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Re: Windows' "split status"


From: Chong Yidong
Subject: Re: Windows' "split status"
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:08:44 +0800
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux)

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

>>> An alternative term might be window-combination-max-size.
>>
>> It would be a better name.  Can't you think of a similar term which
>> doesn't imply a numerical value?
>
> `window-combination-constraint'.  Such a general name could define any
> restrictions: `t' to always create a new internal window; a number
> to limit the number of children; even a predicate function when necessary.
> This also will reduce the diversity of window terminology by removing
> the term `window nest' in favor of `window combination'.

Good idea, but I think `window-combination-limit' fits existing Emacs
terminology better.  We could let a value of `t' have the binary window
tree behavior for now, and defer numerical values for post-release.



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