From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Ludwig, Mark" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: avoiding automatic split-window-horizontally Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:40:14 +0000 Message-ID: References: <831uariq3g.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1365003652 31094 80.91.229.3 (3 Apr 2013 15:40:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 15:40:52 +0000 (UTC) To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 03 17:41:20 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UNPoH-00067a-Ro for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:41:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55383 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNPns-0003TO-VF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:40:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45626) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNPnV-0003Rr-6m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:40:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNPnP-0000Ai-63 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:40:25 -0400 Original-Received: from usslmhub002.ugs.com ([134.244.32.85]:34238 helo=ugs.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UNPnO-0000AH-U6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:40:19 -0400 Original-Received: from USSLMMBX002.net.plm.eds.com (161.134.138.62) by USSLMHUB002.net.plm.eds.com (134.244.32.85) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.318.1; Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:40:15 -0500 Original-Received: from USSLMMBX003.net.plm.eds.com ([169.254.2.119]) by USSLMMBX002.net.plm.eds.com ([169.254.1.185]) with mapi id 14.02.0318.001; Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:40:15 -0500 Thread-Topic: avoiding automatic split-window-horizontally Thread-Index: Ac4wfe42MmEkL9w3RWGDbhQ12VLHYgALO2OAAApygDA= In-Reply-To: <831uariq3g.fsf@gnu.org> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [146.122.71.110] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows 7 or 8 X-Received-From: 134.244.32.85 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:89946 Archived-At: > From: Eli Zaretskii > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 10:36 AM > > Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:19:47 -0500 > > From: "Buchs, Kevin" > > > > I use Emacs 24.3 on MS Windows 7 with a large format monitor > > (2560x1600). Sometimes I want to view files with wide lines so I make > > my frame very wide. Certain commands will request a new window and > > this may often split a window vertically. However, in a wide frame, I > > observe automatic horizontal splitting. I'd like to avoid this, as it > > reduces my desired wide window. I haven't found anything in Info that > > enlightens me as to how to avoid the automatic splitting. Any suggestio= ns? >=20 > See split-height-threshold and split-width-threshold. For a wider screen, I found I only needed: (setq split-width-threshold nil) This eliminates the behavioral variability that drove me crazy (and seems t= o be annoying Kevin). (I assume for a taller screen, one might need to change split-height-thresh= old.) Hope this helps, Mark