Re: Do not let horizontal split be removed

[Cecil Westerhof]

Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:

>>>> Because I have quite a wide screen I have split my frame in two windows
>>>> with 'C-X 3'. In the left window I have the group buffer and the right
>>>> window something else. When I open a folder in the group buffer the
>>>> right window disappears and there is only one window left with the
>>>> opened folder. Is there a way to circumvent it? So the folder is opened
>>>> in the left window and the right window stays and does not change?
>>>
>>> Try: (setq gnus-use-full-window nil)
>>> See also: (info "(gnus)Window Layout") <- Type `C-x C-e' here.
>>
>> Works partly. When opening the mail folder the right window stay, but
>> when given F to follow up on the e-mail, the right window gets eaten
>> again. %<[
>>
>> I will look into the info you pointed me to.
>
> It is less urgent as I thought. After sending the message the windows
> are restored. I still would like to retain the right window when writing
> the message, but it is not as bad as I thought.

It is a bit strange. In mail folders the windows are not touched, but in
newsgroups they are destroyed. It looks like software from Redmond. ;-}

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Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
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