Re: master 6a2ee981c3: Add new functions for splitting the root window

[Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>]

>>>>> On Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:50:04 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> said:

    Lars> Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:
    >>> I thought that all the sensible prefixes to those commands were taken,
    >>> but if that's possible, then that's a better solution.
    >> 
    >> Oh, I didn't expect all prefixes are taken, too bad.
    >> Maybe then better to bind them to a common prefix key?
    >> E.g. 'C-x r 2' and 'C-x r 3'.

    Lars> Ah, yeah, that sounds even better to have them on `something-2' and
    Lars> `-3', since they're analogous to `C-x 2' and `3'.

    Lars> Are there any other commands under `C-x r' that deal with windows,
    Lars> though?  Hm...  I see bookmark and register commands, so putting some
    Lars> window commands there seems a bit odd, but perhaps not.

Thereʼs 'C-x r w', and 'C-x r f'. I guess they fit into the 'take some
current state and save it' paradigm of the other 'C-x r' bindings, so
I donʼt think that fits with window splitting.

    Lars> Anybody have other suggestions for where to put these?  `C-x x 2'?  The
    Lars> `C-x x' map is for buffer commands, and these are window commands, but
    Lars> perhaps that's OK.

'C-x w 2' ?

Robert
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