
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853
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854 If @var{not-this-window} is non-@code{nil}, it means to display the
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855 specified buffer in a window other than the selected one, even if it is
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856 already on display in the selected window. This can cause the buffer to
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857 appear in two windows at once. Otherwise, if @var{buffer-or-name} is
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858 already being displayed in any window, that is good enough, so this
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859 function does nothing.
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860
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861 @code{display-buffer} returns the window chosen to display
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862 @var{buffer-or-name}.
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863
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864 If the argument @var{frame} is non-@code{nil}, it specifies which frames
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865 to check when deciding whether the buffer is already displayed. If the
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866 buffer is already displayed in some window on one of these frames,
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867 @code{display-buffer} simply returns that window. Here are the possible
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868 values of @var{frame}:
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869
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870 @itemize @bullet
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871 @item
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872 If it is @code{nil}, consider windows on the selected frame.
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873 @item
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874 If it is @code{t}, consider windows on all frames.
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875 @item
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876 If it is @code{visible}, consider windows on all visible frames.
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877 @item
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878 If it is 0, consider windows on all visible or iconified frames.
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879 @item
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880 If it is a frame, consider windows on that frame.
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881 @end itemize
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882
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883 Precisely how @code{display-buffer} finds or creates a window depends on
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884 the variables described below.
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885 @end deffn
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886
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887 @defopt display-buffer-reuse-frames
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888 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, @code{display-buffer} searches
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889 existing frames for a window displaying the buffer. If the buffer is
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890 already displayed in a window in some frame, @code{display-buffer} makes
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891 the frame visible and raises it, to use that window. If the buffer is
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892 not already displayed, or if @code{display-buffer-reuse-frames} is
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893 @code{nil}, @code{display-buffer}'s behavior is determined by other
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894 variables, described below.
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895 @end defopt
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896
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897 @defopt pop-up-windows
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898 This variable controls whether @code{display-buffer} makes new windows.
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899 If it is non-@code{nil} and there is only one window, then that window
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900 is split. If it is @code{nil}, then @code{display-buffer} does not
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901 split the single window, but uses it whole.
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902 @end defopt
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903
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904 @defopt split-height-threshold
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905 This variable determines when @code{display-buffer} may split a window,
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906 if there are multiple windows. @code{display-buffer} always splits the
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907 largest window if it has at least this many lines. If the largest
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908 window is not this tall, it is split only if it is the sole window and
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909 @code{pop-up-windows} is non-@code{nil}.
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910 @end defopt
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911
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912 @defopt even-window-heights
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913 This variable determines if @code{display-buffer} should even out window
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914 heights if the buffer gets displayed in an existing window, above or
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915 beneath another existing window. If @code{even-window-heights} is
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916 @code{t}, the default, window heights will be evened out. If
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917 @code{even-window-heights} is @code{nil}, the orginal window heights
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918 will be left alone.
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919 @end defopt
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920
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921 @c Emacs 19 feature
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922 @defopt pop-up-frames
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923 This variable controls whether @code{display-buffer} makes new frames.
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924 If it is non-@code{nil}, @code{display-buffer} looks for an existing
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925 window already displaying the desired buffer, on any visible frame. If
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926 it finds one, it returns that window. Otherwise it makes a new frame.
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927 The variables @code{pop-up-windows} and @code{split-height-threshold} do
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928 not matter if @code{pop-up-frames} is non-@code{nil}.
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929
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930 If @code{pop-up-frames} is @code{nil}, then @code{display-buffer} either
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931 splits a window or reuses one.
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932
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933 @xref{Frames}, for more information.
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934 @end defopt
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936 @c Emacs 19 feature
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937 @defvar pop-up-frame-function
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938 This variable specifies how to make a new frame if @code{pop-up-frames}
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939 is non-@code{nil}.
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941 Its value should be a function of no arguments. When
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942 @code{display-buffer} makes a new frame, it does so by calling that
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943 function, which should return a frame. The default value of the
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944 variable is a function that creates a frame using parameters from
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945 @code{pop-up-frame-alist}.
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946 @end defvar
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947
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948 @defopt pop-up-frame-alist
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949 This variable holds an alist specifying frame parameters used when
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950 @code{display-buffer} makes a new frame. @xref{Frame Parameters}, for
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951 more information about frame parameters.
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952 @end defopt
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953
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954 @defopt special-display-buffer-names
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955 A list of buffer names for buffers that should be displayed specially.
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956 If the buffer's name is in this list, @code{display-buffer} handles the
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957 buffer specially.
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958
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959 By default, special display means to give the buffer a dedicated frame.
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960
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961 If an element is a list, instead of a string, then the @sc{car} of the
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962 list is the buffer name, and the rest of the list says how to create the
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963 frame. There are two possibilities for the rest of the list. It can be
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964 an alist, specifying frame parameters, or it can contain a function and
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965 arguments to give to it. (The function's first argument is always the
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966 buffer to be displayed; the arguments from the list come after that.)
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967 @end defopt
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968
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969 @defopt special-display-regexps
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970 A list of regular expressions that specify buffers that should be
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971 displayed specially. If the buffer's name matches any of the regular
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972 expressions in this list, @code{display-buffer} handles the buffer
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973 specially.
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974
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975 By default, special display means to give the buffer a dedicated frame.
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976
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977 If an element is a list, instead of a string, then the @sc{car} of the
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978 list is the regular expression, and the rest of the list says how to
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979 create the frame. See above, under @code{special-display-buffer-names}.
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980 @end defopt
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981
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982 @defvar special-display-function
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983 This variable holds the function to call to display a buffer specially.
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984 It receives the buffer as an argument, and should return the window in
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985 which it is displayed.
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986
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987 The default value of this variable is
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988 @code{special-display-popup-frame}.
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989 @end defvar
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990
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991 @defun special-display-popup-frame buffer &rest args
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992 This function makes @var{buffer} visible in a frame of its own. If
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993 @var{buffer} is already displayed in a window in some frame, it makes
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994 the frame visible and raises it, to use that window. Otherwise, it
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995 creates a frame that will be dedicated to @var{buffer}.
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996
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997 If @var{args} is an alist, it specifies frame parameters for the new
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998 frame.
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999
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1000 If @var{args} is a list whose @sc{car} is a symbol, then @code{(car
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1001 @var{args})} is called as a function to actually create and set up the
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1002 frame; it is called with @var{buffer} as first argument, and @code{(cdr
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1003 @var{args})} as additional arguments.
