@c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2013 Free Software
+@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2016 Free Software
@c Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
@node Windows
divider where you click (this feature does not work when Emacs uses
GTK+ scroll bars).
+@vindex window-resize-pixelwise
+ By default, when you split a window, Emacs gives each of the
+resulting windows dimensions that are an integral multiple of the
+default font size of the frame. That might subdivide the screen
+estate unevenly between the resulting windows. If you set the
+variable @code{window-resize-pixelwise} to a non-@code{nil} value,
+Emacs will give each window the same number of pixels (give or take
+one pixel if the initial dimension was an odd number of pixels). Note
+that when a frame's pixel size is not a multiple of the frame's
+character size, at least one window may get resized pixelwise even if
+this option is @code{nil}.
+
@node Other Window
@section Using Other Windows
Select a Dired buffer for directory @var{directory} in another window
(@code{dired-other-window}). @xref{Dired}.
-@findex mail-other-window
+@c Don't index @kbd{C-x 4 m} and @code{compose-mail-other-window}
+@c here, they are indexed in sending.texi, in the "Sending Mail" node.
@item C-x 4 m
Start composing a mail message, similar to @kbd{C-x m} (@pxref{Sending
-Mail}), but in another window (@code{mail-other-window}).
+Mail}), but in another window (@code{compose-mail-other-window}).
@findex find-tag-other-window
@item C-x 4 .
@end table
@node Change Window
-@section Deleting and Rearranging Windows
+@section Deleting and Resizing Windows
+@cindex delete window
+@cindex deleting windows
@table @kbd
@item C-x 0
Delete the selected window (@code{delete-window}).
whole frame. (This command cannot be used while the minibuffer window
is active; attempting to do so signals an error.)
+@cindex resize window
+@cindex resizing windows
@kindex C-x ^
@findex enlarge-window
@kindex C-x @}
a certain minimum number of columns, specified by the variable
@code{window-min-width} (the default is 10).
+ Mouse clicks on the mode line (@pxref{Mode Line Mouse}) or on window
+dividers (@pxref{Window Dividers}) provide another way to change window
+heights and to split or delete windows.
+
@kindex C-x -
@findex shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
@kbd{C-x -} (@code{shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer}) reduces the
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 Displaying Buffers
@section Displaying a Buffer in a Window
- It is a common Emacs operation to display or ``pop up'' some buffer
+ It is a common Emacs operation to display or pop up some buffer
in response to a user command. There are several different ways in
which commands do this.
(@pxref{Select Buffer}).
@findex display-buffer
- Some commands try to display ``intelligently'', trying not to take
+ Some commands try to display intelligently, trying not to take
over the selected window, e.g., by splitting off a new window and
displaying the desired buffer there. Such commands, which include the
various help commands (@pxref{Help}), work by calling
@item
Otherwise, if the buffer is already displayed in an existing window,
-``reuse'' that window. Normally, only windows on the selected frame
+reuse that window. Normally, only windows on the selected frame
are considered, but windows on other frames are also reusable if you
change @code{pop-up-frames} (see below) to @code{t}.
@cindex window configuration changes, undoing
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. You can toggle Winner mode
+windows), so that you can undo them. You can toggle Winner mode
with @kbd{M-x winner-mode}, or by customizing the variable
@code{winner-mode}. When the mode is enabled, @kbd{C-c left}
(@code{winner-undo}) undoes the last window configuration change. If
The Windmove package defines commands for moving 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''
+one, and similarly for the left, up, and down
counterparts. @kbd{M-x windmove-default-keybindings} binds these
commands to @kbd{S-right} etc.; doing so disables shift selection for
those keys (@pxref{Shift Selection}).