From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: split screen horizontally into three equally spaced sections
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:15:04 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yu91vyqrj9j.fsf@nyu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c564ec3f-4a9c-459e-8cbe-af4781da35c9@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> (maps's message of "Tue\, 07 Oct 2008 15\:26\:06 -0700 \(PDT\)")
At Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:26:06 -0700 (PDT) maps.automation58@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 16, 1:22 am, Allan Gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote:
>> At Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Gil <gilbert.har...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Is there a way to split the screen horizontally (C-x 3) in such a way
>> > that the three windows are equally spaced?
>>
>> Yes, You want balance-windows (see below).
>>
>> C-x 1 C-x 3 C-x 3 C-x +
>>
>> Will give you three equal size windows in the frame.
>>
>> allan
>>
>> C-x + runs the command balance-windows
>> which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `window.el'.
>> It is bound to C-x +.
>> (balance-windows &optional WINDOW-OR-FRAME)
> my balance-windows only balances them vertically... is there another
> command I can use or an easy way I can change that?
It works for me under both version 22 and version 23. What emacs
version are you running. Also do you start with a wide frame?
allan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-08 19:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-14 11:52 split screen horizontally into three equally spaced sections Gil
2008-09-14 12:09 ` harven
2008-09-14 12:48 ` Rupert Swarbrick
2008-09-14 16:01 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-09-16 5:22 ` Allan Gottlieb
[not found] ` <mailman.19329.1221542577.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-07 22:26 ` maps.automation58
2008-10-08 19:15 ` Allan Gottlieb [this message]
2008-10-08 22:01 ` Bastien
[not found] ` <mailman.622.1223503318.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-10 7:11 ` Sébastien Vauban
2008-10-10 8:00 ` harven
2008-10-10 8:02 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-10-10 15:53 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-10-10 16:10 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-10-10 19:04 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
2008-10-10 19:36 ` Lennart Borgman
2008-10-11 12:57 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.852.1223729847.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-11 14:07 ` Andreas Politz
2008-10-10 8:38 ` Bastien
[not found] ` <mailman.767.1223627907.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-10 10:23 ` Sébastien Vauban
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