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1004
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1005 This function always uses an existing window displaying @var{buffer},
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1006 whether or not it is in a frame of its own; but if you set up the above
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1007 variables in your init file, before @var{buffer} was created, then
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1008 presumably the window was previously made by this function.
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1009 @end defun
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1010
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1011 @defopt special-display-frame-alist
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1012 This variable holds frame parameters for
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1013 @code{special-display-popup-frame} to use when it creates a frame.
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1014 @end defopt
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1015
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1016 @defopt same-window-buffer-names
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1017 A list of buffer names for buffers that should be displayed in the
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1018 selected window. If the buffer's name is in this list,
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1019 @code{display-buffer} handles the buffer by switching to it in the
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1020 selected window.
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1021 @end defopt
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1022
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1023 @defopt same-window-regexps
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1024 A list of regular expressions that specify buffers that should be
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1025 displayed in the selected window. If the buffer's name matches any of
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1026 the regular expressions in this list, @code{display-buffer} handles the
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1027 buffer by switching to it in the selected window.
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1028 @end defopt
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1029
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1030 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1031 @defvar display-buffer-function
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1032 This variable is the most flexible way to customize the behavior of
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1033 @code{display-buffer}. If it is non-@code{nil}, it should be a function
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1034 that @code{display-buffer} calls to do the work. The function should
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1035 accept two arguments, the same two arguments that @code{display-buffer}
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1036 received. It should choose or create a window, display the specified
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1037 buffer, and then return the window.
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1038
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1039 This hook takes precedence over all the other options and hooks
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1040 described above.
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1041 @end defvar
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1042
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1043 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1044 @cindex dedicated window
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1045 A window can be marked as ``dedicated'' to its buffer. Then
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1046 @code{display-buffer} will not try to use that window to display any
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1047 other buffer.
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1048
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1049 @defun window-dedicated-p window
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1050 This function returns @code{t} if @var{window} is marked as dedicated;
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1051 otherwise @code{nil}.
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1052 @end defun
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1054 @defun set-window-dedicated-p window flag
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1055 This function marks @var{window} as dedicated if @var{flag} is
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1056 non-@code{nil}, and nondedicated otherwise.
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1057 @end defun
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1058
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1059 @node Window Point
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1060 @section Windows and Point
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1061 @cindex window position
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1062 @cindex window point
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1063 @cindex position in window
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1064 @cindex point in window
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1065
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1066 Each window has its own value of point, independent of the value of
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1067 point in other windows displaying the same buffer. This makes it useful
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1068 to have multiple windows showing one buffer.
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1069
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1070 @itemize @bullet
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1071 @item
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1072 The window point is established when a window is first created; it is
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1073 initialized from the buffer's point, or from the window point of another
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1074 window opened on the buffer if such a window exists.
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1076 @item
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1077 Selecting a window sets the value of point in its buffer from the
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1078 window's value of point. Conversely, deselecting a window sets the
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1079 window's value of point from that of the buffer. Thus, when you switch
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1080 between windows that display a given buffer, the point value for the
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1081 selected window is in effect in the buffer, while the point values for
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1082 the other windows are stored in those windows.
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1084 @item
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1085 As long as the selected window displays the current buffer, the window's
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1086 point and the buffer's point always move together; they remain equal.
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1088 @item
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1089 @xref{Positions}, for more details on buffer positions.
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1090 @end itemize
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1092 As far as the user is concerned, point is where the cursor is, and
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1093 when the user switches to another buffer, the cursor jumps to the
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1094 position of point in that buffer.
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1095
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1096 @defun window-point &optional window
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1097 This function returns the current position of point in @var{window}.
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1098 For a nonselected window, this is the value point would have (in that
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1099 window's buffer) if that window were selected. If @var{window} is
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1100 @code{nil}, the selected window is used.
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1102 When @var{window} is the selected window and its buffer is also the
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1103 current buffer, the value returned is the same as point in that buffer.
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1105 Strictly speaking, it would be more correct to return the
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1106 ``top-level'' value of point, outside of any @code{save-excursion}
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1107 forms. But that value is hard to find.
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1108 @end defun
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1109
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1110 @defun set-window-point window position
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1111 This function positions point in @var{window} at position
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1112 @var{position} in @var{window}'s buffer.
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1113 @end defun
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1114
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1115 @node Window Start
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1116 @section The Window Start Position
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1117
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1118 Each window contains a marker used to keep track of a buffer position
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1119 that specifies where in the buffer display should start. This position
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1120 is called the @dfn{display-start} position of the window (or just the
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1121 @dfn{start}). The character after this position is the one that appears
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1122 at the upper left corner of the window. It is usually, but not
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1123 inevitably, at the beginning of a text line.
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1124
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1125 @defun window-start &optional window
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1126 @cindex window top line
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1127 This function returns the display-start position of window
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1128 @var{window}. If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is
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1129 used. For example,
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1130
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1131 @example
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1132 @group
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1133 (window-start)
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1134 @result{} 7058
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1135 @end group
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1136 @end example
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1137
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1138 When you create a window, or display a different buffer in it, the
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1139 display-start position is set to a display-start position recently used
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1140 for the same buffer, or 1 if the buffer doesn't have any.
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1141
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1142 Redisplay updates the window-start position (if you have not specified
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1143 it explicitly since the previous redisplay)---for example, to make sure
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1144 point appears on the screen. Nothing except redisplay automatically
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1145 changes the window-start position; if you move point, do not expect the
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1146 window-start position to change in response until after the next
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1147 redisplay.
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1148
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1149 For a realistic example of using @code{window-start}, see the
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1150 description of @code{count-lines} in @ref{Text Lines}.
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1151 @end defun
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1152
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1153 @defun window-end &optional window update
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1154 This function returns the position of the end of the display in window
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1155 @var{window}. If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is
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1156 used.
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1157
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1158 Simply changing the buffer text or moving point does not update the
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1159 value that @code{window-end} returns. The value is updated only when
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1160 Emacs redisplays and redisplay completes without being preempted.
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1161
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1162 If the last redisplay of @var{window} was preempted, and did not finish,
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1163 Emacs does not know the position of the end of display in that window.
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1164 In that case, this function returns @code{nil}.
