From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lowell Gilbert Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to scroll other window backwards? C-M-v does forwards Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:40:32 -0400 Message-ID: <44iq4vdzm7.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <2f1f9c14-8cdb-4507-aa1a-a2a8d72f0763@5g2000yqz.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291843312 5854 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2010 21:21:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 21:21:52 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 22:21:48 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQRSE-0006ZD-9m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:21:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34133 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQRJN-00008g-L3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:12:29 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.speakeasy.net!news.speakeasy.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:40:32 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:QkSwMKf3DuG3Gu3MoRqUj58Ebxc= Original-Lines: 27 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.92.78.145 Original-X-Trace: sv3-FBmGArGfebQorLpOBwIHTmfGZQ5ehKhkbNixZiwFTBAjf/trvNRm533IT1raLV8kAarhevz2+sc0cnh!EOqFdeudoKCZ6EwaRze828Jygp/GxYY6yBtkMOYQrpRrWXDtg4a6HYC/vNRzdCYo5dVn2fRa53fj!e2cLJi10+w== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:179486 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:76027 Archived-At: Daniel 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 , C-M-v, ESC . > > (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.