Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3

[anerbenartzi]

split-window-top-bottom
split-window-left-right


Chong Yidong wrote:
> 
> Martin recently introduced the command names
> 
>   split-window-above-each-other -> C-x 2
>   split-window-side-by-side     -> C-x 3
> 
> for which split-window-{vertically|horizontally} are now aliases.
> 
> I don't mind the attempt to address the vertical/horizontal ambiguity,
> but the new names aren't ungrammatical.  In English, "split X above each
> other" sounds like a nonsense phrase, and "split X side by side" isn't
> much better.
> 
> How about split-window-by-width or split-window-by-height?  Or can
> someone suggest something better?
> 
> 
> 

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