Re: `split-window-preferred-horizontally'

[martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>]

> The following is what I would do (the specific wording is irrelevant).
> 
> --- window.el	6 Jun 2008 08:00:59 -0000	1.137
> +++ window.el	7 Jun 2008 12:40:44 -0000
> @@ -743,9 +743,12 @@
>  (defcustom split-window-preferred-function nil
>    "How `display-buffer' shall split windows.
> -Choices are `Vertically', `Horizontally', and `Sensibly' where
> -the latter attempts to split wide windows horizontally, narrow
> -ones vertically.  Alternatively, you can set this to a function
> -called with a window as single argument to split that window in
> -two and return the new window."
> +Choices are:
> +  - `horizontally'   windows are split horizontally
> +  - `sensibly'       attempt to split wide windows horizontally,
> +                       narrow ones vertically
> +  - nil              windows are split vertically
> +  - a function       it will be called with a window as a single
> +                       argument; it should split it in two and
> +                       return the new window."
>    :type '(choice
>  	  (const :tag "Vertically" nil)

Yes that makes sense.  Let's see what Stefan says how to resolve this.