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Window Commands
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   It can be convenient to view more than one node at a time.  To allow
this, Info can display more than one "window".  Each window has its own
mode line (Note: The Mode Line) and history of nodes viewed in that
window (Note: `history-node'.).

`C-x <o>' (`next-window')
     Select the next window on the screen.  Note that the echo area can
     only be selected if it is already in use, and you have left it
     temporarily.  Normally, `C-x o' simply moves the cursor into the
     next window on the screen, or if you are already within the last
     window, into the first window on the screen.  Given a numeric
     argument, `C-x o' moves over that many windows.  A negative
     argument causes `C-x o' to select the previous window on the
     screen.

`M-x prev-window'
     Select the previous window on the screen.  This is identical to
     `C-x o' with a negative argument.

`C-x <2>' (`split-window')
     Split the current window into two windows, both showing the same
     node.  Each window is one half the size of the original window,
     and the cursor remains in the original window.  The variable
     `automatic-tiling' can cause all of the windows on the screen to
     be resized for you automatically, please *note automatic-tiling:
     Variables. for more information.

`C-x <0>' (`delete-window')
     Delete the current window from the screen.  If you have made too
     many windows and your screen appears cluttered, this is the way to
     get rid of some of them.

`C-x <1>' (`keep-one-window')
     Delete all of the windows excepting the current one.

`ESC <C-v>' (`scroll-other-window')
     Scroll the other window, in the same fashion that `C-v' might
     scroll the current window.  Given a negative argument, scroll the
     "other" window backward.

`C-x <^>' (`grow-window')
     Grow (or shrink) the current window.  Given a numeric argument,
     grow the current window that many lines; with a negative numeric
     argument, shrink the window instead.

`C-x <t>' (`tile-windows')
     Divide the available screen space among all of the visible windows.
     Each window is given an equal portion of the screen in which to
     display its contents.  The variable `automatic-tiling' can cause
     `tile-windows' to be called when a window is created or deleted.
     Note: `automatic-tiling'.