Want old "*compilation*" behavior back!

[martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>]

 > In Emacs 21, if I split a window
 > vertically and was in the left-hand buffer

... yet another argument to change the current vertical/horizontal
terminology ;-)

Please accept for the moment that splitting a window "vertically"
produces two windows above each other.  To get two windows side-by-side
you have to split a window "horizontally".

 > and did `M-x compile', the
 > *compilation* buffer would appear in the right-hand buffer (unless the
 > left-hand
 > buffer was already *compilation*, in which case it would be reused).  In
 > general, it put *compilation* in the "next" buffer unless there was only one
 > buffer, in which case it would split the buffer.

In the preceding lines you mean "window" instead of "buffer".

 > In Emacs 23, it reuses the *compilation* buffer if that buffer is already
 > visible, but otherwise it splits my current buffer instead of using the
 > existing
 > "next" buffer.

Does it happen with emacs -Q as well?  When on my trunk (which is a
couple of weeks old) I do emacs -Q, split the *scratch* window into two
side-by-side windows and do M-x compile, the right window is reused for
the *compilation* buffer.

 > I liked the old behavior much better, but I don't see a way to get it back.
 > Any
 > help?

It depends on whether you want a solution just for the compilation
buffer or a more general solution.  In the latter case, changing the
values of `split-height-threshold' or `split-width-threshold' might
help.

martin