From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `split-window-preferred-horizontally' Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:23:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87k5h28i23.fsf@localhorst.mine.nu> <4849B3D7.6090809@gmx.at> <484A4520.1050201@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212863011 31906 80.91.229.12 (7 Jun 2008 18:23:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 18:23:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Hansen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 20:24:13 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1K535J-0004EV-6V for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:24:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45153 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K534W-0002CY-7J for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:23:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K534R-0002AM-40 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:23:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K534P-00028q-Qq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:23:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40738 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K534P-00028j-Gt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:23:17 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:13871) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K534P-0001mW-He for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:23:17 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvABAB5vSkjO+ISodGdsb2JhbACBVpAyASecTA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.27,605,1204520400"; d="scan'208";a="22258711" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 07 Jun 2008 14:23:16 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.132.168]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id NYE39016; Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:23:16 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6AED28864; Sat, 7 Jun 2008 14:23:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <484A4520.1050201@gmx.at> (martin rudalics's message of "Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:21:52 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:98598 Archived-At: >> BTW, shouldn't `sensibly' be the default? > As soon as we have decided on a reasonable standard behavior. >> Or even the only acceptable setting (besides setting it to >> a home-cooked function)? >> I mean the nil value can be simulated with >> >> (setq split-width-threshold most-positive-fixnum) >> >> and the `horizontal' value can be emulated with >> >> (setq split-height-threshold most-positive-fixnum) >> >> If most-positive-fixnum is too inconvenient, we could accept a nil >> setting for the thresholds to mean the same as most-positive-fixnum. > Sounds reasonable. But how do we present the conventional `vertical' > default value in the customization interface? I do not understand the question. `vertical' is nil, so it's (setq split-width-threshold most-positive-fixnum). Right? Stefan