# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1138854851 0 # Node ID c93440097bdb5c7bbcbe2299def60ecd4d321a9d # Parent d29761b06e4ee3ecede468ef94cb324340b37e17 Minor clarifications. (Change Window): Don't describe mode-line mouse cmds here. Add xref to Mode Line Mouse. diff -r d29761b06e4e -r c93440097bdb man/windows.texi --- a/man/windows.texi Thu Feb 02 04:32:39 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/windows.texi Thu Feb 02 04:34:11 2006 +0000 @@ -29,24 +29,24 @@ Each Emacs window displays one Emacs buffer at any time. A single buffer may appear in more than one window; if it does, any changes in -its text are displayed in all the windows where it appears. But the -windows showing the same buffer can show different parts of it, because -each window has its own value of point. +its text are displayed in all the windows where it appears. But these +windows can show different parts of the buffer, because each window +has its own value of point. @cindex selected window - At any time, one of the windows is the @dfn{selected window}; the + At any time, one Emacs window is the @dfn{selected window}; the buffer this window is displaying is the current buffer. The terminal's cursor shows the location of point in this window. Each other window has a location of point as well. On text-only terminals, there is no way to show where those locations are, since the terminal has only one -cursor. If you are using a window system, the location of point in a -non-selected window is indicated by a hollow box. The cursor in the +cursor. On a graphical display, the location of point in a +non-selected window is indicated by a hollow box; the cursor in the selected window is blinking or solid. Commands to move point affect the value of point for the selected Emacs -window only. They do not change the value of point in any other Emacs -window, even one showing the same buffer. The same is true for commands -such as @kbd{C-x b} to change the current buffer in the selected window; +window only. They do not change the value of point in other Emacs +windows, even those showing the same buffer. The same is true for commands +such as @kbd{C-x b} to switch buffers in the selected window; they do not affect other windows at all. However, there are other commands such as @kbd{C-x 4 b} that select a different window and switch buffers in it. Also, all commands that display information in a window, including @@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ avoid scrolling the text currently visible on the screen, by putting point in each window at a position already visible in the window. It also selects whichever window contains the screen line that the cursor -was previously on. Some users prefer the latter mode on slow -terminals. +was previously on. Some users prefer that mode on slow terminals. @node Other Window @section Using Other Windows @@ -283,17 +282,6 @@ (@code{shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer}). @item C-x + Make all windows the same height (@code{balance-windows}). -@item Drag-Mouse-1 -Dragging a window's mode line up or down with @kbd{Mouse-1} changes -window heights. -@item Mouse-2 -@kbd{Mouse-2} in a window's mode line deletes all other windows in the frame -(@code{mouse-delete-other-windows}). -@item Mouse-3 -@kbd{Mouse-3} in a window's mode line deletes that window -(@code{mouse-delete-window}), unless the frame has only one window, in -which case it buries the current buffer instead and switches to another -buffer. @end table @kindex C-x 0 @@ -320,19 +308,6 @@ the minibuffer); the selected window expands to use the whole frame except for the echo area. - You can also delete a window by clicking on its mode line with -@kbd{Mouse-3}, and delete all the windows in a frame except one window -by clicking on that window's mode line with @kbd{Mouse-2}. - - You can also adjust window heights and widths with the mouse. If -you press @kbd{Mouse-1} on a mode line, you can drag that mode line up -or down, changing the heights of the windows above and below it. If -you press it on the divider between two consecutive mode lines, you -can drag that divider right or left, changing the widths of the -windows to either side. Note that changing heights and widths with -the mouse never deletes windows, it just refuses to make any window -smaller than it can be. - @kindex C-x ^ @findex enlarge-window @kindex C-x @} @@ -341,7 +316,7 @@ @vindex window-min-width To readjust the division of space among vertically adjacent windows, use @kbd{C-x ^} (@code{enlarge-window}). It makes the currently -selected window get one line bigger, or as many lines as is specified +selected window one line bigger, or as many lines as is specified with a numeric argument. With a negative argument, it makes the selected window smaller. @kbd{C-x @}} (@code{enlarge-window-horizontally}) makes the selected window wider by @@ -349,10 +324,10 @@ (@code{shrink-window-horizontally}) makes the selected window narrower by the specified number of columns. - When you make a window bigger, the space comes from one of its -neighbors. If this makes any window too small, it is deleted and its -space is given to an adjacent window. The minimum size is specified by -the variables @code{window-min-height} and @code{window-min-width}. + When you make a window bigger, the space comes from its peers. If +this makes any window too small, it is deleted and its space is given +to an adjacent window. The minimum size is specified by the variables +@code{window-min-height} and @code{window-min-width}. @kindex C-x - @findex shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer @@ -366,6 +341,9 @@ You can also use @kbd{C-x +} (@code{balance-windows}) to even out the heights of all the windows in the selected frame. + Mouse clicks on the mode line provide another way to change window +heights and to delete windows. @xref{Mode Line Mouse}. + @node Window Convenience @section Window Handling Convenience Features and Customization