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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Patch: prefer-window-split-horizontally
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:31:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwveji4zgna.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877inwvakl.fsf@baldur.tsdh.de> (Tassilo Horn's message of "Wed\, 15 Aug 2007 21\:53\:30 +0200")

>>> What do you think about adding another variable
>>> `split-window-function' with the default value
>>> `split-window-vertically' or nil with the same meaning, and the
>>> possible other value `split-window-horizontally'?  This would be like
>>> setting `ediff-split-window-function' to `split-window-horizontally'.
>> 
>> Just for the record: we're talking about something used only in
>> display-buffer so a name like `split-window-function' doesn't seem
>> right.

> The suggested variable's function could be used in `split-window',
> couldn't it?

Sounds more delicate: split-window is a lower-level function used by several
other pieces of code that want to have precise control over the layout of
windows inside a frame (e.g. Gnus).


        Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-15 20:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-14 16:34 Patch: prefer-window-split-horizontally Tassilo Horn
2007-08-14 16:51 ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-15 18:22   ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-15 18:47     ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-16  2:42       ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-16  5:52         ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-14 20:47 ` Juri Linkov
2007-08-15  5:35   ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-15 15:24     ` Davis Herring
2007-08-15 15:49       ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-15 18:22   ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-15 18:57     ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-15 19:35   ` Stefan Monnier
2007-08-15 19:53     ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-15 20:31       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2007-08-16  6:28         ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-16 13:11           ` Stefan Monnier
2007-08-16 13:38             ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-16 14:00               ` klaus.berndl
2007-08-16 14:37                 ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-16 14:34               ` Stefan Monnier
2007-08-16 14:52                 ` Tassilo Horn
2007-08-16 15:46                   ` klaus.berndl
2007-08-15 23:36     ` Juri Linkov
2007-08-16  0:45       ` Stefan Monnier
2007-08-16 20:21         ` Juri Linkov
2007-08-16  2:42       ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-16 20:23         ` Juri Linkov
2007-08-15  5:52 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2007-08-15  6:27   ` Tassilo Horn

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