Re: Emacs learning curve

[martin rudalics]

>     It's confusing.  I think split-sideways (or split-side-to-side) and
>     split-top-to-bottom may be good aliases to the originals.
>
> Still:
>
> Does the splitting `line' get drawn from side-to-side? or the does the
> split result in two new windows side-by-each?
>
> Does the splitting `line' get drawn from top-to-bottom ...
>
> Will there always be an aporia---gap between the denomination and the
> materiality of this mechanism?

We should abandon the whole idea of "splitting" and call these, for
example, `create-window', `create-window-on-the-right', ...

Why leave creativity to Renault?  Emacs - créateur de fenêtres!

martin