Re: delete window help

[Xah <xahlee@gmail.com>]

Xah wrote:
> > give it a argument of 2. Type this:
>
> > Ctrl+u 2 Ctrl+x 0
>
> > in general, if you want to give a argument to a command, just type Ctrl
> > +u first then argument, then call the command.

bbrady wrote:
> I've tried what you mentioned above and its not working. I also tried
> giving delete-window arguments 0 and 1. The behavior is the same. That
> is, window 'c' becomes the entire left side. Which is the same thing
> that happens when I run Ctrl+x 0 without arguments. (Note, I was in
> window 'a' when I did Ctrl+u 2 Ctrl+x 0)

you are right it didn't work. I didn't pay close attention when
testing it.

easiest way to do what u want is probably with a macro though.

Q: How to record a sequence of keystrokes?

To record keystrokes, type “Ctrl+x (” then start typing your
keystrokes. When done, type “Ctrl+x )”. This records your keystrokes.
To run the keystrokes you've recorded, type “Ctrl+x e”.

Here are the command names and their shortcuts:

start-kbd-macro            Ctrl+x (
end-kbd-macro              Ctrl+x )
call-last-kbd-macro        Ctrl+x e

If you want to use your keyboard macro for future use, you can save
it. To save the macro, first type “Alt+x name-last-kbd-macro”, then
type “Alt+x insert-kbd-macro”, which will insert the lisp code for the
keyboard macro at the cursor point. Put the code in your emacs init
file (usually at “~/.emacs”). Then, you can execute your keyboard
macro like this: “Alt+x yourMacroName” the next time you start emacs.

the above is from this tutorial page:
http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_adv_tips.html

here's the macro i got using the above, and tested it works.

(fset 'remove-next-pane
   (lambda (&optional arg) "Keyboard macro." (interactive "p") (kmacro-
exec-ring-item (quote ([134217825 111 116 104 101 114 45 119 105 110
tab return 134217825 100 101 108 101 116 tab 119 105 110 tab return] 0
"%d")) arg)))

once you have this, you can call it with Alt+x or assign a keyboard
shortcut to it. (see “How to Define Keyboard Shortcuts in Emacs” at
http://xahlee.org/emacs/keyboard_shortcuts.html )

You might be interested to simply define a easy kbd shortcuts for
spliting window and moving cursor to other pane. That way, you might
not need what you asked. For example, for qwerty keyboard, i have:

Alt+s  = move cursor to next pane
Alt+2  = split window
Alt+Shift+2  = split window side by side

http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_emacs_keybinding.html

  Xah
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