From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Christopher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Scrolling *backward* in a non-active window Date: 12 May 2003 19:21:04 -0400 Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 100,000+ UNCENSORED Newsgroups. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052781679 19030 80.91.224.249 (12 May 2003 23:21:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 23:21:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 13 01:21:17 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 19FMba-0004we-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 01:21:14 +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 19FMb5-0001Gr-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2003 19:20:43 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.171.237.63 Original-X-Trace: corp.newsgroups.com 1052781839 208.171.237.63 (12 May 2003 18:23:59 -0500) X-Comments: This message was posted through Newsfeeds.com X-Comments2: IMPORTANT: Newsfeeds.com does not condone, nor support, spam or any illegal or copyrighted postings. X-Comments3: IMPORTANT: Under NO circumstances will postings containing illegal or copyrighted material through this service be tolerated!! X-Report: Please report illegal or inappropriate use to X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers, INCLUDING the body (DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!local-out2.newsfeeds.com!corp.newsgroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113141 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:9637 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9637 Barry Margolin writes: > 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. Thank you very much. I did not occur to me to take the second dash to mean that I should actually hit the "-" key. (Duh). -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----