how to get buffers to open a horizontal frame

how to get buffers to open a horizontal frame

[Harry Putnam]

I've just switched to 23 and find commands like `C-x C-b' open a
vertical buffer on the right instead of a horizontal buffer at the
bottom.

Also, it seems I cannot create a region without highlighting the
selection.  I prefer the old default in 22.

How can I fix these things?

Re: how to get buffers to open a horizontal frame

[tomas]

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On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 09:04:57PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I've just switched to 23 and find commands like `C-x C-b' open a
> vertical buffer on the right instead of a horizontal buffer at the
> bottom.

Hm. Sorry. Don't know about this. Might be you have an extremely wide
window to start with?

Have a look at the variables split-height-threshold, split-width-threshold,
split-window-preferred-function.

> Also, it seems I cannot create a region without highlighting the
> selection.  I prefer the old default in 22.

You want to switch off transient-mark-mode. For the current session you
just say "M-x transient-mark-mode", this toggles the current setting; if
you want it permanently, "M-x customize-variable RET transient-mark-mode"
and follow the instructions.

Regards
- -- tomás
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Re: how to get buffers to open a horizontal frame

[Stefan Monnier]

> How can I fix these things?

Have you tried reading the NEWS?  If it doesn't mention those things,
then please come back and complain,


        Stefan