Buffer list location

Buffer list location

[Andrew Goodnough]

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I'd like the Buffer List to always appear as a horizontal window at the
bottom.  But when I have emacs maximized and show the Buffer List, it
appears in a new window, split vertically on the right side.  I think emacs
is trying to be smart about where I've got the most screen real estate at
the moment but I wish it would always go on the bottom.  Is there a variable
to set this by chance?

Andy

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Re: Buffer list location

[Tassilo Horn]

Andrew Goodnough <agoodno@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Andrew,

> I'd like the Buffer List to always appear as a horizontal window at
> the bottom.  But when I have emacs maximized and show the Buffer List,
> it appears in a new window, split vertically on the right side.  I
> think emacs is trying to be smart about where I've got the most screen
> real estate at the moment but I wish it would always go on the bottom.
> Is there a variable to set this by chance?

Is that (a) special for the buffer list, or (b) do you want emacs never
to split vertically?

In case (b), add

    (setq split-width-threshold nil)

to your ~/.emacs.  In case (b), you can use an advice around
buffer-list.

    (defadvice list-buffers (around forbid-horizontal-split activate)
      (let ((split-width-threshold nil))
        ad-do-it))

Bye,
Tassilo

Re: Buffer list location

[Andrew Goodnough]

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Your (a) case was what I was looking for (as I still want to be able to
split other windows vertically) and setting split-width-threshold to nil
worked great.  Thanks.

Andy

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:42 PM, Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>wrote:

> Andrew Goodnough <agoodno@gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> > I'd like the Buffer List to always appear as a horizontal window at
> > the bottom.  But when I have emacs maximized and show the Buffer List,
> > it appears in a new window, split vertically on the right side.  I
> > think emacs is trying to be smart about where I've got the most screen
> > real estate at the moment but I wish it would always go on the bottom.
> > Is there a variable to set this by chance?
>
> Is that (a) special for the buffer list, or (b) do you want emacs never
> to split vertically?
>
> In case (b), add
>
>    (setq split-width-threshold nil)
>
> to your ~/.emacs.  In case (b), you can use an advice around
> buffer-list.
>
>    (defadvice list-buffers (around forbid-horizontal-split activate)
>      (let ((split-width-threshold nil))
>        ad-do-it))
>
> Bye,
> Tassilo
>
>
>
>

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