Re: Want split-window-vertically to split *vertically*

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

"Ludwig, Mark" <ludwig.mark@siemens.com> writes:

Hi Mark,

> I am using Emacs 23.3.1 and want to know how to make
> split-window-vertically do as documented: split *vertically* no matter
> how wide the frame is.  There clearly is logic that decides to split
> *horizontally* when the frame is relatively wide.  Why does C-x 2 act
> this way when the other behavior is available (normally) on C-x 3?

C-x 2 and C-x 3 should always do what their name suggests, except when
such a split would create a window that's smaller than window-min-height
/ window-min-width.  But even in that case, I don't get a different
split but a message is shown telling me that the window is too small to
be split.  (However, I'm testing with emacs 24, but I would be suprised
if emacs 23.3.1 was that much different.)

Anyway, can you give a recipe for reproducing that wrong split starting
with "emacs -Q"?

Bye,
Tassilo
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