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Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape
From: |
N. Jackson |
Subject: |
Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:21:25 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Thanks Eric,
At 13:12 -0700 on Wednesday 2018-09-12, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>
> On 09/12/18 15:36 PM, N. Jackson wrote:
>> At 14:22 -0700 on Tuesday 2018-09-11, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>>>
>>> (add-to-list 'gnus-window-to-buffer
>>> `(bbdb-gnus . "*BBDB*"))
>>>
>>> (gnus-add-configuration
>>> (article
>>> ,(cond
>>> (gnus-use-trees
>>> '(vertical 1.0
>>> (summary 0.25 point)
>>> (tree 0.25)
>>> (horizontal 1.0
>>> (article 1.0)
>>> (bbdb-gnus 0.4))))
>>> (t
>>> '(vertical 1.0
>>> (summary 0.25 point)
>>> (horizontal 1.0
>>> (article 1.0)
>>> (bbdb-gnus 0.4))))))
>>
>> Evaluating the second form gives:
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function article)
>
> Yup, that was a cut-and-paste problem from my larger config. Just stick
> a ` before the "(article" part.
After quoting with a ' (not a `) and removing the comma before the
`cond', this does exactly what I was looking for. I now have the
following in my .gnus file:
;;; 2018-09-12 Arrange for Gnus to place BBDB window sensibly.
(add-to-list 'gnus-window-to-buffer
`(bbdb-gnus . "*BBDB*"))
(gnus-add-configuration
'(article
(cond
(gnus-use-trees
'(vertical 1.0
(summary 0.25 point)
(tree 0.25)
(horizontal 1.0
(article 1.0)
(bbdb-gnus 0.4))))
(t
'(vertical 1.0
(summary 0.25 point)
(horizontal 1.0
(article 1.0)
(bbdb-gnus 0.4)))))))
However, it seems odd to be able to get this:
+-------------------------------+
| |
| Summary |
| |
+-------------------------------+
| |
| |
| Article |
| |
| |
|-------------------------------|
| BBDB |
+-------------------------------+
and this:
+-------------------------------+
| | |
| Summary | BBDB |
| | |
+-------------------------------+
| |
| |
| |
| Article |
| |
| |
| |
+-------------------------------+
simply by customizing the variable `bbdb-mua-pop-up', but in order
to get
+-------------------------------+
| |
| Summary |
| |
+-------------------------------+
| | |
| | |
| | |
| Article | BBDB |
| | |
| | |
| | |
+-------------------------------+
the user has to do some fairly heavy-duty configuration in Gnus. I'm
impressed by the power of this feature in Gnus, but it feels like
overkill for a case like this.
It seems to me that what is really needed is a new function or three.
Currently `bbdb-pop-up-window' uses `split-window' to display its
window. The problem here is that `split-window' takes a WINDOW
argument so BBDB first has to figure out which window to split.
If there was a function (frame-split-biggest-window FRAME SIZE SIDE
PIXELWISE) to split the "biggest" [*] window in the frame, then
neither BBDB nor any other Elisp code would need to keep reinventing
this wheel.
(The other two functions, more for interactive use, would be
`frame-split-biggest-window-below' and
`frame-split-biggest-window-right'.)
[*] To find the "biggest" window when splitting below, find the
tallest window or windows and split the widest of them; when
splitting right, find the widest window or windows and split the
tallest of them.
- customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, Roland Winkler, 2018/09/11
- Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, Eric Abrahamsen, 2018/09/11
- Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, N. Jackson, 2018/09/12
- Re: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, Eric Abrahamsen, 2018/09/13
- Re: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, martin rudalics, 2018/09/14
- Re: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, Eric Abrahamsen, 2018/09/14
- Re: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, martin rudalics, 2018/09/15
- Re: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, Roland Winkler, 2018/09/14
- Re: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, martin rudalics, 2018/09/14
- Re: Suggesting `frame-split-biggest-window' Re: customize location and shape of a new window in a frame, Stefan Monnier, 2018/09/14