From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jai Dayal Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Question on splitting windows Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 10:26:59 -0600 Message-ID: References: <405BCC9ABC664EC3BFF6730E1FCF1A82@us.oracle.com> <87sjphw6cl.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0ce0d19a6723d204a9b074b0 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1312475255 8188 80.91.229.12 (4 Aug 2011 16:27:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:27:35 +0000 (UTC) To: Vijay Lakshminarayanan , help-gnu-emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 04 18:27:29 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1Qp0la-0005Vq-PV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:27:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33772 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qp0la-0004yq-9R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42672) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qp0lV-0004yF-7X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qp0lU-0000XX-8O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:33526) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qp0lU-0000XP-3x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:27:20 -0400 Original-Received: by wwf10 with SMTP id 10so136331wwf.30 for ; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:27:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=kZ5EqLbCUsFN/cNbSdSMpJMDsi2C5RznAw7aEzvQoL0=; b=bDQBTfDB15IA5+Pvlp1oW8QDF/x7yWydZ1ZRq9ALaH689ZifPmdvow1/V/9EVBWQVI 055bbC0es1tIjtSBuPWhsBD+2qvYIOolX8dSc1uDbZmjgSDOvqRqSzLRYymlnIgmPUwl ImJRtSvtpYpxi1aTje2OR6Z9efB3Qfk8ZXztM= Original-Received: by 10.216.63.146 with SMTP id a18mr871568wed.86.1312475239097; Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:27:19 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.2.1 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Aug 2011 09:26:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87sjphw6cl.fsf@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 74.125.82.49 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:81877 Archived-At: --000e0ce0d19a6723d204a9b074b0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yes, but that doesn't have the functionality that C-x 4 b does. C-x 4 b opens a new window with a DIFFERENT (random?) buffer in the new window (the point of the thread). C-x 3 opens with the same buffer in the new window. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Vijay Lakshminarayanan wrote: > Jai Dayal writes: > > > Interesting. This splits windows vertically.. how about horizonally? > > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Drew Adams > > wrote: > > > > > Later, I split windows again; but then I get > > > the same buffer I've been working on in both windows: I've to > > switch > > > buffers again to see the two buffers I was working on in the > > > first place. > > > > > > This is a bit annoying. Is it possible to have the buffer > > > in the new window, that has been there before? > > > > `C-x 4 b' switches to another buffer (with luck, the one you > > want) in another > > window. > > C-x 3 -> split-window-side-by-side > C-x 2 -> split-window-above-each-other > C-x 1 -> delete-other-windows > > -- > Cheers > ~vijay > > Gnus should be more complicated. > --000e0ce0d19a6723d204a9b074b0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, but that doesn't have the functionality that C-x 4 b does.=A0 C-x = 4 b opens a new window with a DIFFERENT (random?) buffer in the new window = (the point of the thread).=A0 C-x 3 opens with the same buffer in the new w= indow.


On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Vijay La= kshminarayanan <l= aksvij@gmail.com> wrote:
Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> writes:

> Interesting.=A0 This splits windows vertically.. how about horizonally= ?
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> wrote:
>
> =A0 =A0 > Later, I split windows again; but then I get
> =A0 =A0 > the same buffer I've been working on in both windows:= I've to
> =A0 =A0 switch
> =A0 =A0 > buffers again to see the two buffers I was working on in = the
> =A0 =A0 > first place.
> =A0 =A0 >
> =A0 =A0 > This is a bit annoying. Is it possible to have the buffer=
> =A0 =A0 > in the new window, that has been there before?
>
> =A0 =A0 `C-x 4 b' switches to another buffer (with luck, the one y= ou
> =A0 =A0 want) in another
> =A0 =A0 window.

C-x 3 -> split-window-side-by-side
C-x 2 -> split-window-above-each-other
C-x 1 -> delete-other-windows

--
Cheers
~vijay

Gnus should be more complicated.

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