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.