Re: split-window-preferred-function

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> I don't see how this would help to decide whether to split a window
>>> vertically or horizontally, or to display a buffer in a new window.
>
>> The order of the splitting functions in the hypothetical
>> `split-window-functions' list would express the preference.  Each
>> function checks if it's applicable (wrt to
>> split-{width,height}-threshold) and returns nil, if it's not.
>
> I still think this is wrong: the choice should be based on
> split-window-preferred-aspect-ratio.

I cannot imagine how that would work.  Especially what would prevent
splitting to create windows which are too narrow?

Bye,
Tassilo