Re: set window width

[Dimitrios Apostolou]

On Sat, 12 Jun 2010, Lennart Borgman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Dimitrios Apostolou <jimis@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > when working with emacs I usually have one (or more) frame maximised and I
> > split vertically in as many windows as possible. However after splitting I
> > want to set width to exactly 80 columns, so that I can split as many fit.
> >
> > I've been searching for some M-x set-window-width function but I can't find
> > anything. The closer solution I've found is
> >
> >  M-x set-variable window-min-width 80
> >
> > and then drag the fringe with the mouse. That's suboptimal imho. Any better
> > ideas?
>
> The latest version of winsize.el in nXhtml has something that I think
> fit your need (in the function resize-windows). But that version is
> just in the repository yet.

Thanks, I just installed winsize.el together with ourcomments-widgets.el 
and indeed, resize-windows is a very nice function! It would be very 
useful if it showed the size at the bottom, e.g. 50x80, while resizing. 
You think it's easy to add this?


Thanks,
Dimitris