Re: delete window help

[Xah]

On Nov 4, 9:57 am, bbrady <bryan.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to use the delete-window function to delete a certain window
> without having to switch to that window first. Here is an example:
>
> I start a fresh emacs session. Then I do split-window-horizontally
> ( \C-x 3 ). In the left most window, I then do, split-window ( \C-x
> 2 ). Now I have the following window configuration:
>
> ----------------------
> |          |          |
> |    a    |          |
> | _____|     b   |
> |          |          |
> |     c   |          |
> |          |          |
> ----------------------
>
> Now I want to change that configuration to:
> ----------------------
> |          |          |
> |          |          |
> |     a   |    b    |
> |          |          |
> |          |          |
> |          |          |
> ----------------------
>
> There are 2 ways I know of to do this:
> 1) switch to window 'c' and call delete-window
> 2) switch to either window 'a' or 'b' and call delete-other-windows,
> then split-window-horizontally, and switch to the appropriate buffer
> ('b' or 'a', respectively)
>
> I want to do this without switching away from window 'a'. Is this
> possible? I think it is, but I'm not sure how to do it. The delete-
> window function takes an optional argument 'window'. So, I should be
> able to delete whatever window I want, just as long as I have the
> correct 'window'. Any ideas on how I can get the correct 'window'? Or
> any other solutions to this?

give it a argument of 2. Type this:

Ctrl+u 2 Ctrl+x 0

in general, if you want to give a argument to a command, just type Ctrl
+u first then argument, then call the command.

  Xah
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