From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: M-x compile and window splitting Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:00:01 +0200 Message-ID: <87k552s8y6.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241089230 18057 80.91.229.12 (30 Apr 2009 11:00:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:00:30 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 30 13:00:17 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LzU01-0006VI-2x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:00:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49043 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LzU00-0005uw-GU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LzTzu-0005uZ-Ml for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:10 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LzTzq-0005uN-U9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33365 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LzTzq-0005uK-No for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:06 -0400 Original-Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:57135) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LzTzp-0008S7-ME for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:06 -0400 Original-Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A7C33536F for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:04 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:04 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: frwsUoruhKUol9VY1uFy1mVtKgO+yEZrqk7gGSsuAb9L 1241089204 Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (p54AF2950.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.175.41.80]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B78552791E for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:03 -0400 (EDT) Mail-Copies-To: never Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Frank Schmitt's message of "Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:31:47 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110573 Archived-At: Frank Schmitt writes: Hi! > In Emacs 23, the window is split vertically instead of horizontally No, it's split horizontally instead of vertically in Emacs speach, see `C-h k C-x 3'. > and compilation-window-height doesn't seem to have any effect anymore. > > I like the change that the window is split vertically instead of > horizontally, however I see some issues: > > - compilation-window-height looses its meaning (the variable is not > mentioned in info but shows up in M-x customize-group compilation) Yes, for horizontal splitting something like compilation-window-width would be needed, just as there's split-height-threshold and split-width-threshold. > - the change doesn't seem to be mentioned in NEWS (at least I couldn't > find it) ,----[ /usr/share/emacs/23.0.92/etc/NEWS ] | *** New value nil for split-height-threshold inhibits vertical splitting | unless there's no other window. | | +++ | *** New option split-width-threshold controls horizontal splitting. | | +++ | *** A window can be split horizontally even when it's not full-width. | | +++ | *** New option split-window-preferred-function can be set to a function | to override the default splitting mechanism of display-buffer. `---- > - there doesn't seem to exist a possibility to influence the width of > the new window As always with splitting, it takes half of the available space. Bye, Tassilo