Help window destroys window layout

Help window destroys window layout

[Jan Seeger]

Greetings list,

When getting help on a variable (C-h v), emacs opens a new
window. When I close that window, the original window layout is
lost. Try this: C-x 2 to split. Then C-h v <whatever>. Then quit the
Help buffer. There is only a single window left. How would I go about
restoring the previous window layout when quitting help? Frankly, C-x
4 o <Enter> is a bit long for me....

Regards,
Jan Seeger

Re: Help window destroys window layout

[Andy Stewart]

Hi Jan,

Try to use winner-mode, at
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WinnerMode

  -- Andy

Jan Seeger <jan.seeger@thenybble.de> writes:

> Greetings list,
>
> When getting help on a variable (C-h v), emacs opens a new
> window. When I close that window, the original window layout is
> lost. Try this: C-x 2 to split. Then C-h v <whatever>. Then quit the
> Help buffer. There is only a single window left. How would I go about
> restoring the previous window layout when quitting help? Frankly, C-x
> 4 o <Enter> is a bit long for me....
>
> Regards,
> Jan Seeger