Function: scroll-down

scroll-down is an interactive function defined in window.c.

Signature

(scroll-down &optional ARG)

Documentation

Scroll text of selected window down ARG lines.

If ARG is omitted or nil, scroll down by a near full screen. A near full screen is next-screen-context-lines less than a full screen. Negative ARG means scroll upward. If ARG is the atom -, scroll upward by nearly full screen. When calling from a program, supply as argument a number, nil, or -.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.

Key Bindings

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/window.c
{
  scroll_command (selected_window, arg, -1);
  return Qnil;
}