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11 Controlling the Display

Since only part of a large buffer fits in the window, SXEmacs tries to show the part that is likely to be interesting. The display control commands allow you to specify which part of the text you want to see.

C-l
Clear frame and redisplay, scrolling the selected window to center point vertically within it (recenter).
C-v
pgdn
next
Scroll forward (a windowful or a specified number of lines) (scroll-up). On most X keyboards, you can get this functionality using the key labelled ‘Page Down’, which generates either next or pgdn.
M-v
pgup
prior
Scroll backward (scroll-down). On most X keyboards, you can get this functionality using the key labelled ‘Page Up’, which generates either prior or pgup.
arg C-l
Scroll so point is on line arg (recenter).
C-x <
C-pgdn
C-next
Scroll text in current window to the left (scroll-left).
C-x >
C-pgup
C-prior
Scroll to the right (scroll-right).
C-x $
Make deeply indented lines invisible (set-selective-display).