GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual

Chapter 25: Windows

This chapter describes most of the functions and variables related to Emacs windows. See Display, for information on how text is displayed in windows.

Basic Windows Basic information on using windows.

Splitting Windows Splitting one window into two windows.

Deleting Windows Deleting a window gives its space to other windows.

Selecting Windows The selected window is the one that you edit in.

Cyclic Window Ordering Moving around the existing windows.

Buffers and Windows Each window displays the contents of a buffer.

Displaying Buffers Higher-lever functions for displaying a buffer and choosing a window for it.

Choosing Window How to choose a window for displaying a buffer.

Window Point Each window has its own location of point.

Window Start The display-start position controls which text is on-screen in the window.

Vertical Scrolling Moving text up and down in the window.

Horizontal Scrolling Moving text sideways on the window.

Size of Window Accessing the size of a window.

Resizing Windows Changing the size of a window.

Coordinates and Windows Converting coordinates to windows.

Window Configurations Saving and restoring the state of the screen.