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1165
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1166 If @var{update} is non-@code{nil}, @code{window-end} always returns an
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1167 up-to-date value for where the window ends, based on the current
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1168 @code{window-start} value. If the saved value is valid,
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1169 @code{window-end} returns that; otherwise it computes the correct
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1170 value by scanning the buffer text.
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1171
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1172 Even if @var{update} is non-@code{nil}, @code{window-end} does not
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1173 attempt to scroll the display if point has moved off the screen, the
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1174 way real redisplay would do. It does not alter the
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1175 @code{window-start} value. In effect, it reports where the displayed
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1176 text will end if scrolling is not required.
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1177 @end defun
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1178
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1179 @defun set-window-start window position &optional noforce
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1180 This function sets the display-start position of @var{window} to
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1181 @var{position} in @var{window}'s buffer. It returns @var{position}.
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1182
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1183 The display routines insist that the position of point be visible when a
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1184 buffer is displayed. Normally, they change the display-start position
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1185 (that is, scroll the window) whenever necessary to make point visible.
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1186 However, if you specify the start position with this function using
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1187 @code{nil} for @var{noforce}, it means you want display to start at
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1188 @var{position} even if that would put the location of point off the
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1189 screen. If this does place point off screen, the display routines move
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1190 point to the left margin on the middle line in the window.
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1191
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1192 For example, if point @w{is 1} and you set the start of the window @w{to
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1193 2}, then point would be ``above'' the top of the window. The display
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1194 routines will automatically move point if it is still 1 when redisplay
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1195 occurs. Here is an example:
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1196
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1197 @example
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1198 @group
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1199 ;; @r{Here is what @samp{foo} looks like before executing}
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1200 ;; @r{the @code{set-window-start} expression.}
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1201 @end group
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1202
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1203 @group
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1204 ---------- Buffer: foo ----------
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1205 @point{}This is the contents of buffer foo.
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1206 2
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1207 3
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1208 4
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1209 5
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1210 6
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1211 ---------- Buffer: foo ----------
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1212 @end group
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1213
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1214 @group
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1215 (set-window-start
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1216 (selected-window)
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1217 (1+ (window-start)))
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1218 @result{} 2
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1219 @end group
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1220
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1221 @group
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1222 ;; @r{Here is what @samp{foo} looks like after executing}
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1223 ;; @r{the @code{set-window-start} expression.}
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1224 ---------- Buffer: foo ----------
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1225 his is the contents of buffer foo.
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1226 2
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1227 3
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1228 @point{}4
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1229 5
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1231 ---------- Buffer: foo ----------
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1232 @end group
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1233 @end example
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1234
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1235 If @var{noforce} is non-@code{nil}, and @var{position} would place point
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1236 off screen at the next redisplay, then redisplay computes a new window-start
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1237 position that works well with point, and thus @var{position} is not used.
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1238 @end defun
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1239
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1240 @defun pos-visible-in-window-p &optional position window partially
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1241 This function returns @code{t} if @var{position} is within the range of
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1242 text currently visible on the screen in @var{window}. It returns
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1243 @code{nil} if @var{position} is scrolled vertically or horizontally out
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1244 of view. Locations that are partially obscured are not considered
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1245 visible unless @var{partially} is non-@code{nil}. The argument
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1246 @var{position} defaults to the current position of point in
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1247 @var{window}; @var{window}, to the selected window.
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1248
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1249 Here is an example:
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1251 @example
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1252 @group
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1253 (or (pos-visible-in-window-p
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1254 (point) (selected-window))
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1255 (recenter 0))
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1256 @end group
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1257 @end example
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1258 @end defun
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1259
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1260 @node Textual Scrolling
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1261 @section Textual Scrolling
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1262 @cindex textual scrolling
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1263 @cindex scrolling textually
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1264
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1265 @dfn{Textual scrolling} means moving the text up or down though a
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1266 window. It works by changing the value of the window's display-start
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1267 location. It may also change the value of @code{window-point} to keep
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1268 point on the screen.
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1269
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1270 Textual scrolling was formerly called ``vertical scrolling,'' but we
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1271 changed its name to distinguish it from the new vertical fractional
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1272 scrolling feature (@pxref{Vertical Scrolling}).
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1273
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1274 In the commands @code{scroll-up} and @code{scroll-down}, the directions
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1275 ``up'' and ``down'' refer to the motion of the text in the buffer at which
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1276 you are looking through the window. Imagine that the text is
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1277 written on a long roll of paper and that the scrolling commands move the
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1278 paper up and down. Thus, if you are looking at text in the middle of a
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1279 buffer and repeatedly call @code{scroll-down}, you will eventually see
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1280 the beginning of the buffer.
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1281
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1282 Some people have urged that the opposite convention be used: they
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1283 imagine that the window moves over text that remains in place. Then
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1284 ``down'' commands would take you to the end of the buffer. This view is
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1285 more consistent with the actual relationship between windows and the
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1286 text in the buffer, but it is less like what the user sees. The
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1287 position of a window on the terminal does not move, and short scrolling
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1288 commands clearly move the text up or down on the screen. We have chosen
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1289 names that fit the user's point of view.
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1290
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1291 The textual scrolling functions (aside from
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1292 @code{scroll-other-window}) have unpredictable results if the current
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1293 buffer is different from the buffer that is displayed in the selected
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1294 window. @xref{Current Buffer}.
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1295
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1296 @deffn Command scroll-up &optional count
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1297 This function scrolls the text in the selected window upward
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1298 @var{count} lines. If @var{count} is negative, scrolling is actually
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1299 downward.
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1300
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1301 If @var{count} is @code{nil} (or omitted), then the length of scroll
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1302 is @code{next-screen-context-lines} lines less than the usable height of
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1303 the window (not counting its mode line).
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1304
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1305 @code{scroll-up} returns @code{nil}.
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1306 @end deffn
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1307
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1308 @deffn Command scroll-down &optional count
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1309 This function scrolls the text in the selected window downward
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1310 @var{count} lines. If @var{count} is negative, scrolling is actually
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1311 upward.
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1312
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1313 If @var{count} is omitted or @code{nil}, then the length of the scroll
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1314 is @code{next-screen-context-lines} lines less than the usable height of
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1315 the window (not counting its mode line).
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1316
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1317 @code{scroll-down} returns @code{nil}.
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1318 @end deffn
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1319
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1320 @deffn Command scroll-other-window &optional count
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1321 This function scrolls the text in another window upward @var{count}
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1322 lines. Negative values of @var{count}, or @code{nil}, are handled
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1323 as in @code{scroll-up}.
