Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3

[Evil Boris]

Chong Yidong <address@hidden> writes:

> Martin recently introduced the command names
>
>   split-window-above-each-other -> C-x 2
>   split-window-side-by-side     -> C-x 3
>
> for which split-window-{vertically|horizontally} are now aliases.
>
> I don't mind the attempt to address the vertical/horizontal ambiguity,
> but the new names aren't ungrammatical.  In English, "split X above each
> other" sounds like a nonsense phrase, and "split X side by side" isn't
> much better.
>
> How about split-window-by-width or split-window-by-height?  Or can
> someone suggest something better?

How about split-window-into-left-right and split-window-into-top-bottom?

or ... -left-and-right and -top-and-bottom ... ?

I suppose split-the-current-window-into-a-left-window-and-a-right-window
would be a bit wordy.

--B