From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dieter Wilhelm Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: change default split when opening 2 files ? Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:59:34 +0200 Organization: The Church of Emacs Message-ID: <87przqhnd5.fsf@debby.local.net> References: <1191423572.734783.47300@n39g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1191776250 18481 80.91.229.12 (7 Oct 2007 16:57:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 16:57:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: the matt Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 07 18:57:27 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 1IeZRW-00005O-Kt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:57:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IeZRR-0004hS-BS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:57:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IeZR5-0004f9-7v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IeZR4-0004de-Ak for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:56:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IeZR3-0004d8-WC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:56:58 -0400 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.174]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IeZR3-00042v-Q1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:56:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [89.12.118.21] (helo=debby.local.net) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0ML21M-1IeZR03fAQ-0006KK; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:56:55 +0200 Original-Received: from dieter by debby.local.net with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IeZTb-0006ch-1m; Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:59:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1191423572.734783.47300@n39g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> (the matt's message of "Wed\, 03 Oct 2007 07\:59\:32 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/yoHqcm10bFjsn1QopBcDmrJhoDVdqrMVqWmZ K1SYD+e4mV1CM494Zcn5LAQq3ihZO3JNyDPcQoTmhzodSsCoOZ r0DETUl59ElQUGvuiSRd+U9mwlFtw4b X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:48189 Archived-At: the matt writes: > When I open 2 files, the default is to open each file in its own frame > with one on top of the other. For me the default behaviour is that Emacs 22 splits the frame and shows two buffers at the same time. Maybe you have to comment something out in your .emacs file? > > Is there a way to change the default so that it opens the files side- > by-side instead? (The files are shown on top of each other but I think this behaviour will change for wide screens and a future default will be side by side.) -- Best wishes H. Dieter Wilhelm Darmstadt, Germany