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  Windows are areas of the EVE screen for displaying buffers you edit or
  other information, such as commands and messages.

  Using multiple windows lets you view or edit different buffers at the same
  time or different parts of the same buffer.

  Example:

                                                            +--------------+
     1. Initially, EVE has one main window---in             |[] cursor     |
        this case, you edit the MAIN buffer.                |              |
                                                            |              |
                                                            |  MAIN        |
                                                            +--------------+

     2. When you split the main window, the new window      +--------------+
        also shows the current buffer (MAIN).  The          |   MAIN       |
        cursor appears in the new, lower window.            |______________|
                                                            |[]            |
           Command: TWO WINDOWS                             |   MAIN       |
                                                            +--------------+

     3. Put a different file or buffer in the new           +--------------+
        windows, so you can view and edit two buffers       |   MAIN       |
        at the same time:                                   |______________|
                                                            |[]            |
           Command: GET FILE memo.txt                       |   memo.txt   |
                                                            +--------------+

     4. You can move from one window to the other, for      +--------------+
        example, to cut and paste text between buffers:     |[] MAIN       |
                                                            |______________|
           Command: OTHER WINDOW                            |              |
                                                            |   memo.txt   |
                                                            +--------------+

  Usage notes:

  o  Each window has its own status line, showing the name of the buffer in
     that window and other information about the buffer (such as its mode
     and direction). For more information, see help on Status Line.

  o  To put a different buffer (or file) into a window, use any of the
     following commands:

        BUFFER      NEXT BUFFER      PREVIOUS BUFFER
        GET FILE    OPEN             SHOW BUFFER
        NEW         OPEN SELECTED    SHOW SYSTEM BUFFERS

  o  To resize windows, use SHRINK WINDOW or ENLARGE WINDOW. The maximum
     number and size of windows depend on the size and type of your screen.
     The minimum size is 1 line for text plus 1 line for the status line,
     and on DECwindows, 1 line for the horizontal scroll bar. For example,
     with a 21-line main window (as on a VT220 terminal), you can have 11
     windows, each displaying one line of text at a time.

  o  To delete windows use DELETE WINDOW (deleting the current window) or
     ONE WINDOW (deleting the other windows, keeping the current window).

  o  Multiple windows are also useful in compiling TPU procedures---use one
     window for your procedures buffer, and use another window to view the
     MESSAGES buffer, so you can read compiler messages more easily when you
     use EXTEND commands. See help on Message Buffer.

  o  To shift the window horizontally (to view wide text), use SHIFT RIGHT
     and SHIFT LEFT, or use SET WIDTH to increase the width of the windows.

  Related topics:

     DELETE WINDOW      ENLARGE WINDOW    NEXT WINDOW     ONE WINDOW
     PREVIOUS WINDOW    SHRINK WINDOW     SPLIT WINDOW    TWO WINDOWS
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