Re: [AUCTeX+pdf-tools] Window splitting scheme

[Joost Kremers]

On Mon, Oct 18 2021, Vladimir Lomov wrote:
>> The Elisp manual has a lot of information on splitting windows, and so does
>> the Emacs manual:
>
>> (info "(emacs) Window Choice") <== place cursor here and press C-x C-e
>
> I'm lost there, I'll try to read it all again.

Yes, it's a complicated topic, and every time I look into it I have the feeling
I misunderstand about half of it and am completely misguided as to other half.
;-)

> I played around a bit with 'split-*-threshold' parameters, but as FullHD and
> 4k monitors have different number of lines and rows, I couldn't make one
> configuration for both monitors. I'm considering to use host specific
> settings.

I've done that sort of thing in my config file using the function `system-name`.

>> Another thing you may want to look at is the `min-margins` window parameter.
>
> P.S. I think window managing in Emacs is a bit obscure, although very 
> advanced.

Indeed. Although "a bit obscure" is probably an understatement... :-)

If you still have trouble configuring things the way you want, you may want to
ask on the Emacs mailing list:

https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs

Some of the experts hang out there.

-- 
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments