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@node Windows, Frames, Buffers, Top
@chapter Multiple Windows
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.
+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.
@iftex
@break
@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. If you are not using
-scrollbars, a line of vertical bars separates the two windows.
+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
your click.
@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{Display Custom}.
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,
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.
@kbd{Mouse-3}, and delete all the windows in a frame except one window
by clicking on that window's mode line with @kbd{Mouse-2}.
- 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.
+ You can also adjust window heights and widths with the 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. If
+you press it on the divider between two consecutive mode lines, you
+can drag that divider right or left, changing the widths of the
+windows to either side. Note that changing heights and widths with
+the mouse never deletes windows, it just refuses to make any window
+smaller than it can be.
@kindex C-x ^
@findex enlarge-window