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Moving Text Within a Window
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   Sometimes you are looking at a screenful of text, and only part of
the current paragraph you are reading is visible on the screen.  The
commands detailed in this section are used to shift which part of the
current node is visible on the screen.

   Scrolling commands are bound differently when `--vi-keys' operation
(Note: --vi-keys) is in effect.  These key bindings are designated
with "vi-like operation".

<SPC> (`scroll-forward')
     Shift the text in this window up.  That is, show more of the node
     which is currently below the bottom of the window.  With a numeric
     argument, show that many more lines at the bottom of the window; a
     numeric argument of 4 would shift all of the text in the window up
     4 lines (discarding the top 4 lines), and show you four new lines
     at the bottom of the window.  Without a numeric argument, <SPC>
     takes the bottom two lines of the window and places them at the
     top of the window, redisplaying almost a completely new screenful
     of lines.  If you are at the end of a node, <SPC> takes you to the
     "next" node, so that you can read an entire manual from start to
     finish by repeating <SPC>.

     The default scroll size is one screen-full, but it can be changed
     by invoking the (`scroll-forward-page-only-set-window') command,
     `z' under `--vi-keys', with a numeric argument.

<NEXT> (an arrow key) (`scroll-forward-page-only')
<C-v>
<C-f>, vi-like operation
<f>, vi-like operation
<M-SPC>, vi-like operation
     Shift the text in this window up.  This is identical to the <SPC>
     operation above, except that it never scrolls beyond the end of the
     current node.

     The <NEXT> key is known as the <PageDown> key on some keyboards.

<z> (`scroll-forward-page-only-set-window', vi-like operation)
     Scroll forward, like with <NEXT>, but if a numeric argument is
     specified, it becomes the default scroll size for subsequent
     `scroll-forward' and `scroll-backward' commands and their ilk.

<DEL> (`scroll-backward')
     Shift the text in this window down.  The inverse of
     `scroll-forward'.  If you are at the start of a node, <DEL> takes
     you to the "previous" node, so that you can read an entire manual
     from finish to start by repeating <DEL>.  The default scroll size
     can be changed by invoking the
     (`scroll-backward-page-only-set-window') command, `w' under
     `--vi-keys', with a numeric argument.

<PREVIOUS> (arrow key) (`scroll-backward-page-only')
<PRIOR> (arrow key)
<M-v>
<b>, vi-like operation
<C-b>, vi-like operation
     Shift the text in this window down.  The inverse of
     `scroll-forward-page-only'.  Does not scroll beyond the start of
     the current node.  The default scroll size can be changed by
     invoking the(`scroll-backward-page-only-set-window') command, `w'
     under `--vi-keys', with a numeric argument.

<w> (`scroll-backward-page-only-set-window', vi-like operation)
     Scroll backward, like with <PREVIOUS>, but if a numeric argument is
     specified, it becomes the default scroll size for subsequent
     `scroll-forward' and `scroll-backward' commands.

<C-n> (`down-line', vi-like operation)
<C-e>, vi-like operation
<RET>, vi-like operation
<LFD>, vi-like operation
<DOWN>, vi-like operation
     Scroll forward by one line.  With a numeric argument, scroll
     forward that many lines.

<C-p> (`up-line', vi-like operation)
<UP>, vi-like operation
<y>, vi-like operation
<k>, vi-like operation
<C-k>, vi-like operation
<C-y>, vi-like operation
     Scroll backward one line.  With a numeric argument, scroll
     backward that many lines.

<d> (`scroll-half-screen-down', vi-like operation)
<C-d>, vi-like operation
     Scroll forward by half of the screen size.  With a numeric
     argument, scroll that many lines.  If an argument is specified, it
     becomes the new default number of lines to scroll for subsequent
     `d' and `u' commands.

<u> (`scroll-half-screen-up', vi-like operation)
<C-u>, vi-like operation
     Scroll back by half of the screen size.  With a numeric argument,
     scroll that many lines.  If an argument is specified, it becomes
     the new default number of lines to scroll for subsequent `u' and
     `d' commands.

   The `scroll-forward' and `scroll-backward' commands can also move
forward and backward through the node structure of the file.  If you
press <SPC> while viewing the end of a node, or <DEL> while viewing the
beginning of a node, what happens is controlled by the variable
`scroll-behavior'.  Note: `scroll-behavior', for more
information.

   The `scroll-forward-page-only' and `scroll-backward-page-only'
commands never scroll beyond the current node.

   The <PREVIOUS> key is the <PageUp> key on many keyboards.  Emacs
refers to it by the name <PRIOR>.  When you use <PRIOR> or <PageUp> to
scroll, Info never scrolls beyond the beginning of the current node.

   If your keyboard lacks the <DEL> key, look for a key called <BS>, or
`BackSpace', sometimes designated with an arrow which points to the
left, which should perform the same function.

<C-l> (`redraw-display')
     Redraw the display from scratch, or shift the line containing the
     cursor to a specified location.  With no numeric argument, `C-l'
     clears the screen, and then redraws its entire contents.  Given a
     numeric argument of N, the line containing the cursor is shifted
     so that it is on the Nth line of the window.

`C-x <w>' (`toggle-wrap')
     Toggles the state of line wrapping in the current window.
     Normally, lines which are longer than the screen width "wrap",
     i.e., they are continued on the next line.  Lines which wrap have
     a `\' appearing in the rightmost column of the screen.  You can
     cause such lines to be terminated at the rightmost column by
     changing the state of line wrapping in the window with `C-x w'.
     When a line which needs more space than one screen width to
     display is displayed, a `$' appears in the rightmost column of the
     screen, and the remainder of the line is invisible.  When long
     lines are truncated, the modeline displays the `$' character near
     its left edge.


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