In Emacs we can scroll inactive window using certain commands
But not all details are listed in the manual.
C-M-v can scroll down the other window
my intention is to scroll up the other window, how could I do that ?
1
- I think there is a confusion in this question between scroll up and scroll down actions. From help (C-h k C-M-v): C-M-v runs the command scroll-other-window (found in global-map), ... It is bound to M-<next>, C-M-v and ESC <next>. (scroll-other-window &optional LINES) Scroll next window upward LINES lines; or near full screen if no ARG. See ‘scroll-up-command’ for details. Also Emacs C-h C-M-S-v seems not to catch the Shift key and opens the same page as above. C-M-S-v does not work, but it should as: gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Other-Window.htmlsçuçu– sçuçu2024-12-29 13:28:10 +00:00Commented Dec 29, 2024 at 13:28
Add a comment |
7 Answers
Try C-M-S-v, which is scroll-other-window-down.
You can find such key bindings by doing C-h b (describe-bindings) which populates the *Help* buffer with a list of all the key bindings and associated commands for the current buffer. A quick search through that for scroll-other showed the binding you mentioned, as well as the one I listed.
5 Comments
user798719
I tried command + meta + shift + v and the other window does not scroll up. I'm using emacs 24.3 in the terminal (mac os x). The original poster wanted to know how to scroll the other window up, not down.
user798719
Well it looks like in the terminal (iterm2 to be exact) you can't get the command shift meta v to work, although this is the correct answer. On a mac I had to use function + up_arrow to scroll the other window up. function + down_arrow also scrolls the other window down.
JW.
Thanks @user798719 I was having exactly the same problem.
h3dkandi
Did you guys bind function + <arrows> for the terminal. By default it is not working on macOS default terminal.
Flux
@user798719 Try
C-u - C-M-v. See: stackoverflow.com/a/60497723On many terminals you can do M-PageUp and M-PageDn to scroll the other window. It's nice if you're already used to using PageUp/PageDn for scrolling.
2 Comments
Yuri Ghensev
Best option so far
Lorem Ipsum
FWIW, the default bindings for
M-PageUp (i.e. M-<prior>) and M-PageDown (i.e. M-<next>) are scroll-other-window and scroll-other-window-down. See this to learn how to rebind: gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/…You can alternatively give a negative argument to C-M-v. Negative arguments can be given with almost any modifier combination. In that case you can type C-M-- C-M-v.
1 Comment
user650654
The negative argument has to be given each time for e.g. if scrolling more than a page. It's a bit more to type.
I use this (everyday) :
(define-key global-map [(meta up)] '(lambda() (interactive) (scroll-other-window -1))) (define-key global-map [(meta down)] '(lambda() (interactive) (scroll-other-window 1))) 
1 Comment
Jérôme Radix
Yes, very practical. I've bound those lambda on C-M-<next> and C-M-<prior> as scroll-other-window and scroll-other-window-down are already bound to C-M-<prior> and M-<prior> and M-up and M-down are reused by org-mode.
scroll down, (scroll-other-window)
scroll up, (scroll-other-window '-)
scroll-other-window is the native C API of Emacs, so it should work out of the box. Check its documentation.
Feel free to assign hot key for them
Comments
You could do C-u - C-M-v (i.e. scroll-other-window with ARG -) if C-M-S-v (i.e. scroll-other-window-down) does not work for you, as could happen when using Emacs in a terminal.
Excerpt from C-h f scroll-other-window:
Negative ARG means scroll downward. If ARG is the atom '-', scroll downward by nearly full screen.
Comments
M-<prior>runs the command scroll-other-window-down (fnoptionup-arrowon Mac)M-<next>runs the command scroll-other-window (fnoptiondown-arrowon Mac)
