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All windows in use are arranged into a tree, with pointers up and down.

Windows that are leaves of the tree are actually displayed
and show the contents of buffers.  Windows that are not leaves
are used for representing the way groups of leaf windows are
arranged on the screen.  Leaf windows never become non-leaves.
They are deleted only by calling delete-window on them (but
this can be done implicitly).  Combination windows can be created
and deleted at any time.

A leaf window has a non-nil buffer field, and also
 has markers in its start and pointm fields.  Non-leaf windows
 have nil in these fields.

Non-leaf windows are either vertical or horizontal combinations.

A vertical combination window has children that are arranged on the screen
one above the next.  Its vchild field points to the uppermost child.
The parent field of each of the children points to the vertical
combination window.  The next field of each child points to the
child below it, or is nil for the lowest child.  The prev field
of each child points to the child above it, or is nil for the

or horizontal combination windows.  The children of a horizontal
combination window may be leaf windows or vertical combination windows.

At the top of the tree are two windows which have nil as parent.
The second of these is minibuf_window.  The first one manages all
the screen area that is not minibuffer, and is called the root window.
Different windows can be the root at different times;
initially the root window is a leaf window, but if more windows
are created then that leaf window ceases to be root and a newly
made combination window becomes root instead.

  {
    /* The first two fields are really the header of a vector */
    /* The window code does not refer to them.  */
    int size;
    struct Lisp_Vector *vec_next;
    /* The screen this window is on.  */
    Lisp_Object screen;
    /* t if this window is a minibuffer window.  */
    Lisp_Object mini_p;
    /* Following child (to right or down) at same level of tree */
    Lisp_Object next;
    /* Preceding child (to left or up) at same level of tree */

       hchild if this is a horizontal combination. */
    Lisp_Object hchild, vchild;
    /* The window this one is a child of. */
    Lisp_Object parent;
    /* The upper left corner coordinates of this window,
       as integers relative to upper left corner of screen = 0, 0 */
    Lisp_Object left;
    Lisp_Object top;
    /* The size of the window */
    Lisp_Object height;
    Lisp_Object width;

    /* text.modified of displayed buffer as of last time display completed */
    Lisp_Object last_modified;
    /* Value of point at that time */
    Lisp_Object last_point;
/* The rest are currently not used or only half used */
    /* Screen coords of point at that time */
    Lisp_Object last_point_x;
    Lisp_Object last_point_y;
    /* Screen coords of mark as of last time display completed */
    /* May be nil if mark does not exist or was not on screen */
    Lisp_Object last_mark_x;
    Lisp_Object last_mark_y;
    /* Number of characters in buffer past bottom of window,
       as of last redisplay that finished. */
    Lisp_Object window_end_pos;
    /* t if window_end_pos is truly valid.
       This is nil if nontrivial redisplay is preempted
       since in that case the screen image that window_end_pos
       did not get onto the screen.  */
    Lisp_Object window_end_valid;
    /* Vertical position (relative to window top) of that buffer position
       of the first of those characters */
    Lisp_Object window_end_vpos;
    /* Non-nil means must regenerate mode line of this window */

   be left when nothing is being done with it.  This must
   always be a leaf window, and its buffer is selected by
   the top level editing loop at the end of each command.

   This value is always the same as
    SCREEN_SELECTED_WINDOW (selected_screen).  */

extern Lisp_Object selected_window;

/* This is a time stamp for window selection, so we can find the least
   recently used window.  Its only users are Fselect_window,
   init_window_once, and make_screen.  */

extern int window_select_count;

/* The minibuffer window of the selected screen.
   Note that you cannot test for minibufferness of an arbitrary window
   by comparing against this; but you can test for minibufferness of
   the selected window or of any window that is displayed.  */

extern Lisp_Object minibuf_window;

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All windows in use are arranged into a tree, with pointers up and down.

Windows that are leaves of the tree are actually displayed
and show the contents of buffers.  Windows that are not leaves
are used for representing the way groups of leaf windows are
arranged on the frame.  Leaf windows never become non-leaves.
They are deleted only by calling delete-window on them (but
this can be done implicitly).  Combination windows can be created
and deleted at any time.

A leaf window has a non-nil buffer field, and also
 has markers in its start and pointm fields.  Non-leaf windows
 have nil in these fields.

Non-leaf windows are either vertical or horizontal combinations.

A vertical combination window has children that are arranged on the frame
one above the next.  Its vchild field points to the uppermost child.
The parent field of each of the children points to the vertical
combination window.  The next field of each child points to the
child below it, or is nil for the lowest child.  The prev field
of each child points to the child above it, or is nil for the

or horizontal combination windows.  The children of a horizontal
combination window may be leaf windows or vertical combination windows.

At the top of the tree are two windows which have nil as parent.
The second of these is minibuf_window.  The first one manages all
the frame area that is not minibuffer, and is called the root window.
Different windows can be the root at different times;
initially the root window is a leaf window, but if more windows
are created then that leaf window ceases to be root and a newly
made combination window becomes root instead.

  {
    /* The first two fields are really the header of a vector */
    /* The window code does not refer to them.  */
    int size;
    struct Lisp_Vector *vec_next;
    /* The frame this window is on.  */
    Lisp_Object frame;
    /* t if this window is a minibuffer window.  */
    Lisp_Object mini_p;
    /* Following child (to right or down) at same level of tree */
    Lisp_Object next;
    /* Preceding child (to left or up) at same level of tree */

       hchild if this is a horizontal combination. */
    Lisp_Object hchild, vchild;
    /* The window this one is a child of. */
    Lisp_Object parent;
    /* The upper left corner coordinates of this window,
       as integers relative to upper left corner of frame = 0, 0 */
    Lisp_Object left;
    Lisp_Object top;
    /* The size of the window */
    Lisp_Object height;
    Lisp_Object width;

    /* text.modified of displayed buffer as of last time display completed */
    Lisp_Object last_modified;
    /* Value of point at that time */
    Lisp_Object last_point;
/* The rest are currently not used or only half used */
    /* Frame coords of point at that time */
    Lisp_Object last_point_x;
    Lisp_Object last_point_y;
    /* Frame coords of mark as of last time display completed */
    /* May be nil if mark does not exist or was not on frame */
    Lisp_Object last_mark_x;
    Lisp_Object last_mark_y;
    /* Number of characters in buffer past bottom of window,
       as of last redisplay that finished. */
    Lisp_Object window_end_pos;
    /* t if window_end_pos is truly valid.
       This is nil if nontrivial redisplay is preempted
       since in that case the frame image that window_end_pos
       did not get onto the frame.  */
    Lisp_Object window_end_valid;
    /* Vertical position (relative to window top) of that buffer position
       of the first of those characters */
    Lisp_Object window_end_vpos;
    /* Non-nil means must regenerate mode line of this window */

   be left when nothing is being done with it.  This must
   always be a leaf window, and its buffer is selected by
   the top level editing loop at the end of each command.

   This value is always the same as
    FRAME_SELECTED_WINDOW (selected_frame).  */

extern Lisp_Object selected_window;

/* This is a time stamp for window selection, so we can find the least
   recently used window.  Its only users are Fselect_window,
   init_window_once, and make_frame.  */

extern int window_select_count;

/* The minibuffer window of the selected frame.
   Note that you cannot test for minibufferness of an arbitrary window
   by comparing against this; but you can test for minibufferness of
   the selected window or of any window that is displayed.  */

extern Lisp_Object minibuf_window;