Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!mit-vax!eagle!harpo!decvax!cca!z From: z@cca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Multiple Windows in CCA EMACS (II) Message-ID: <5026@cca.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Jun-83 12:12:06 EDT Article-I.D.: cca.5026 Posted: Sun Jun 26 12:12:06 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jun-83 22:14:38 EDT Lines: 36 The multiple window commands for CCA EMACS have been revised somewhat to be easier to use with large numbers of windows. It was found that the original scheme of addressing windows by rows and columns did not work well when there many windows of varying sizes, as it was not always easy to tell to which row and column a given window belonged. Therefore, under the revised scheme, all windows are addressed by a single unique window number. In multiple window mode, this window number is displayed in the extreme left of the mode line. This way, the window number is always visible, no matter how narrow the window is. The changes in the window commands all have to do with addressing this new window number. The C-X O (^R Other Window) command with no argument will now change to the previous window. It can be given a numeric argument to change to a specific numbered window. With just a C-U argument, it changes to the window with the next higher number, and with a negative argument, it changes to the window with the next lower number. This behavior is analogous to that of the C-X B (Select Buffer) command. The C-C O command is no longer needed, and has been deleted. Instead, M-X Occur has been moved back to its old place on C-C O. The limitation on killing windows mentioned in the previous message has been removed; C-X 0 and C-C 0 will cause one window to be absorbed into another provided that the new resulting window will still be rectangular in shape. The C-X 1 (^R One Window) command with a numeric argument will now go into one window mode with the screen being filled with that number window. C-C 1 is now identical to C-X 1. The C-X 4 (^R Visit in Other Window) and C-C 4 (Visit in Vertical Window) commands with no arguments behave as before. With arguments, they first use their arguments to select a window in the same way C-X O (^R Other Window) does, and then select a file or buffer in that window. C-M-V (^R Scroll Other Window) now always scrolls the previous window. C-C C-S is no longer needed, and has been deleted.