From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Warsaw Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3 Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:36:55 -0400 Organization: Damn Crazy Followers of the Horn Message-ID: <20111026113655.1f33e53b@resist.wooz.org> References: <87wrbs5vsx.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA256; boundary="Sig_/PocqA4=Vb0A.=XEa+zaAA9K"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319643633 18849 80.91.229.12 (26 Oct 2011 15:40:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:40:33 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 26 17:40:26 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJ5ab-0000oy-GV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:40:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57911 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJ5ab-0002yK-3i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54185) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJ5aT-0002xI-Pm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJ5aM-0000qo-4J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:17 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:45800) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RJ5aL-0000qD-KP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:10 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RJ5aK-0000hu-19 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:40:08 +0200 Original-Received: from mail.wooz.org ([216.15.33.194]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:40:08 +0200 Original-Received: from barry by mail.wooz.org with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:40:08 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 54 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.wooz.org X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.6; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 80.91.229.12 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:145582 Archived-At: --Sig_/PocqA4=Vb0A.=XEa+zaAA9K Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Chong Yidong wrote: >Martin recently introduced the command names > > split-window-above-each-other -> C-x 2 > split-window-side-by-side -> C-x 3 > >for which split-window-{vertically|horizontally} are now aliases. > >I don't mind the attempt to address the vertical/horizontal ambiguity, >but the new names aren't ungrammatical. In English, "split X above each >other" sounds like a nonsense phrase, and "split X side by side" isn't >much better. > >How about split-window-by-width or split-window-by-height? Or can >someone suggest something better? How about: split-window-by-drawing-along-a-line-from-east-to-west split-window-by-drawing-along-a-line-from-north-to-south :) -Barry --Sig_/PocqA4=Vb0A.=XEa+zaAA9K Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJOqCkXAAoJEBJutWOnSwa/J3gQALnLszUZx2OEHgJs74hgiowi mSnlZ4Ph013nvTeG6bnM07dnoofUDPewTWEmPK1GYQoMWINCL1QiPXxPOMu3ZMjL 0wcBGj3BSnxESn67rfhcWHsVJFHfa8ki5RRxim9JP18Whb0NNBZsGjT0r562dyTV eXCSNXK4Q1TC5pZXw+5cf68PCpfyelJtendwvcbhxMoleVnG+PKZSUt3RP8zGjAb cVcBK+N6GNwFXlhkXpiizeh3I9egOam/5Bhs3eAbZiSvhDd66sbg/g0zyscKhv9U uwrjWSVH4VgZl91DiOeQ1ySCPUdraV3jGOVFqzW9Hpi9bobkWWda2+ztmHwp/oRW vap6pAZcc6OjZ/Bjr5Pooegsc2UXmkn0PjNmMm/oZ/qfXF+4ORxdaVzxQlxHMOcp CFwuMd0OYfN61gh0UfamULLvjpKXCaKb4UzKCL0di4/7dKph1XYzCx5rfNAj4H4F 2wMWYYqJuTxwWL+IIb8fQ3TD50lp2JjzOSQ05c942TX8fhqHQbn+2vpf/EBuhh60 30HRHiZdI/pXGvrT+yX4VTHtbMDABH80Cze8M9b3omsQ792mcHaS20UkePT1SIDM QBhSv1GNXqJ4/P46S1cK7qpLMY73JKeK8TEx0tkM4DQxFb64MbNctLBOQ79pZ++q vPKJxTcmfJeSr2dwglJn =Mq2b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/PocqA4=Vb0A.=XEa+zaAA9K--