From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Lee Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Scrolling *backward* in a non-active window Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 22:16:16 GMT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com 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 1052778121 2924 80.91.224.249 (12 May 2003 22:22:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 22:22:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 13 00:21:57 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 19FLgD-0000kt-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 00:21:57 +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 19FLed-0006Qr-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 May 2003 18:20:19 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!diablo.voicenet.com!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr30.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5V44iZ5R9Dfj74LElwI3J5N/Lgw= Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.62.199.3 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net Original-X-Trace: newssvr30.news.prodigy.com 1052777776 ST000 216.62.199.3 (Mon, 12 May 2003 18:16:16 EDT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 18:16:16 EDT X-UserInfo1: FKPO@SFGPBSYRIXXKJJD]_HBWB]^PCPDLXUNNHDK@YUDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113136 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:9632 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9632 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). C-M-V works for me.