Re: split screen horizontally into three equally spaced sections

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On Sep 16, 1:22 am, Allan Gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote:
> At Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:52:18 -0700 (PDT) Gil <gilbert.har...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to split the screen horizontally (C-x 3) in such a way
> > that the three windows are equally spaced?
>
> Yes,  You want balance-windows (see below).
>
> C-x 1   C-x 3   C-x 3   C-x +
>
> Will give you three equal size windows in the frame.
>
> allan
>
> C-x + runs the command balance-windows
>   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `window.el'.
> It is bound to C-x +.
> (balance-windows &optional WINDOW-OR-FRAME)
my balance-windows only balances them vertically... is there another
command I can use or an easy way I can change that?


>
> Make windows the same heights or widths in window split subtrees.
>
> When called non-interactively WINDOW-OR-FRAME may be either a
> window or a frame.  It then balances the windows on the implied
> frame.  If the parameter is a window only the corresponding window
> subtree is balanced.
>
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