From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: set window width Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:33:58 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276295688 31123 80.91.229.12 (11 Jun 2010 22:34:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Dimitrios Apostolou Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 12 00:34:47 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONCoI-0005xW-45 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:34:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45048 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ONCoG-0007Tn-Si for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:34:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40439 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ONCns-0007Rz-En for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:34:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONCnr-0000l0-Fw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:34:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-f187.google.com ([209.85.211.187]:42883) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONCnr-0000ku-Bx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:34:19 -0400 Original-Received: by ywh17 with SMTP id 17so390135ywh.1 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:34:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=UBNhLM0BRBPGTnfONZ4bGy569/VkUGlk3N7DS32eZLE=; b=SNhTsmA1yCU0IgL8+9KmxbYPZTYcKuRQ07witqY0xvBibTQ9oySaUzdgssC5eIG1BN oEIvf2Pdd1cRIHYr0ZCj4dpo6FUkUKfQVUwv5yK7vwFpO8idb+ZvazRd80XfbNayDHuO w/cKGcGV3tgnDdUJn582ckKLcBL0CStpVGhUM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=N9KKYI95xuYsXswwCRXoI9YD6w+nQcKp7PdRJikX5iq4BlZU2M5/0S1LU9KC6UiKKm dKPgoQs1M1LEWACGWni6UQh7PwWFaZxgRom4LjRoFkRUzZmALpWpRxQ3iZC7rA/qmMR+ scwuS7dgH9wOu5riknTllVH9mwUBkqcPAU7JI= Original-Received: by 10.101.29.7 with SMTP id g7mr2386060anj.236.1276295658550; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:34:18 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.100.154.15 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:33:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:73873 Archived-At: On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Dimitrios Apostolou wrote= : > Hello list, > > when working with emacs I usually have one (or more) frame maximised and = I > split vertically in as many windows as possible. However after splitting = I > want to set width to exactly 80 columns, so that I can split as many fit. > > I've been searching for some M-x set-window-width function but I can't fi= nd > anything. The closer solution I've found is > > =C2=A0M-x set-variable window-min-width 80 > > and then drag the fringe with the mouse. That's suboptimal imho. Any bett= er > ideas? The latest version of winsize.el in nXhtml has something that I think fit your need (in the function resize-windows). But that version is just in the repository yet.