* opening two documents side-by-side
@ 2008-08-16 19:51 Rich E
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From: Rich E @ 2008-08-16 19:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,
When I open documents with, for example:
emacs doc1.txt doc2.txt
they will open one above the other. Is there any way two tell emacs to open
them side by side instead?
Thanks,
Rich
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@ 2008-08-17 1:26 ` Giorgos Keramidas
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From: Giorgos Keramidas @ 2008-08-17 1:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:51:03 -0700, "Rich E" <reakinator@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> When I open documents with, for example:
>
> emacs doc1.txt doc2.txt
>
> they will open one above the other. Is there any way two tell emacs
> to open them side by side instead?
Yes, there are a few ways:
* Use an Emacs window that is ``wide enough''. GNU Emacs 23.X decides
if a frame should be split vertically by comparing the current frame
width with `split-width-threshold'. When the current frame width
exceeds `split-width-threshold' Emacs splits the frame in two
vertical windows.
You can try this, for example, by running Emacs (in a terminal that
is at least 40 columns wide) like this:
% emacs --eval '(setq-default split-width-threshold 40)' \
doc1.txt doc2.txt
If your terminal is at least 40 columns wide, Emacs should split the
initial frame in two vertical windows.
* Customize `split-width-threshold' by typing `M-x customize-variable
RET split-width-threshold RET', set its value to a smaller width
than the default (set to 160 columns here), save the customization
for future sessions and you are done. Now Emacs should split the
frame vertically without the --eval trick shown above.
* Fire up Emacs, set up the windows yourself, and *then* visit the two
files in the windows you have pre-configured.
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