> > When I press C-c' in an R code block to open an edit buffer with ess, on my > computer, it splits the screen into two side-by-side windows, with the new > window on the right showing the edit buffer, and the window on the left > showing the original file. > > I would like to change this behaviour in two ways. > > 1. I would like the window that continues to show the original file to > instead show the R session in which lines from the edit buffer can be > evaluated. I can manually change the buffer in this window to show me the R > session but I was wondering if this can be the default behaviour. > > 2. Split the screen horizontally rather than vertically, so that the new > window (with edit buffer) is on the top and the second window is below. I > could live with the edit buffer being at the bottom also but would certainly > prefer seeing it above so that I have the R session in the window below to > which I send the evaluated lines one by one. >
I can change the direction of split by adjusting split-width-threshold So, item 2 is more or less resolved (the edit buffer is at the bottom, but that is okay). Vikas