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bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly f
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martin rudalics |
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bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions |
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Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:23:55 +0100 |
> My understanding of the current logic is that 'display-buffer' is
> generally used for short-lived windows that are intended to be deleted
> a short time after the split.
`display-buffer' is, for example, used in `find-file-other-window' so
it's also used for making long-lived windows.
>> (1) That version would prefer horizontal splits as above.
>>
>> (2) I want either horizontal or vertical splitting but not both, i.e.,
>> the layout should always be Nx1 or 1xN windows.
>>
>> (3) A window may get split horizontally not if it's wider/taller than
>> `split-width-threshold'/`split-height-threshold' but instead when
>> its width/height *after* the split followed by `balance-windows'
>> is larger than or equal to (/ split-{width,height}-threshold 2).
>>
>> (4) The single-window exception of `split-height-threshold' still
>> holds, so in frames with just one window a vertical split is
>> performed even though that window is actually too small according
>> to the rules above.
>
> Maybe I misunderstand, but doesn't (2) contradict (1)?
I don't think so. Tassilo just prefers side-by-side windows, if the
frame dimensions permit them.
> And why is (1) a good idea anyway? Why not have a more optimal split,
> whereby (for example) the larger dimension is preferred?
`display-buffer' proposes to split the largest window first. This
choice cannot be influenced by `split-window-preferred-function'.
Although the latter may deliberately try to split another window
instead.
> It is also possible that in some cases the caller of
> split-window-sensibly could provide the requested dimensions in
> advance.
The `window-width' and `window-height' alist members of `display-buffer'
can be used to provide them.
martin
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, (continued)
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/24
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, Tassilo Horn, 2015/03/25
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, martin rudalics, 2015/03/25
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/25
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, Tassilo Horn, 2015/03/25
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/25
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, Tassilo Horn, 2015/03/26
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, martin rudalics, 2015/03/26
- bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions, Eli Zaretskii, 2015/03/26
bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions,
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