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diff --git a/doc/emacs/windows.texi b/doc/emacs/windows.texi index 7c80cefcc7e..d844f3e4988 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/windows.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/windows.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2013 Free Software +@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2015 Free Software @c Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Windows @@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ clicking @kbd{C-Mouse-2} in the scroll bar, which puts a horizontal divider where you click (this feature does not work when Emacs uses GTK+ scroll bars). +@vindex window-resize-pixelwise + By default, when you split a window, Emacs gives each of the +resulting windows dimensions that are an integral multiple of the +default font size of the frame. That might subdivide the screen +estate unevenly between the resulting windows. If you set the +variable @code{window-resize-pixelwise} to a non-@code{nil} value, +Emacs will give each window the same number of pixels (give or take +one pixel if the initial dimension was an odd number of pixels). Note +that when a frame's pixel size is not a multiple of the frame's +character size, at least one window may get resized pixelwise even if +this option is @code{nil}. + @node Other Window @section Using Other Windows @@ -211,10 +223,11 @@ Visit file @var{filename} and select its buffer in another window Select a Dired buffer for directory @var{directory} in another window (@code{dired-other-window}). @xref{Dired}. -@findex mail-other-window +@c Don't index @kbd{C-x 4 m} and @code{compose-mail-other-window} +@c here, they are indexed in sending.texi, in the "Sending Mail" node. @item C-x 4 m Start composing a mail message, similar to @kbd{C-x m} (@pxref{Sending -Mail}), but in another window (@code{mail-other-window}). +Mail}), but in another window (@code{compose-mail-other-window}). @findex find-tag-other-window @item C-x 4 . @@ -226,8 +239,10 @@ window (@code{find-file-read-only-other-window}). @xref{Visiting}. @end table @node Change Window -@section Deleting and Rearranging Windows +@section Deleting and Resizing Windows +@cindex delete window +@cindex deleting windows @table @kbd @item C-x 0 Delete the selected window (@code{delete-window}). @@ -273,6 +288,8 @@ selected window. whole frame. (This command cannot be used while the minibuffer window is active; attempting to do so signals an error.) +@cindex resize window +@cindex resizing windows @kindex C-x ^ @findex enlarge-window @kindex C-x @} @@ -298,6 +315,10 @@ signal an error if you attempt to reduce the width of any window below a certain minimum number of columns, specified by the variable @code{window-min-width} (the default is 10). + Mouse clicks on the mode line (@pxref{Mode Line Mouse}) or on window +dividers (@pxref{Window Dividers}) provide another way to change window +heights and to split or delete windows. + @kindex C-x - @findex shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer @kbd{C-x -} (@code{shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer}) reduces the @@ -310,13 +331,10 @@ lines to other windows in the frame. 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 Displaying Buffers @section Displaying a Buffer in a Window - It is a common Emacs operation to display or ``pop up'' some buffer + It is a common Emacs operation to display or pop up some buffer in response to a user command. There are several different ways in which commands do this. @@ -327,7 +345,7 @@ usually work by calling @code{switch-to-buffer} internally (@pxref{Select Buffer}). @findex display-buffer - Some commands try to display ``intelligently'', trying not to take + Some commands try to display intelligently, trying not to take over the selected window, e.g., by splitting off a new window and displaying the desired buffer there. Such commands, which include the various help commands (@pxref{Help}), work by calling @@ -380,7 +398,7 @@ variables are @code{nil}, so this step is skipped. @item Otherwise, if the buffer is already displayed in an existing window, -``reuse'' that window. Normally, only windows on the selected frame +reuse that window. Normally, only windows on the selected frame are considered, but windows on other frames are also reusable if you change @code{pop-up-frames} (see below) to @code{t}. @@ -426,7 +444,7 @@ and display the buffer there. @cindex window configuration changes, undoing Winner mode is a global minor mode that records the changes in the window configuration (i.e., how the frames are partitioned into -windows), so that you can ``undo'' them. You can toggle Winner mode +windows), so that you can undo them. You can toggle Winner mode with @kbd{M-x winner-mode}, or by customizing the variable @code{winner-mode}. When the mode is enabled, @kbd{C-c left} (@code{winner-undo}) undoes the last window configuration change. If @@ -444,7 +462,7 @@ buffer. @xref{Follow Mode}. The Windmove package defines commands for moving directionally between neighboring windows in a frame. @kbd{M-x windmove-right} selects the window immediately to the right of the currently selected -one, and similarly for the ``left'', ``up'', and ``down'' +one, and similarly for the left, up, and down counterparts. @kbd{M-x windmove-default-keybindings} binds these commands to @kbd{S-right} etc.; doing so disables shift selection for those keys (@pxref{Shift Selection}). |