From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Scrolling *backward* in a non-active window Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:44:40 GMT Organization: Genuity Managed Services, Woburn, MA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052754711 13062 80.91.224.249 (12 May 2003 15:51:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:51:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 12 17:51:48 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19FFWU-0002y0-00 for ; Mon, 12 May 2003 17:47:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19FFUV-0002Rj-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2003 11:45:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!mtvwca1-snh1.ops.genuity.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!paloalto-snr1.gtei.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Trace: /KDWjbEljR2oEIn7GRYhOh96b2GpEt9ZmJARnUHM2Sstm7JiaXm9KCju0JHAsRghAbfGJVV+tWMp!FgfPzMfBHZyAfZxAgUw3sGSUGHWxUb2/mEp8WQ4shKmr2Lt8WJs4u+pm1nlSbFRFaZfmVQ+K8rY8!G4vrz5ez4Hs= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gte.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:44:40 GMT Original-Distribution: world Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113109 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9605 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9605 In article , Christopher wrote: >David Kastrup writes: > >> Christopher writes: >> >> > I know that you can scroll forward in a non-active window by using >> > C-M-v, but is there a way to scroll that window backward? >> >> M-- C-M-v >> >> -- >> David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum > >I'm not sure what the two dashes following the first "M" mean. >C-M-v means that I'm holding down all three keys at the same time, but >precisely what action is signified by the "M--" preceding it? M- means hold down Meta while pressing , so M-- means hold down Meta while pressing "-". C-M-v takes a numeric argument telling it how many screens to scroll. If it's negative, it goes the other direction, and the minus sign is the way you give a negative argument (leaving out the number defaults to 1). -- Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com Genuity Managed Services, a Level(3) Company, Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.