Re: Prefer to split along the longest edge

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:02:23 +0100
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
> 
>  > What would be the variable name ? split-window-preferred-selection ?
> 
> Why a variable name?  At least this should become an alist entry so an
> application doesn't have to bind it separately.

It could be both.  But I firmly object to make this be customizable
_only_ through display-buffer action alists, because that is even less
user-friendly than function values of defcustoms.