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Re: M-x compile and window splitting
From: |
Tassilo Horn |
Subject: |
Re: M-x compile and window splitting |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:00:01 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) |
Frank Schmitt <address@hidden> writes:
Hi!
> In Emacs 23, the window is split vertically instead of horizontally
No, it's split horizontally instead of vertically in Emacs speach, see
`C-h k C-x 3'.
> and compilation-window-height doesn't seem to have any effect anymore.
>
> I like the change that the window is split vertically instead of
> horizontally, however I see some issues:
>
> - compilation-window-height looses its meaning (the variable is not
> mentioned in info but shows up in M-x customize-group <RET> compilation)
Yes, for horizontal splitting something like compilation-window-width
would be needed, just as there's split-height-threshold and
split-width-threshold.
> - the change doesn't seem to be mentioned in NEWS (at least I couldn't
> find it)
,----[ /usr/share/emacs/23.0.92/etc/NEWS ]
| *** New value nil for split-height-threshold inhibits vertical splitting
| unless there's no other window.
|
| +++
| *** New option split-width-threshold controls horizontal splitting.
|
| +++
| *** A window can be split horizontally even when it's not full-width.
|
| +++
| *** New option split-window-preferred-function can be set to a function
| to override the default splitting mechanism of display-buffer.
`----
> - there doesn't seem to exist a possibility to influence the width of
> the new window
As always with splitting, it takes half of the available space.
Bye,
Tassilo