28 Windows

This chapter describes most of the functions and variables related to Emacs windows. See Frames and Windows, for how windows relate to frames. 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-level functions for displaying a buffer and choosing a window for it.
• Choosing Window: How to choose a window for displaying a buffer.
• Dedicated Windows: How to avoid displaying another buffer in a specific window.
• Window Point: Each window has its own location of point.
• Window Start and End: Buffer positions indicating which text is on-screen in a window.
• Textual Scrolling: Moving text up and down through the window.
• Vertical Scrolling: Moving the contents up and down on the window.
• Horizontal Scrolling: Moving the contents 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 Tree: The layout and sizes of all windows in a frame.
• Window Configurations: Saving and restoring the state of the screen.
• Window Parameters: Associating additional information with windows.
• Window Hooks: Hooks for scrolling, window size changes, redisplay going past a certain point, or window configuration changes.