From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 33929@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33929: 26.1; Stop vertical window split from switching to horizontal
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:13:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83r2dy4ylo.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cfda0314-a98b-450e-8cf1-0e323573af80@default> (message from Drew Adams on Sun, 30 Dec 2018 11:09:17 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2018 11:09:17 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
>
> I wanted to see more of the rightmost part of *Backtrace*, without
> scrolling, so I enlarged the frame with the mouse, extending it to the
> right. At some point the split changed to horizontal, putting the
> *Backtrace* window at the right instead of the bottom. SURPRISE!?!
>
> This of course made things even worse, as the *Backtrace* window was
> then even narrower than it was before extending the frame to the right.
>
> More importantly, I *didn't ask* Emacs to change the window-split
> direction. This should not happen (by default), IMHO.
>
> Sure, I can compensate, e.g. by using `C-x 5 2' or by scrolling. But a
> user shouldn't have to compensate for Emacs planting obstacles in her
> way suddenly, out of the blue.
You can control this with split-height-threshold and
split-width-threshold.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-30 19:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-12-30 19:09 bug#33929: 26.1; Stop vertical window split from switching to horizontal Drew Adams
2018-12-30 19:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-12-30 19:13 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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[not found] ` <<83sgye4yme.fsf@gnu.org>
2018-12-30 19:47 ` Drew Adams
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