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1324
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1325 You can specify which buffer to scroll by setting the variable
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1326 @code{other-window-scroll-buffer} to a buffer. If that buffer isn't
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1327 already displayed, @code{scroll-other-window} displays it in some
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1328 window.
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1329
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1330 When the selected window is the minibuffer, the next window is normally
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1331 the one at the top left corner. You can specify a different window to
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1332 scroll, when the minibuffer is selected, by setting the variable
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1333 @code{minibuffer-scroll-window}. This variable has no effect when any
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1334 other window is selected. @xref{Minibuffer Misc}.
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1335
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1336 When the minibuffer is active, it is the next window if the selected
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1337 window is the one at the bottom right corner. In this case,
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1338 @code{scroll-other-window} attempts to scroll the minibuffer. If the
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1339 minibuffer contains just one line, it has nowhere to scroll to, so the
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1340 line reappears after the echo area momentarily displays the message
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1341 ``Beginning of buffer''.
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1342 @end deffn
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1343
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1344 @c Emacs 19 feature
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1345 @defvar other-window-scroll-buffer
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1346 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it tells @code{scroll-other-window}
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1347 which buffer to scroll.
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1348 @end defvar
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1349
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1350 @defopt scroll-margin
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1351 This option specifies the size of the scroll margin---a minimum number
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1352 of lines between point and the top or bottom of a window. Whenever
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1353 point gets within this many lines of the top or bottom of the window,
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1354 the window scrolls automatically (if possible) to move point out of the
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1355 margin, closer to the center of the window.
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1356 @end defopt
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1357
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1358 @defopt scroll-conservatively
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1359 This variable controls how scrolling is done automatically when point
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1360 moves off the screen (or into the scroll margin). If the value is zero,
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1361 then redisplay scrolls the text to center point vertically in the
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1362 window. If the value is a positive integer @var{n}, then redisplay
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1363 scrolls the window up to @var{n} lines in either direction, if that will
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1364 bring point back into view. Otherwise, it centers point. The default
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1365 value is zero.
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1366
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1367 A value of @code{nil} is equivalent to .5, since it centers point. This
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1368 variable automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.
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1369 @end defopt
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1370
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1371 @defopt scroll-up-aggressively
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1372 @tindex scroll-up-aggressively
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1373 The value of this variable should be either @code{nil} or a fraction
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1374 @var{f} between 0 and 1. If it is a fraction, that specifies where on
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1375 the screen to put point when scrolling upward. More precisely, when a
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1376 window scrolls up because point is above the window start, the new start
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1377 position is chosen to put point @var{f} part of the window height from
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1378 the top. The larger @var{f}, the more aggressive the scrolling.
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1379
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1380 A value of @code{nil} is equivalent to .5, since its effect is to center
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1381 point. This variable automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any
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1382 fashion.
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1383 @end defopt
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1384
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1385 @defopt scroll-down-aggressively
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1386 @tindex scroll-down-aggressively
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1387 Likewise, for scrolling down. The value, @var{f}, specifies how far
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1388 point should be placed from the bottom of the window; thus, as with
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1389 @code{scroll-up-aggressively}, a larger value scrolls more aggressively.
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1390 @end defopt
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1391
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1392 @defopt scroll-step
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1393 This variable is an older variant of @code{scroll-conservatively}. The
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1394 difference is that it if its value is @var{n}, that permits scrolling
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1395 only by precisely @var{n} lines, not a smaller number. This feature
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1396 does not work with @code{scroll-margin}. The default value is zero.
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1397 @end defopt
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1398
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1399 @defopt scroll-preserve-screen-position
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1400 If this option is non-@code{nil}, the scroll functions move point so
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1401 that the vertical position of the cursor is unchanged, when that is
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1402 possible.
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1403 @end defopt
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1405 @defopt next-screen-context-lines
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1406 The value of this variable is the number of lines of continuity to
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1407 retain when scrolling by full screens. For example, @code{scroll-up}
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1408 with an argument of @code{nil} scrolls so that this many lines at the
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1409 bottom of the window appear instead at the top. The default value is
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1410 @code{2}.
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1411 @end defopt
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1412
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1413 @deffn Command recenter &optional count
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1414 @cindex centering point
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1415 This function scrolls the selected window to put the text where point
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1418 If @var{count} is a nonnegative number, it puts the line containing
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1419 point @var{count} lines down from the top of the window. If @var{count}
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1420 is a negative number, then it counts upward from the bottom of the
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1421 window, so that @minus{}1 stands for the last usable line in the window.
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1422 If @var{count} is a non-@code{nil} list, then it stands for the line in
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1423 the middle of the window.
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1424
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1425 If @var{count} is @code{nil}, @code{recenter} puts the line containing
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1426 point in the middle of the window, then clears and redisplays the entire
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1427 selected frame.
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1428
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1429 When @code{recenter} is called interactively, @var{count} is the raw
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1430 prefix argument. Thus, typing @kbd{C-u} as the prefix sets the
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1431 @var{count} to a non-@code{nil} list, while typing @kbd{C-u 4} sets
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1432 @var{count} to 4, which positions the current line four lines from the
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1433 top.
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1434
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1435 With an argument of zero, @code{recenter} positions the current line at
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1436 the top of the window. This action is so handy that some people make a
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1437 separate key binding to do this. For example,
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1438
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1439 @example
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1440 @group
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1441 (defun line-to-top-of-window ()
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1442 "Scroll current line to top of window.
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1443 Replaces three keystroke sequence C-u 0 C-l."
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1444 (interactive)
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1445 (recenter 0))
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1446
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1447 (global-set-key [kp-multiply] 'line-to-top-of-window)
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1448 @end group
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1449 @end example
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1450 @end deffn
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1451
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1452 @node Vertical Scrolling
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1453 @section Vertical Fractional Scrolling
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1454 @cindex Vertical Fractional Scrolling
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1455
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1456 @dfn{Vertical fractional scrolling} means shifting the image in the
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1457 window up or down by a specified multiple or fraction of a line.
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1458 Starting in Emacs 21, each window has a @dfn{vertical scroll position},
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1459 which is a number, never less than zero. It specifies how far to raise
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1460 the contents of the window. Raising the window contents generally makes
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1461 all or part of some lines disappear off the top, and all or part of some
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1462 other lines appear at the bottom. The usual value is zero.
