Re: How to scroll other window backwards? C-M-v does forwards

[Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>]

Daniel <unagimiyagi@gmail.com> writes:

> I think that the control + meta + v function is great.  However, is
> there a way to scroll the other window's file backwards without having
> to leave my current window?

>  C-M-v runs the command scroll-other-window, which is an interactive
>  built-in function in `C source code'.
>
>  It is bound to <M-next>, C-M-v, ESC <next>.
>
>  (scroll-other-window &optional ARG)
>
>  Scroll next window upward ARG lines; or near full screen if no ARG.
>  A near full screen is `next-screen-context-lines' less than a full screen.
>  The next window is the one below the current one; or the one at the top
>  if the current one is at the bottom.  Negative ARG means scroll downward.
>  If ARG is the atom `-', scroll downward by nearly full screen.
>  When calling from a program, supply as argument a number, nil, or `-'.
>
>  If `other-window-scroll-buffer' is non-nil, scroll the window
>  showing that buffer, popping the buffer up if necessary.
>  If in the minibuffer, `minibuffer-scroll-window' if non-nil
>  specifies the window to scroll.  This takes precedence over
>  `other-window-scroll-buffer'.

So a negative prefix is all you need.