Re: Patch: prefer-window-split-horizontally

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> What do you think about adding another variable
>>> `split-window-function' with the default value
>>> `split-window-vertically' or nil with the same meaning, and the
>>> possible other value `split-window-horizontally'?  This would be like
>>> setting `ediff-split-window-function' to `split-window-horizontally'.
>> 
>> Just for the record: we're talking about something used only in
>> display-buffer so a name like `split-window-function' doesn't seem
>> right.

> The suggested variable's function could be used in `split-window',
> couldn't it?

Sounds more delicate: split-window is a lower-level function used by several
other pieces of code that want to have precise control over the layout of
windows inside a frame (e.g. Gnus).


        Stefan