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1463
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1464 The vertical scroll position is measured in units of the normal line
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1465 height, which is the height of the default font. Thus, if the value is
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1466 .5, that means the window contents are scrolled up half the normal line
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1467 height. If it is 3.3, that means the window contents are scrolled up
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1468 somewhat over three times the normal line height.
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1469
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1470 What fraction of a line the vertical scrolling covers, or how many
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1471 lines, depends on what the lines contain. A value of .5 could scroll a
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1472 line whose height is very short off the screen, while a value of 3.3
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1473 could scroll just part of the way through a tall line or an image.
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1474
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1475 @defun window-vscroll &optional window
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1476 This function returns the current vertical scroll position of
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1477 @var{window}, If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is
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1478 used.
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1479
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1480 @example
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1481 @group
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1482 (window-vscroll)
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1483 @result{} 0
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1484 @end group
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1485 @end example
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1486 @end defun
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1487
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1488 @defun set-window-vscroll window lines
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1489 This function sets @var{window}'s vertical scroll position to
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1490 @var{lines}. The argument @var{lines} should be zero or positive; if
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1491 not, it is taken as zero.
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1492
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1493 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is used.
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1494
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1495 The actual vertical scroll position must always correspond
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1496 to an integral number of pixels, so the value you specify
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1497 is rounded accordingly.
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1498
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1499 The return value is the result of this rounding.
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1500
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1501 @example
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1502 @group
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1503 (set-window-vscroll (selected-window) 1.2)
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1504 @result{} 1.13
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1505 @end group
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1506 @end example
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1507 @end defun
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1508
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1509 @node Horizontal Scrolling
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1510 @section Horizontal Scrolling
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1511 @cindex horizontal scrolling
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1512
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1513 @dfn{Horizontal scrolling} means shifting the image in the window left
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1514 or right by a specified multiple of the normal character width. Each
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1515 window has a @dfn{vertical scroll position}, which is a number, never
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1516 less than zero. It specifies how far to shift the contents left.
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1517 Shifting the window contents left generally makes all or part of some
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1518 characters disappear off the left, and all or part of some other
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1519 characters appear at the right. The usual value is zero.
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1520
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1521 The horizontal scroll position is measured in units of the normal
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1522 character width, which is the width of space in the default font. Thus,
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1523 if the value is 5, that means the window contents are scrolled left by 5
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1524 times the normal character width. How many characters actually
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1525 disappear off to the left depends on their width, and could vary from
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1526 line to line.
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1527
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1528 Because we read from side to side in the ``inner loop'', and from top
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1529 to bottom in the ``outer loop'', the effect of horizontal scrolling is
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1530 not like that of textual or vertical scrolling. Textual scrolling
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1531 involves selection of a portion of text to display, and vertical
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1532 scrolling moves the window contents contiguously; but horizontal
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1533 scrolling causes part of @emph{each line} to go off screen.
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1534
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1535 Usually, no horizontal scrolling is in effect; then the leftmost
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1537 the right is meaningless, since there is no data to the left of the edge
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1538 to be revealed by it; so this is not allowed. Scrolling to the left is
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1539 allowed; it scrolls the first columns of text off the edge of the window
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1540 and can reveal additional columns on the right that were truncated
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1541 before. Once a window has a nonzero amount of leftward horizontal
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1542 scrolling, you can scroll it back to the right, but only so far as to
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1543 reduce the net horizontal scroll to zero. There is no limit to how far
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1544 left you can scroll, but eventually all the text will disappear off the
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1545 left edge.
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1547 @vindex automatic-hscrolling
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1548 In Emacs 21, redisplay automatically alters the horizontal scrolling
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1549 of a window as necessary to ensure that point is always visible, if
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1550 @code{automatic-hscrolling} is set. However, you can still set the
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1551 horizontal scrolling value explicitly. The value you specify serves as
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1552 a lower bound for automatic scrolling, i.e. automatic scrolling
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1553 will not scroll a window to a column less than the specified one.
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1554
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1555 @deffn Command scroll-left &optional count
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1556 This function scrolls the selected window @var{count} columns to the
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1557 left (or to the right if @var{count} is negative). The default
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1558 for @var{count} is the window width, minus 2.
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1559
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1560 The return value is the total amount of leftward horizontal scrolling in
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1561 effect after the change---just like the value returned by
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1562 @code{window-hscroll} (below).
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1563 @end deffn
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1565 @deffn Command scroll-right &optional count
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1566 This function scrolls the selected window @var{count} columns to the
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1567 right (or to the left if @var{count} is negative). The default
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1568 for @var{count} is the window width, minus 2.
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1569
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1570 The return value is the total amount of leftward horizontal scrolling in
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1571 effect after the change---just like the value returned by
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1572 @code{window-hscroll} (below).
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1573
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1574 Once you scroll a window as far right as it can go, back to its normal
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1575 position where the total leftward scrolling is zero, attempts to scroll
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1576 any farther right have no effect.
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1577 @end deffn
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1578
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1579 @defun window-hscroll &optional window
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1580 This function returns the total leftward horizontal scrolling of
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1581 @var{window}---the number of columns by which the text in @var{window}
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1582 is scrolled left past the left margin.
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1583
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1584 The value is never negative. It is zero when no horizontal scrolling
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1586
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1587 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is used.
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1588
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1589 @example
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1590 @group
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1591 (window-hscroll)
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1592 @result{} 0
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1593 @end group
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1594 @group
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1595 (scroll-left 5)
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1596 @result{} 5
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1597 @end group
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1598 @group
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1599 (window-hscroll)
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1600 @result{} 5
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1601 @end group
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1602 @end example
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1603 @end defun
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1604
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1605 @defun set-window-hscroll window columns
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1606 This function sets the number of columns from the left margin that
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1607 @var{window} is scrolled from the value of @var{columns}. The argument
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1608 @var{columns} should be zero or positive; if not, it is taken as zero.
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1609 Fractional values of @var{columns} are not supported at present.
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1611 The value returned is @var{columns}.
