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 4 Moving Text Within a Window
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 Sometimes you are looking at a screenful of text, and only part of the
 current paragraph you are reading is visible on the screen.  The
 commands detailed in this section are used to shift which part of the
 current node is visible on the screen.
 
 <SPC> ('scroll-forward')
 <NEXT>
      Shift the text in this window up.  That is, show more of the node
      which is currently below the bottom of the window.  With a numeric
      argument, show that many more lines at the bottom of the window; a
      numeric argument of 4 would shift all of the text in the window up
      4 lines (discarding the top 4 lines), and show you four new lines
      at the bottom of the window.  Without a numeric argument, <SPC>
      takes the bottom two lines of the window and places them at the top
      of the window, redisplaying almost a completely new screenful of
      lines.  If you are at the end of a node, <SPC> takes you to the
      "next" node, so that you can read an entire manual from start to
      finish by repeating <SPC>.
 
      The <NEXT> key is known as the <PageDown> key on some keyboards.
 
 'C-v' ('scroll-forward-page-only')
      Shift the text in this window up.  This is identical to the <SPC>
      operation above, except that it never scrolls beyond the end of the
      current node.
 
 'M-x scroll-forward-page-only-set-window'
      Scroll forward, like with 'C-v', but if a numeric argument is
      specified, it becomes the default scroll size for subsequent
      'scroll-forward' and 'scroll-backward' commands and their ilk.
 
 <DEL> ('scroll-backward')
 <PREVIOUS>
      Shift the text in this window down.  The inverse of
      'scroll-forward'.  If you are at the start of a node, <DEL> takes
      you to the "previous" node, so that you can read an entire manual
      from finish to start by repeating <DEL>.  The default scroll size
      can be changed by invoking the
      ('scroll-backward-page-only-set-window') command with a numeric
      argument.
 
      If your keyboard lacks the <DEL> key, look for a key called <BS>,
      or 'Backspace', sometimes designated with an arrow which points to
      the left, which should perform the same function.
 
      The <PREVIOUS> key is the <PageUp> key on many keyboards.  Emacs
      refers to it by the name <PRIOR>.
 
 'M-v' ('scroll-backward-page-only')
      Shift the text in this window down.  The inverse of
      'scroll-forward-page-only'.  Does not scroll beyond the start of
      the current node.  The default scroll size can be changed by
      invoking the 'scroll-backward-page-only-set-window' command with a
      numeric argument.
 
 'M-x scroll-backward-page-only-set-window'
      Scroll backward, like with 'M-v', but if a numeric argument is
      specified, it becomes the default scroll size for subsequent
      'scroll-forward' and 'scroll-backward' commands.
 
 'M-x down-line'
      Scroll forward by one line.  With a numeric argument, scroll
      forward that many lines.
 
 'M-x up-line'
      Scroll backward one line.  With a numeric argument, scroll backward
      that many lines.
 
 'M-x scroll-half-screen-down'
      Scroll forward by half of the screen size.  With a numeric
      argument, scroll that many lines.  If an argument is specified, it
      becomes the new default number of lines to scroll for subsequent
      'scroll-half-screen-down' and 'scroll-half-screen-up' commands.
 
 'M-x scroll-half-screen-up'
      Scroll back by half of the screen size.  With a numeric argument,
      scroll that many lines.  If an argument is specified, it becomes
      the new default number of lines to scroll for subsequent
      'scroll-half-screen-down' and 'scroll-half-screen-up' commands.
 
    The 'scroll-forward' and 'scroll-backward' commands can also move
 forward and backward through the node structure of the file.  If you
 press <SPC> while viewing the end of a node, or <DEL> while viewing the
 beginning of a node, what happens is controlled by the variable
 'scroll-behavior' (scroll-behavior).
 
    The 'scroll-forward-page-only' and 'scroll-backward-page-only'
 commands never scroll beyond the current node.
 
 'C-l' ('redraw-display')
      Redraw the display from scratch, or shift the line containing the
      cursor to a specified location.  With no numeric argument, 'C-l'
      clears the screen, and then redraws its entire contents.  Given a
      numeric argument of N, the line containing the cursor is shifted so
      that it is on the Nth line of the window.
 
 'C-x w' ('toggle-wrap')
      Toggles the state of line wrapping in the current window.
      Normally, lines which are longer than the screen width "wrap",
      i.e., they are continued on the next line.  Lines which wrap have a
      '\' appearing in the rightmost column of the screen.  You can cause
      such lines to be terminated at the rightmost column by changing the
      state of line wrapping in the window with 'C-x w'.  When a line
      which needs more space than one screen width to display is
      displayed, a '$' appears in the rightmost column of the screen, and
      the remainder of the line is invisible.  When long lines are
      truncated, the mode line displays the '$' character near its left
      edge.
 

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