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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.

-@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001,
+@c   2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
 @node Windows, Frames, Buffers, Top
 @chapter Multiple Windows
 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
 @node Windows, Frames, Buffers, Top
 @chapter Multiple Windows


@@ -28,24 +29,24 @@ one frame.
 
   Each Emacs window displays one Emacs buffer at any time.  A single
 buffer may appear in more than one window; if it does, any changes in
 
   Each Emacs window displays one Emacs buffer at any time.  A single
 buffer may appear in more than one window; if it does, any changes in

-its text are displayed in all the windows where it appears.  But the
-windows showing the same buffer can show different parts of it, because
-each window has its own value of point.
+its text are displayed in all the windows where it appears.  But these
+windows can show different parts of the buffer, because each window
+has its own value of point.

 
 @cindex selected window
 
 @cindex selected window

-  At any time, one of the windows is the @dfn{selected window}; the
+  At any time, one Emacs window is the @dfn{selected window}; the

 buffer this window is displaying is the current buffer.  The terminal's
 cursor shows the location of point in this window.  Each other window
 buffer this window is displaying is the current buffer.  The terminal's
 cursor shows the location of point in this window.  Each other window

-has a location of point as well, but since the terminal has only one
-cursor there is no way to show where those locations are.  When multiple
-frames are visible in X, each frame has a cursor which appears in the
-frame's selected window.  The cursor in the selected frame is solid; the
-cursor in other frames is a hollow box.
+has a location of point as well.  On text-only terminals, there is no
+way to show where those locations are, since the terminal has only one
+cursor.  On a graphical display, the location of point in a
+non-selected window is indicated by a hollow box; the cursor in the
+selected window is blinking or solid.

 
   Commands to move point affect the value of point for the selected Emacs
 
   Commands to move point affect the value of point for the selected Emacs

-window only.  They do not change the value of point in any other Emacs
-window, even one showing the same buffer.  The same is true for commands
-such as @kbd{C-x b} to change the current buffer in the selected window;
+window only.  They do not change the value of point in other Emacs
+windows, even those showing the same buffer.  The same is true for commands
+such as @kbd{C-x b} to switch buffers in the selected window;

 they do not affect other windows at all.  However, there are other commands
 such as @kbd{C-x 4 b} that select a different window and switch buffers in
 it.  Also, all commands that display information in a window, including
 they do not affect other windows at all.  However, there are other commands
 such as @kbd{C-x 4 b} that select a different window and switch buffers in
 it.  Also, all commands that display information in a window, including


@@ -60,12 +61,8 @@ only one mark position.
 
   Each window has its own mode line, which displays the buffer name,
 modification status and major and minor modes of the buffer that is
 
   Each window has its own mode line, which displays the buffer name,
 modification status and major and minor modes of the buffer that is

-displayed in the window.  @xref{Mode Line}, for full details on the mode
-line.
-
-@iftex
-@break
-@end iftex
+displayed in the window.  The selected window's mode line appears in a
+different color.  @xref{Mode Line}, for full details on the mode line.

 
 @node Split Window
 @section Splitting Windows
 
 @node Split Window
 @section Splitting Windows


@@ -93,31 +90,32 @@ numeric argument specifies how many lines to give to the top window.
 @findex split-window-horizontally
   @kbd{C-x 3} (@code{split-window-horizontally}) breaks the selected
 window into two side-by-side windows.  A numeric argument specifies how
 @findex split-window-horizontally
   @kbd{C-x 3} (@code{split-window-horizontally}) breaks the selected
 window into two side-by-side windows.  A numeric argument specifies how

-many columns to give the one on the left.  A line of vertical bars
-separates the two windows.  Windows that are not the full width of the
-screen have mode lines, but they are truncated.  On terminals where
-Emacs does not support highlighting, truncated mode lines sometimes do
-not appear in inverse video.
+many columns to give the one on the left.  If you are not using
+scrollbars, a vertical line separates the two windows.
+You can customize its color with the face @code{vertical-border}.
+Windows that are not the full width of the screen have mode lines, but
+they are truncated.  On terminals where Emacs does not support
+highlighting, truncated mode lines sometimes do not appear in inverse
+video.

 
 @kindex C-Mouse-2 @r{(scroll bar)}
   You can split a window horizontally or vertically by clicking
 
 @kindex C-Mouse-2 @r{(scroll bar)}
   You can split a window horizontally or vertically by clicking

-@kbd{C-Mouse-2} in the mode line or the scroll bar.  (This does not
-work in scroll bars implemented by X toolkits.)  The line of splitting
-goes through the place where you click: if you click on the mode line,
-the new scroll bar goes above the spot; if you click in the scroll
-bar, the mode line of the split window is side by side with your
-click.
+@kbd{C-Mouse-2} in the mode line or the scroll bar.  The line of
+splitting goes through the place where you click: if you click on the
+mode line, the new scroll bar goes above the spot; if you click in the
+scroll bar, the mode line of the split window is side by side with
+your click.

 
 @vindex truncate-partial-width-windows
 
 @vindex truncate-partial-width-windows

-  When a window is less than the full width, text lines too long to fit are
-frequent.  Continuing all those lines might be confusing.  The variable
-@code{truncate-partial-width-windows} can be set non-@code{nil} to force
-truncation in all windows less than the full width of the screen,
-independent of the buffer being displayed and its value for
-@code{truncate-lines}.  @xref{Continuation Lines}.@refill
+  When a window is less than the full width, text lines too long to
+fit are frequent.  Continuing all those lines might be confusing, so
+if the variable @code{truncate-partial-width-windows} is
+non-@code{nil}, that forces truncation in all windows less than the
+full width of the screen, independent of the buffer being displayed
+and its value for @code{truncate-lines}.  @xref{Line Truncation}.

 
   Horizontal scrolling is often used in side-by-side windows.
 
   Horizontal scrolling is often used in side-by-side windows.

-@xref{Display}.
+@xref{Horizontal Scrolling}.

 
 @vindex split-window-keep-point
   If @code{split-window-keep-point} is non-@code{nil}, the default,
 
 @vindex split-window-keep-point
   If @code{split-window-keep-point} is non-@code{nil}, the default,


@@ -126,9 +124,8 @@ point from the window that was split.  This means that scrolling is
 inevitable.  If this variable is @code{nil}, then @kbd{C-x 2} tries to
 avoid scrolling the text currently visible on the screen, by putting
 point in each window at a position already visible in the window.  It
 inevitable.  If this variable is @code{nil}, then @kbd{C-x 2} tries to
 avoid scrolling the text currently visible on the screen, by putting
 point in each window at a position already visible in the window.  It

-also selects whichever window contain the screen line that the cursor
-was previously on.  Some users prefer the latter mode on slow
-terminals.
+also selects whichever window contains the screen line that the cursor
+was previously on.  Some users prefer that mode on slow terminals.

 
 @node Other Window
 @section Using Other Windows
 
 @node Other Window
 @section Using Other Windows


@@ -176,6 +173,11 @@ next window in the standard cyclic order.)
 buffers visible in two windows, by moving through them to the next
 mismatch.  @xref{Comparing Files}, for details.
 
 buffers visible in two windows, by moving through them to the next
 mismatch.  @xref{Comparing Files}, for details.
 

+@vindex mouse-autoselect-window
+  If you set @code{mouse-autoselect-window} to a non-@code{nil} value,
+moving the mouse into a different window selects that window.  This
+feature is off by default.
+

 @node Pop Up Window
 @section Displaying in Another Window
 
 @node Pop Up Window
 @section Displaying in Another Window
 


@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ window.  This runs @code{find-file-read-only-other-window}.
 
   Certain Emacs commands switch to a specific buffer with special
 contents.  For example, @kbd{M-x shell} switches to a buffer named
 
   Certain Emacs commands switch to a specific buffer with special
 contents.  For example, @kbd{M-x shell} switches to a buffer named

-@samp{*Shell*}.  By convention, all these commands are written to pop up
+@samp{*shell*}.  By convention, all these commands are written to pop up

 the buffer in a separate window.  But you can specify that certain of
 these buffers should appear in the selected window.
 
 the buffer in a separate window.  But you can specify that certain of
 these buffers should appear in the selected window.
 


@@ -276,17 +278,6 @@ Shrink this window if its buffer doesn't need so many lines
 (@code{shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer}).
 @item C-x +
 Make all windows the same height (@code{balance-windows}).
 (@code{shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer}).
 @item C-x +
 Make all windows the same height (@code{balance-windows}).

-@item Drag-Mouse-1
-Dragging a window's mode line up or down with @kbd{Mouse-1} changes
-window heights.
-@item Mouse-2
-@kbd{Mouse-2} in a window's mode line deletes all other windows in the frame
-(@code{mouse-delete-other-windows}).
-@item Mouse-3
-@kbd{Mouse-3} in a window's mode line deletes that window
-(@code{mouse-delete-window}), unless the frame has only one window, in
-which case it buries the current buffer instead and switches to another
-buffer.

 @end table
 
 @kindex C-x 0
 @end table
 
 @kindex C-x 0


@@ -313,14 +304,6 @@ different way; it deletes all the windows except the selected one (and
 the minibuffer); the selected window expands to use the whole frame
 except for the echo area.
 
 the minibuffer); the selected window expands to use the whole frame
 except for the echo area.
 

-  You can also delete a window by clicking on its mode line with
-@kbd{Mouse-2}, and delete all the windows in a frame except one window
-by clicking on that window's mode line with @kbd{Mouse-3}.
-
-  The easiest way to adjust window heights is with a mouse.  If you
-press @kbd{Mouse-1} on a mode line, you can drag that mode line up or
-down, changing the heights of the windows above and below it.
-

 @kindex C-x ^
 @findex enlarge-window
 @kindex C-x @}
 @kindex C-x ^
 @findex enlarge-window
 @kindex C-x @}


@@ -329,7 +312,7 @@ down, changing the heights of the windows above and below it.
 @vindex window-min-width
   To readjust the division of space among vertically adjacent windows,
 use @kbd{C-x ^} (@code{enlarge-window}).  It makes the currently
 @vindex window-min-width
   To readjust the division of space among vertically adjacent windows,
 use @kbd{C-x ^} (@code{enlarge-window}).  It makes the currently

-selected window get one line bigger, or as many lines as is specified
+selected window one line bigger, or as many lines as is specified

 with a numeric argument.  With a negative argument, it makes the
 selected window smaller.  @kbd{C-x @}}
 (@code{enlarge-window-horizontally}) makes the selected window wider by
 with a numeric argument.  With a negative argument, it makes the
 selected window smaller.  @kbd{C-x @}}
 (@code{enlarge-window-horizontally}) makes the selected window wider by


@@ -337,10 +320,10 @@ the specified number of columns.  @kbd{C-x @{}
 (@code{shrink-window-horizontally}) makes the selected window narrower
 by the specified number of columns.
 
 (@code{shrink-window-horizontally}) makes the selected window narrower
 by the specified number of columns.
 

-  When you make a window bigger, the space comes from one of its
-neighbors.  If this makes any window too small, it is deleted and its
-space is given to an adjacent window.  The minimum size is specified by
-the variables @code{window-min-height} and @code{window-min-width}.
+  When you make a window bigger, the space comes from its peers.  If
+this makes any window too small, it is deleted and its space is given
+to an adjacent window.  The minimum size is specified by the variables
+@code{window-min-height} and @code{window-min-width}.

 
 @kindex C-x -
 @findex shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
 
 @kindex C-x -
 @findex shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer


@@ -354,6 +337,9 @@ gives the extra lines to other windows in the frame.
   You can also use @kbd{C-x +} (@code{balance-windows}) to even out the
 heights of all the windows in the selected frame.
 
   You can also use @kbd{C-x +} (@code{balance-windows}) to even out the
 heights of all the windows in the selected frame.
 

+  Mouse clicks on the mode line provide another way to change window
+heights and to delete windows.  @xref{Mode Line Mouse}.
+

 @node Window Convenience
 @section Window Handling Convenience Features and Customization
 
 @node Window Convenience
 @section Window Handling Convenience Features and Customization
 


@@ -365,8 +351,8 @@ heights of all the windows in the selected frame.
   @kbd{M-x winner-mode} is a global minor mode that records the
 changes in the window configuration (i.e. how the frames are
 partitioned into windows), so that you can ``undo'' them.  To undo,
   @kbd{M-x winner-mode} is a global minor mode that records the
 changes in the window configuration (i.e. how the frames are
 partitioned into windows), so that you can ``undo'' them.  To undo,

-use @kbd{C-x left} (@code{winner-undo}).  If you change your mind
-while undoing, you can redo the changes you had undone using @kbd{C-x
+use @kbd{C-c left} (@code{winner-undo}).  If you change your mind
+while undoing, you can redo the changes you had undone using @kbd{C-c

 right} (@code{M-x winner-redo}).  Another way to enable Winner mode is
 by customizing the variable @code{winner-mode}.
 
 right} (@code{M-x winner-redo}).  Another way to enable Winner mode is
 by customizing the variable @code{winner-mode}.
 


@@ -374,7 +360,7 @@ by customizing the variable @code{winner-mode}.
 @cindex directional window selection
 @findex windmove-right
 @findex windmove-default-keybindings
 @cindex directional window selection
 @findex windmove-right
 @findex windmove-default-keybindings

-  The Windmove commands move directionally between neighbouring windows in
+  The Windmove commands move directionally between neighboring windows in

 a frame.  @kbd{M-x windmove-right} selects the window immediately to the
 right of the currently selected one, and similarly for the ``left,'' ``up,''
 and ``down'' counterparts.  @kbd{M-x windmove-default-keybindings} binds
 a frame.  @kbd{M-x windmove-right} selects the window immediately to the
 right of the currently selected one, and similarly for the ``left,'' ``up,''
 and ``down'' counterparts.  @kbd{M-x windmove-default-keybindings} binds


@@ -395,3 +381,7 @@ windows together.  You can also turn it on by customizing the variable
 scroll-all-scroll-down-all}, @kbd{M-x scroll-all-page-down-all} and
 their corresponding ``up'' equivalents.  To make this mode useful,
 you should bind these commands to appropriate keys.
 scroll-all-scroll-down-all}, @kbd{M-x scroll-all-page-down-all} and
 their corresponding ``up'' equivalents.  To make this mode useful,
 you should bind these commands to appropriate keys.

+
+@ignore
+   arch-tag: 8bea7453-d4b1-49b1-9bf4-cfe4383e1113
+@end ignore