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1612
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1613 @example
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1614 @group
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1615 (set-window-hscroll (selected-window) 10)
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1616 @result{} 10
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1617 @end group
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1618 @end example
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1619 @end defun
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1620
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1621 Here is how you can determine whether a given position @var{position}
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1622 is off the screen due to horizontal scrolling:
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1623
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1624 @example
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1625 @group
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1626 (defun hscroll-on-screen (window position)
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1627 (save-excursion
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1628 (goto-char position)
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1629 (and
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1630 (>= (- (current-column) (window-hscroll window)) 0)
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1631 (< (- (current-column) (window-hscroll window))
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1632 (window-width window)))))
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1633 @end group
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1634 @end example
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1635
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1636 @node Size of Window
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1637 @section The Size of a Window
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1638 @cindex window size
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1639 @cindex size of window
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1640
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1641 An Emacs window is rectangular, and its size information consists of
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1642 the height (the number of lines) and the width (the number of character
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1643 positions in each line). The mode line is included in the height. But
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1644 the width does not count the scroll bar or the column of @samp{|}
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1645 characters that separates side-by-side windows.
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1646
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1647 The following three functions return size information about a window:
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1648
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1649 @defun window-height &optional window
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1650 This function returns the number of lines in @var{window}, including its
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1651 mode line. If @var{window} fills its entire frame, this is typically
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1652 one less than the value of @code{frame-height} on that frame (since the
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1653 last line is always reserved for the minibuffer).
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1654
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1655 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the function uses the selected window.
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1656
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1657 @example
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1658 @group
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1659 (window-height)
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1660 @result{} 23
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1661 @end group
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1662 @group
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1663 (split-window-vertically)
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1664 @result{} #<window 4 on windows.texi>
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1665 @end group
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1666 @group
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1667 (window-height)
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1668 @result{} 11
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1669 @end group
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1670 @end example
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1671 @end defun
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1672
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1673 @defun window-width &optional window
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1674 This function returns the number of columns in @var{window}. If
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1675 @var{window} fills its entire frame, this is the same as the value of
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1676 @code{frame-width} on that frame. The width does not include the
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1677 window's scroll bar or the column of @samp{|} characters that separates
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1678 side-by-side windows.
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1679
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1680 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the function uses the selected window.
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1681
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1682 @example
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1683 @group
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1684 (window-width)
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1685 @result{} 80
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1686 @end group
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1687 @end example
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1688 @end defun
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1689
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1690 @defun window-edges &optional window
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1691 This function returns a list of the edge coordinates of @var{window}.
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1692 If @var{window} is @code{nil}, the selected window is used.
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1693
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1694 The order of the list is @code{(@var{left} @var{top} @var{right}
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1695 @var{bottom})}, all elements relative to 0, 0 at the top left corner of
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1696 the frame. The element @var{right} of the value is one more than the
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1697 rightmost column used by @var{window}, and @var{bottom} is one more than
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1698 the bottommost row used by @var{window} and its mode-line.
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1699
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1700 If a window has a scroll bar, the right edge value includes the width of
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1701 the scroll bar. Otherwise, if the window has a neighbor on the right,
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1702 its right edge value includes the width of the separator line between
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1703 the window and that neighbor. Since the width of the window does not
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1704 include this separator, the width does not usually equal the difference
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1705 between the right and left edges.
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1706
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1707 Here is the result obtained on a typical 24-line terminal with just one
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1708 window:
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1710 @example
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1711 @group
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1712 (window-edges (selected-window))
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1713 @result{} (0 0 80 23)
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1714 @end group
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1715 @end example
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1716
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1717 @noindent
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1718 The bottom edge is at line 23 because the last line is the echo area.
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1719
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1720 If @var{window} is at the upper left corner of its frame, then
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1721 @var{bottom} is the same as the value of @code{(window-height)},
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1722 @var{right} is almost the same as the value of @code{(window-width)},
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1723 and @var{top} and @var{left} are zero. For example, the edges of the
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1724 following window are @w{@samp{0 0 8 5}}. Assuming that the frame has
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1725 more than 8 columns, the last column of the window (column 7) holds a
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1726 border rather than text. The last row (row 4) holds the mode line,
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1727 shown here with @samp{xxxxxxxxx}.
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1729 @example
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1730 @group
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1731 0
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1732 _______
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1733 0 | |
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1737 xxxxxxxxx 4
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1738
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1739 7
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1740 @end group
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1741 @end example
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1742
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1743 In the following example, let's suppose that the frame is 7
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1744 columns wide. Then the edges of the left window are @w{@samp{0 0 4 3}}
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1745 and the edges of the right window are @w{@samp{4 0 8 3}}.
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1746
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1747 @example
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1748 @group
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1749 ___ ___
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1750 | | |
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1751 | | |
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1752 xxxxxxxxx
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1753
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1754 0 34 7
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1755 @end group
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1756 @end example
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1757 @end defun
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1758
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1759 @node Resizing Windows
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1760 @section Changing the Size of a Window
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1761 @cindex window resizing
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1762 @cindex changing window size
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1763 @cindex window size, changing
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1764
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1765 The window size functions fall into two classes: high-level commands
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1766 that change the size of windows and low-level functions that access
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1767 window size. Emacs does not permit overlapping windows or gaps between
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1768 windows, so resizing one window affects other windows.
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1769
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1770 @deffn Command enlarge-window size &optional horizontal
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1771 This function makes the selected window @var{size} lines taller,
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1772 stealing lines from neighboring windows. It takes the lines from one
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1773 window at a time until that window is used up, then takes from another.
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1774 If a window from which lines are stolen shrinks below
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1775 @code{window-min-height} lines, that window disappears.
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1776
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1777 If @var{horizontal} is non-@code{nil}, this function makes
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1778 @var{window} wider by @var{size} columns, stealing columns instead of
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1779 lines. If a window from which columns are stolen shrinks below
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1780 @code{window-min-width} columns, that window disappears.
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1781
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1782 If the requested size would exceed that of the window's frame, then the
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1783 function makes the window occupy the entire height (or width) of the
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1784 frame.
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1785
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1786 If there are various other windows from which lines or columns can be
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1787 stolen, and some of them specify fixed size (using
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1788 @code{window-size-fixed}, see below), they are left untouched while
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1789 other windows are ``robbed.'' If it would be necessary to alter the
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1790 size of a fixed-size window, @code{enlarge-window} gets an error
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1791 instead.
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1792
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1793 If @var{size} is negative, this function shrinks the window by
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1794 @minus{}@var{size} lines or columns. If that makes the window smaller
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1795 than the minimum size (@code{window-min-height} and
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1796 @code{window-min-width}), @code{enlarge-window} deletes the window.
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1797
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1798 @code{enlarge-window} returns @code{nil}.
