Re: C-x 3 (split-window-horizontally) & C-x 1 (delete-other-windows)

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> When I split the emacs window horizontally and maximize the frame (X
>> window), I get two 80-char-wide buffers + wide menu bar which can
>> accommodate even the dired menus, which is very convenient.  I see 2
>> issues with this arrangement:
>> 
>> 1. even though I can imagine that I might want to have one 160-char-wide
>> window every once in a while, by far the more common situation would
>> be wanting to preserve 2 columns.  Thus I would want C-x 1 to delete
>> all other windows in the current column and leave the other column
>> intact (as if the other column were a separate frame glued to this
>> one side by side)

The proposal to add a notion of `group' of windows (via a `group'
window property) would do exactly what you want, AFAICT, although it's
currently designed with the intention to mimick some IDEs and to provide
features similar to what ECB needs.


        Stefan