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).