That's right. Somewhere else in my config, I also set org-agenda-window-setup to 'current-window. That was the secret ingredient for me.
> Sigh, at times it's the small things that you miss that bite you in theThe org-agenda call has the potential of messing up your carefully crafted window
> foot.
>
> (defun org-dblock-write:recently-modified (params)
> (insert (mapconcat (lambda (arg) (concat "[[file:" arg "][" arg "]]" ))
> (split-string (shell-command-to-string "ls -t
> /cygdrive/c/Dropbox/org *.org | head -10")) "\n")))
> (org-agenda nil "a")
> (delete-other-windows)
> (split-window-horizontally)
> (find-file "/cygdrive/c/Dropbox/org/Refile.org")
>
>
> I forgot (delete-other-windows), I don't know if it the default behavior but
> my agenda opens up 1/2 height and I have to run C-x 1 to make it full
> screen after C-c a a . . .now to get my next dynamic block function
> (another thread to be started) working and I will have my weekly agenda on
> one side of the screen. On the tother I will have recently modified files
> on the other, needing filed captures and Unscheduled TODO items.
>
> Thanks for all the help everyone has thrown my way. I am going to look at
> Filippos' code to see if I can even make this a bit more elegant.
>
configuration, depending on the value of org-agenda-window-setup. The default
value is reorganize-frame which should tell you something :-). You might want
to change it temporarily (or customize it to make it permanent):
(let ((org-agenda-window-setup 'current-window))
(org-agenda nil "a"))
Nick