Re: newbie: window layout

[rory <rorywalsh@gmail.com>]

On Mar 5, 11:04 pm, Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpia...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borg...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > rory wrote:
> >> Hi everyone, pardon my emacs ignorance but I am having some difficulty
> >> in doing the following: editting my .emacs file so that emacs open
> >> with two windows but the bottom window is shorter than the top. I am
> >> using (split-window-vertically) which seems to split the window up but
> >> after that I can' seem to change their sizes.
>
> You can give an option to (split-window-vertically n)
> ==> n is the number of lines.
> By default the window is split in two equal part.
>
> >> I would also like to
> >> have the first windo black with white writing and the second one white
> >> with black writing.
>
> > Colors are currently per frame, not per window.
>
> --
> A + Thierry
> Pub key:http://pgp.mit.edu

I just sent a reply but it didn't seem to show up. No matter what
number I put after split-window-vertically, apart from an absolutely
huge one, the windows still open up half and half. I'll take out the
default-frame-alist as Peter suggest too in order to tidy up my
startup file. I hope this post shows up on the list..

Rory.