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1799 @end deffn
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1800
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1801 @deffn Command enlarge-window-horizontally columns
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1802 This function makes the selected window @var{columns} wider.
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1803 It could be defined as follows:
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1804
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1805 @example
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1806 @group
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1807 (defun enlarge-window-horizontally (columns)
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1808 (enlarge-window columns t))
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1809 @end group
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1810 @end example
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1811 @end deffn
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1812
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1813 @deffn Command shrink-window size &optional horizontal
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1814 This function is like @code{enlarge-window} but negates the argument
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1815 @var{size}, making the selected window smaller by giving lines (or
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1816 columns) to the other windows. If the window shrinks below
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1817 @code{window-min-height} or @code{window-min-width}, then it disappears.
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1818
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1819 If @var{size} is negative, the window is enlarged by @minus{}@var{size}
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1820 lines or columns.
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1821 @end deffn
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1822
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1823 @deffn Command shrink-window-horizontally columns
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1824 This function makes the selected window @var{columns} narrower.
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1825 It could be defined as follows:
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1826
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1827 @example
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1828 @group
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1829 (defun shrink-window-horizontally (columns)
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1830 (shrink-window columns t))
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1831 @end group
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1832 @end example
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1833 @end deffn
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1834
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1835 @deffn Command shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer &optional window
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1836 This command shrinks @var{window} to be as small as possible while still
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1837 showing the full contents of its buffer---but not less than
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1838 @code{window-min-height} lines. If @var{window} is not given,
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1839 it defaults to the selected window.
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1840
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1841 However, the command does nothing if the window is already too small to
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1842 display the whole text of the buffer, or if part of the contents are
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1843 currently scrolled off screen, or if the window is not the full width of
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1844 its frame, or if the window is the only window in its frame.
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1845 @end deffn
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1846
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1847 @tindex window-size-fixed
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1848 @defvar window-size-fixed
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1849 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, in any given buffer,
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1850 then the size of any window displaying the buffer remains fixed
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1851 unless you explicitly change it or Emacs has no other choice.
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1852 (This feature is new in Emacs 21.)
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1853
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1854 If the value is @code{height}, then only the window's height is fixed;
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1855 if the value is @code{width}, then only the window's width is fixed.
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1856 Any other non-@code{nil} value fixes both the width and the height.
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1857
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1858 The usual way to use this variable is to give it a buffer-local value in
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1859 a particular buffer. That way, the windows (but usually there is only
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1860 one) displaying that buffer have fixed size.
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1861
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1862 Explicit size-change functions such as @code{enlarge-window}
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1863 get an error if they would have to change a window size which is fixed.
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1864 Therefore, when you want to change the size of such a window,
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1865 you should bind @code{window-size-fixed} to @code{nil}, like this:
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1866
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1867 @example
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1868 (let ((window-size-fixed nil))
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1869 (enlarge-window 10))
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1870 @end example
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1871
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1872 Note that changing the frame size will change the size of a
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1873 fixed-size window, if there is no other alternative.
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1874 @end defvar
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1875
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1876 @cindex minimum window size
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1877 The following two variables constrain the window-size-changing
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1878 functions to a minimum height and width.
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1879
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1880 @defopt window-min-height
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1881 The value of this variable determines how short a window may become
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1882 before it is automatically deleted. Making a window smaller than
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1883 @code{window-min-height} automatically deletes it, and no window may be
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1884 created shorter than this. The absolute minimum height is two (allowing
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1885 one line for the mode line, and one line for the buffer display).
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1886 Actions that change window sizes reset this variable to two if it is
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1887 less than two. The default value is 4.
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1888 @end defopt
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1889
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1890 @defopt window-min-width
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1891 The value of this variable determines how narrow a window may become
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1892 before it is automatically deleted. Making a window smaller than
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1894 created narrower than this. The absolute minimum width is one; any
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1895 value below that is ignored. The default value is 10.
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1896 @end defopt
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1898 @node Coordinates and Windows
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1899 @section Coordinates and Windows
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1904 This function returns the window containing the specified cursor
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1905 position in the frame @var{frame}. The coordinates @var{x} and @var{y}
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1909 If you omit @var{frame}, the selected frame is used.
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1910 @end defun
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1911
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1912 @defun coordinates-in-window-p coordinates window
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1913 This function checks whether a particular frame position falls within
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1916 The argument @var{coordinates} is a cons cell of the form @code{(@var{x}
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1917 . @var{y})}. The coordinates @var{x} and @var{y} are measured in
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1918 characters, and count from the top left corner of the screen or frame.
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1921 if the coordinates are inside @var{window}. The value also indicates
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1922 what part of the window the position is in, as follows:
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1924 @table @code
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1925 @item (@var{relx} . @var{rely})
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1926 The coordinates are inside @var{window}. The numbers @var{relx} and
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1927 @var{rely} are the equivalent window-relative coordinates for the
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1928 specified position, counting from 0 at the top left corner of the
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1929 window.
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1931 @item mode-line
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1932 The coordinates are in the mode line of @var{window}.
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1934 @item header-line
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1935 The coordinates are in the header line of @var{window}.
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1936
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1937 @item vertical-line
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1939 neighbor to the right. This value occurs only if the window doesn't
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1940 have a scroll bar; positions in a scroll bar are considered outside the
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1941 window for these purposes.
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1943 @item nil
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1944 The coordinates are not in any part of @var{window}.
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1945 @end table
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1946
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1947 The function @code{coordinates-in-window-p} does not require a frame as
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1948 argument because it always uses the frame that @var{window} is on.
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1949 @end defun
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1951 @node Window Configurations
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1952 @section Window Configurations
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1953 @cindex window configurations
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1954 @cindex saving window information
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1955
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1956 A @dfn{window configuration} records the entire layout of one
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1957 frame---all windows, their sizes, which buffers they contain, what part
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1958 of each buffer is displayed, and the values of point and the mark. You
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1959 can bring back an entire previous layout by restoring a window
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1960 configuration previously saved.
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1961
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1962 If you want to record all frames instead of just one, use a frame
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1963 configuration instead of a window configuration. @xref{Frame
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1964 Configurations}.
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1966 @defun current-window-configuration &optional frame
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1967 This function returns a new object representing @var{frame}'s
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1968 current window configuration, including the number of windows, their
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1969 sizes and current buffers, which window is the selected window, and for
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1970 each window the displayed buffer, the display-start position, and the
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1971 positions of point and the mark. It also includes the values of
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1972 @code{window-min-height}, @code{window-min-width} and
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1973 @code{minibuffer-scroll-window}. An exception is made for point in the
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1974 current buffer, whose value is not saved.
