Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Barry!

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:36:55AM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:30 AM, 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?

> How about:

> split-window-by-drawing-along-a-line-from-east-to-west
> split-window-by-drawing-along-a-line-from-north-to-south

> :)

I think I'm with you on this one, Barry.

Now I've got some bugs to fix.  (Fancy lending a hand? ;-)

> -Barry

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).