Paul Mead <paul.d.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've recently upgraded to Emacs 23, and I'm not at all impressed with > the vertical split that it seems to prefer when there's supposedly > enough buffer width to allow it - the Agenda gets squashed up and things > like the TODO quick selection menus look terrible. > > Is there a way of changing this back to the old behaviour? Through > experimentation I've found that if I reduce the frame width sufficiently > it reverts to horizontal split but I like to work with emacs maximized > most often. > Assuming that the variable `split-window-preferred-function' is set to `split-window-sensibly', you can play with some of the settings mentioned in the functions's documentation: ,---- | split-window-sensibly is a compiled Lisp function in `window.el'. | | (split-window-sensibly WINDOW) | | Split WINDOW in a way suitable for `display-buffer'. | If `split-height-threshold' specifies an integer, WINDOW is at | least `split-height-threshold' lines tall and can be split | vertically, split WINDOW into two windows one above the other and | return the lower window. Otherwise, if `split-width-threshold' | specifies an integer, WINDOW is at least `split-width-threshold' | columns wide and can be split horizontally, split WINDOW into two | windows side by side and return the window on the right. If this | can't be done either and WINDOW is the only window on its frame, | try to split WINDOW vertically disregarding any value specified | by `split-height-threshold'. If that succeeds, return the lower | window. Return nil otherwise. | | By default `display-buffer' routines call this function to split | the largest or least recently used window. To change the default | customize the option `split-window-preferred-function'. | | You can enforce this function to not split WINDOW horizontally, | by setting (or binding) the variable `split-width-threshold' to | nil. If, in addition, you set `split-height-threshold' to zero, | chances increase that this function does split WINDOW vertically. | | In order to not split WINDOW vertically, set (or bind) the | variable `split-height-threshold' to nil. Additionally, you can | set `split-width-threshold' to zero to make a horizontal split | more likely to occur. | | Have a look at the function `window-splittable-p' if you want to | know how `split-window-sensibly' determines whether WINDOW can be | split. `---- I haven't checked whether/how you can restore emacs-22 behavior though. HTH, Nick _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
