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| The Emacs screen area can be divided into multiple //windows//. Each window contains one buffer, so the contents of a window can change depending on the buffer it contains. The most common way to create new windows is to split the screen into two regions with "C-x 2" or "C-x 3". The first splits the screen in half horizontally, the second splits it vertically. Any Emacs window can be split multiple times, so if you have a large display, you could have lots of windows open. You can cycle through visible windows with "C-x o" (think of the "o" as meaning "other window"). When you do have another window open, it's sometimes useful to scroll the other window without leaving your current one. You can do this with "C-M-v". This is particularly useful for when Emacs pops up a completion or help buffer in a new window that you would like to scroll through. | The Emacs screen area can be divided into multiple //windows//. Each window contains one buffer, so the contents of a window can change depending on the buffer it contains. The most common way to create new windows is to split the screen into two regions with ''C-x 2'' or ''C-x 3''. The first splits the screen in half horizontally, the second splits it vertically. Any Emacs window can be split multiple times, so if you have a large display, you could have lots of windows open. You can cycle through visible windows with ''C-x o'' (think of the "o" as meaning "other window"). When you do have another window open, it's sometimes useful to scroll the other window without leaving your current one. You can do this with ''C-M-v''. This is particularly useful for when Emacs pops up a completion or help buffer in a new window that you would like to scroll through. |
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| You can close a window with "C-x 0" or "C-x 1". The first closes the window you are currently in, the second closes all the other windows, but leaves the window you are currently in open for you. Closing a window does not destroy the buffer it contains, so you can think of a window as a view into a buffer (in fact you can have multiple windows visiting different parts of the same buffer). Here is a list of the most useful window commands: | You can close a window with ''C-x 0'' or ''C-x 1''. The first closes the window you are currently in, the second closes all the other windows, but leaves the window you are currently in open for you. Closing a window does not destroy the buffer it contains, so you can think of a window as a view into a buffer (in fact you can have multiple windows visiting different parts of the same buffer). Here is a list of the most useful window commands: |
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| | C-x 0 | Close this window | | | C-x 0 | Close this window | |
