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 27 Windows
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 This chapter describes the functions and variables related to Emacs
 windows.  Frames, for how windows are assigned an area of screen
 available for Emacs to use.  Display, for information on how
 text is displayed in windows.
 

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· Basic Windows           Basic information on using windows.
· Windows and Frames      Relating windows to the frame they appear on.
· Window Sizes            Accessing a window’s size.
· Resizing Windows        Changing the sizes of windows.
· Preserving Window Sizes Preserving the size of windows.
· Splitting Windows       Creating a new window.
· Deleting Windows        Removing a window from its frame.
· Recombining Windows     Preserving the frame layout when splitting and
                               deleting 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.
· Switching Buffers       Higher-level functions for switching to a buffer.
· Choosing Window         How to choose a window for displaying a buffer.
· Display Action Functions Subroutines for ‘display-buffer’.
· Choosing Window Options Extra options affecting how buffers are displayed.
· Window History          Each window remembers the buffers displayed in it.
· Dedicated Windows       How to avoid displaying another buffer in
                               a specific window.
· Quitting Windows        How to restore the state prior to displaying a
                               buffer.
· 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.
· Coordinates and Windows Converting coordinates to windows.
· 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.
 

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