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1975
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1976 If @var{frame} is omitted, the selected frame is used.
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1977 @end defun
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1979 @defun set-window-configuration configuration
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1980 This function restores the configuration of windows and buffers as
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1981 specified by @var{configuration}, for the frame that @var{configuration}
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1982 was created for.
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1983
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1984 The argument @var{configuration} must be a value that was previously
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1985 returned by @code{current-window-configuration}. This configuration is
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1986 restored in the frame from which @var{configuration} was made, whether
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1987 that frame is selected or not. This always counts as a window size
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1988 change and triggers execution of the @code{window-size-change-functions}
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1989 (@pxref{Window Hooks}), because @code{set-window-configuration} doesn't
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1990 know how to tell whether the new configuration actually differs from the
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1991 old one.
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1993 If the frame which @var{configuration} was saved from is dead, all this
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1994 function does is restore the three variables @code{window-min-height},
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1995 @code{window-min-width} and @code{minibuffer-scroll-window}.
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2001 @group
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2004 (progn (split-window-vertically nil)
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2005 @dots{})
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2007 @end group
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2009 @end defun
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2012 This special form records the window configuration, executes @var{forms}
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2014 configuration includes the value of point and the portion of the buffer
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2015 that is visible. It also includes the choice of selected window.
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2016 However, it does not include the value of point in the current buffer;
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2017 use @code{save-excursion} also, if you wish to preserve that.
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2021 Exit from @code{save-window-excursion} always triggers execution of the
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2022 @code{window-size-change-functions}. (It doesn't know how to tell
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2023 whether the restored configuration actually differs from the one in
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2024 effect at the end of the @var{forms}.)
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2029 @example
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2030 @group
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2031 (split-window)
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2032 @result{} #<window 25 on control.texi>
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2033 @end group
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2034 @group
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2035 (setq w (selected-window))
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2036 @result{} #<window 19 on control.texi>
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2037 @end group
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2038 @group
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2039 (save-window-excursion
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2040 (delete-other-windows w)
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2041 (switch-to-buffer "foo")
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2042 'do-something)
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2043 @result{} do-something
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2044 ;; @r{The screen is now split again.}
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2045 @end group
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2046 @end example
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2047 @end defspec
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2049 @defun window-configuration-p object
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2050 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a window configuration.
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2051 @end defun
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2053 @defun compare-window-configurations config1 config2
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2054 This function compares two window configurations as regards the
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2055 structure of windows, but ignores the values of point and mark and the
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2056 saved scrolling positions---it can return @code{t} even if those
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2057 aspects differ.
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2059 The function @code{equal} can also compare two window configurations; it
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2060 regards configurations as unequal if they differ in any respect, even a
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2061 saved point or mark.
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2062 @end defun
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2063
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2064 Primitives to look inside of window configurations would make sense,
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2067
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2068 @node Window Hooks
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2069 @section Hooks for Window Scrolling and Changes
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2070
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2071 This section describes how a Lisp program can take action whenever a
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2072 window displays a different part of its buffer or a different buffer.
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2073 There are three actions that can change this: scrolling the window,
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2074 switching buffers in the window, and changing the size of the window.
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2075 The first two actions run @code{window-scroll-functions}; the last runs
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2076 @code{window-size-change-functions}. The paradigmatic use of these
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2077 hooks is in the implementation of Lazy Lock mode; see @ref{Support
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2078 Modes, Lazy Lock, Font Lock Support Modes, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}.
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2079
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2080 @defvar window-scroll-functions
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2081 This variable holds a list of functions that Emacs should call before
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2082 redisplaying a window with scrolling. It is not a normal hook, because
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2083 each function is called with two arguments: the window, and its new
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2084 display-start position.
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2085
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2086 Displaying a different buffer in the window also runs these functions.
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2088 These functions must be careful in using @code{window-end}
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2089 (@pxref{Window Start}); if you need an up-to-date value, you must use
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2090 the @var{update} argument to ensure you get it.
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2091 @end defvar
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2092
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2093 @defvar window-size-change-functions
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2094 This variable holds a list of functions to be called if the size of any
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2095 window changes for any reason. The functions are called just once per
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2096 redisplay, and just once for each frame on which size changes have
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2097 occurred.
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2098
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2099 Each function receives the frame as its sole argument. There is no
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2100 direct way to find out which windows on that frame have changed size, or
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2101 precisely how. However, if a size-change function records, at each
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2102 call, the existing windows and their sizes, it can also compare the
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2103 present sizes and the previous sizes.
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2104
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2105 Creating or deleting windows counts as a size change, and therefore
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2106 causes these functions to be called. Changing the frame size also
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2107 counts, because it changes the sizes of the existing windows.
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2108
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2109 It is not a good idea to use @code{save-window-excursion} (@pxref{Window
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2110 Configurations}) in these functions, because that always counts as a
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2111 size change, and it would cause these functions to be called over and
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2112 over. In most cases, @code{save-selected-window} (@pxref{Selecting
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2113 Windows}) is what you need here.
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2114 @end defvar
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2115
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2116 @defvar redisplay-end-trigger-functions
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2117 This abnormal hook is run whenever redisplay in a window uses text that
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2118 extends past a specified end trigger position. You set the end trigger
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2119 position with the function @code{set-window-redisplay-end-trigger}. The
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2120 functions are called with two arguments: the window, and the end trigger
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2121 position. Storing @code{nil} for the end trigger position turns off the
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2122 feature, and the trigger value is automatically reset to @code{nil} just
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2123 after the hook is run.
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2124 @end defvar
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2125
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2126 @defun set-window-redisplay-end-trigger window position
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2127 This function sets @var{window}'s end trigger position at
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2128 @var{position}.
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2129 @end defun
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2131 @defun window-redisplay-end-trigger &optional window
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2132 This function returns @var{window}'s current end trigger position.
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2133 @end defun
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2134
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2135 @defvar window-configuration-change-hook
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2136 A normal hook that is run every time you change the window configuration
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2137 of an existing frame. This includes splitting or deleting windows,
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2138 changing the sizes of windows, or displaying a different buffer in a
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2139 window. The frame whose window configuration has changed is the
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2140 selected frame when this hook runs.
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2141 @end defvar