From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: dired cmd to split frame into n equal-sized windows Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:10:11 +0200 Message-ID: <878x7k2rsc.fsf@escher.local.home> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189062673 12302 80.91.229.12 (6 Sep 2007 07:11:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 07:11:13 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 06 09:11:11 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1ITBW2-0004dW-4y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:11:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITBW0-0004Wp-C1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:11:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITBVf-0004Ot-3e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:10:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ITBVd-0004Ke-0s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:10:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ITBVc-0004KR-U0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:10:36 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITBVc-0007DV-7i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:10:36 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ITBVT-0001uM-Rk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:10:28 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1ITBVK-0003JT-Ft for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:10:19 +0200 Original-Received: from i577bc1b3.versanet.de ([87.123.193.179]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:10:18 +0200 Original-Received: from Stephen.Berman by i577bc1b3.versanet.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:10:18 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 32 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: i577bc1b3.versanet.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:47267 Archived-At: On 5 Sep 2007 23:38:47 -0400 dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) wrote: > I saw this command (in dired?), tried it, LIKED IT!, and > forgot to write it down. (Maybe it was all a dream?) > > The way it worked, as I remember (or dreamed), was > that you marked some files, say n of them, in a dired-buffer. > > Thin, you executed this command, and presto!, those n > files instantly appeared in front of you, each with > roughly the same number of lines. > > Neat command! > > Please, WHAT IS ITS NAME? C-h i dired-x m Advanced Mark Commands `F' (`dired-do-find-marked-files') Find all marked files at once displaying them simultaneously. If optional NOSELECT is non-`nil' then just find the files but do not select. If you want to keep the Dired buffer displayed, type `C-x 2' first. If you want just the marked files displayed and nothing else, type `C-x 1' first. The current window is split across all files marked, as evenly as possible. Remaining lines go to the bottom-most window. The number of files that can be displayed this way is restricted by the height of the current window and the variable `window-min-height'. Steve Berman