[net.emacs] Horizontal Scrolling in CCA EMACS

z@cca.UUCP (Steve Zimmerman) (07/25/83)

Horizontal scrolling is now available in CCA EMACS.  The command C-X <
(^R Scroll Left) will shift the text in the current window to the left,
while C-X > (^R Scroll Right) will shift the text in the current window
to the right.  Numeric arguments can be used with both commands to
specify the number of columns to be shifted; the default number is one.
When text in a window has been shifted to the left, exclamation points
will appear in column zero of each line to indicate that further text
exists to the left.  When point is located in this unseen text, the
cursor will be positioned at the exclamation point.  Wrapped lines are
automatically truncated at the right margin whenever text in a window is
shifted left, regardless of the setting of Truncate Wrapped Lines.
However, if Truncate Wrapped Lines is zero, the long lines will once
again wrap when the text is shifted back to its original position.

When text is shifted left, the command C-X = (What Cursor Position) will
display an additional field at the end which specifies the first column
of text which is shown on the screen.