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Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3
From: |
Alan Mackenzie |
Subject: |
Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3 |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:15:16 +0000 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
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).
- Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3, (continued)
- Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3, John Yates, 2011/10/27
- Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/10/28
- Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3, Dave Abrahams, 2011/10/28
- Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3, Juri Linkov, 2011/10/28
- Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3, Chong Yidong, 2011/10/28
- Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3, Tim Cross, 2011/10/28
Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3, Barry Warsaw, 2011/10/26
What is ISO? (was: C-x 2 and C-x 3), Juri Linkov, 2011/10/28