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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-04-01 03:23:15 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-04-01 03:23:15 +0000
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@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@ not appear in inverse video.
@kindex C-Mouse-2 @r{(scroll bar)}
You can split a window horizontally or vertically by clicking
-@kbd{C-Mouse-2} in the mode line or the scroll bar. The line of
-splitting goes through the place where you click: if you click on the
-mode line, the new scroll bar goes above the spot; if you click in the
-scroll bar, the mode line of the split window is side by side with your
+@kbd{C-Mouse-2} in the mode line or the scroll bar. (This does not
+work in scroll bars implemented by X toolkits.) The line of splitting
+goes through the place where you click: if you click on the mode line,
+the new scroll bar goes above the spot; if you click in the scroll
+bar, the mode line of the split window is side by side with your
click.
@vindex truncate-partial-width-windows
@@ -119,14 +120,15 @@ independent of the buffer being displayed and its value for
@xref{Display}.
@vindex split-window-keep-point
- If @code{split-window-keep-point} is non-@code{nil}, the default, both
-of the windows resulting from @kbd{C-x 2} inherit the value of point
-from the window that was split. This means that scrolling is
+ If @code{split-window-keep-point} is non-@code{nil}, the default,
+both of the windows resulting from @kbd{C-x 2} inherit the value of
+point from the window that was split. This means that scrolling is
inevitable. If this variable is @code{nil}, then @kbd{C-x 2} tries to
-avoid shifting any text the screen, by putting point in each window at a
-position already visible in the window. It also selects whichever
-window contain the screen line that the cursor was previously on. Some
-users prefer the latter mode on slow terminals.
+avoid scrolling the text currently visible on the screen, by putting
+point in each window at a position already visible in the window. It
+also selects whichever window contain the screen line that the cursor
+was previously on. Some users prefer the latter mode on slow
+terminals.
@node Other Window
@section Using Other Windows