From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: C-x 2 and C-x 3 Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:30:22 +0800 Message-ID: <87wrbs5vsx.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1319596245 32380 80.91.229.12 (26 Oct 2011 02:30:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:30:45 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 26 04:30:40 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RItGE-0006bj-K5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:30:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44743 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RItGD-0005rz-Qs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:30:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RItGA-0005ri-TJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:30:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RItG9-0001oy-PZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:30:30 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:38091) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RItG9-0001ou-Mj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:30:29 -0400 Original-Received: from bb116-14-207-132.singnet.com.sg ([116.14.207.132]:55544 helo=furball) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RItG9-0000pD-1Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:30:29 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:145542 Archived-At: Martin recently introduced the command names split-window-above-each-other -> C-x 2 split-window-side-by-side -> C-x 3 for which split-window-{vertically|horizontally} are now aliases. I don't mind the attempt to address the vertical/horizontal ambiguity, but the new names aren't ungrammatical. In English, "split X above each other" sounds like a nonsense phrase, and "split X side by side" isn't much better. How about split-window-by-width or split-window-by-height? Or can someone suggest something better?