From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Francis Moreau" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Change the default behaviour when 2 files are open Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:04:22 +0100 Message-ID: <38b2ab8a0803061304n5ad2074cvc5103f349b691dcd@mail.gmail.com> References: <38b2ab8a0803060643l3e4ed90n3a9fa688187778d9@mail.gmail.com> <89FD5AC2-8AC1-4646-A20F-1347584257F4@Web.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204837587 22783 80.91.229.12 (6 Mar 2008 21:06:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:06:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org To: "Peter Dyballa" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 06 22:06:45 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JXNHK-0001mJ-03 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:05:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXNGm-0004ns-Ib for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXNGR-0004ik-13 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JXNGO-0004cN-JH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JXNGO-0004bz-Ej for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:28 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JXNGO-00061t-3v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JXNGN-0002M9-Pb for gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:27 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JXNGK-00061J-Qa for gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:27 -0500 Original-Received: from el-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.162.176]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JXNGK-000617-HI for gnu-emacs-help@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:04:24 -0500 Original-Received: by el-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id n30so80507elf.7 for ; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:04:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=JhepI/NiAaQfedO9vdMpnjC+3rYfFC0kvIVr15Ukt50=; b=HLkB0jEbT0sexpQ4bvpSPfmdKDfELmLrtV3X0QqoIjosa7igWEAO8rAqp2YzYlcsaIhe+a1mQCrqiN33eLUidi0Isd50RmLI9cQdZb5itetuiJLnPR4TpOtgRRkqITPSXQB1R/0bgxZcG/OQELUnHHm8JwSzT8wGjcobaor2G9Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sHgHypfRwZQrZWNAZ6CSYQZeXBU3xizAEydKx6bh+THrrgL3uspsCtr+8qqS41bdExQy0WvFxqzIFWglKdflLm+Pz3u9fdkzhK6lMBj+SzS8nzQnSw6e+ffaap1n9HydhXkk/D+JdlSSTkaUFf8umOkVTI7w7+GP56Tx4tzPhtM= Original-Received: by 10.141.169.9 with SMTP id w9mr115433rvo.241.1204837462873; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:04:22 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.140.135.21 with HTTP; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:04:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <89FD5AC2-8AC1-4646-A20F-1347584257F4@Web.DE> Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:52112 Archived-At: On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote: > If you can't find anything in the Emacs info node, then send a bug > report (from Help menu) in which you ask to add customisation to set > a preference for vertical or horizontal splitting. > I couldn't have found anything revelant. I'll send a bug report if nothing interesting can come up from this thread. > The "recent" preference to split the frame into an upper and a lower > window comes from GNU Emacs's past on hardware terminals with 25 > lines and 80 columns. Creating here two windows side by side was not > a clever thought. Since GNU Emacs can be more wide than high on 16:10 > displays this side by side layout can be more natural. And natural > things should be supported by GNU Emacs. > I agree. thanks -- Francis