Re: Expand/unexpand window possible?

[Lars Haugseth]

* pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) wrote:
> 
> Lars Haugseth <njus@larshaugseth.com> writes:
> 
> > When typing C-x 1 in a multi-window frame, the current window will fill
> > the entire frame, but all other windows will be deleted so that there will
> > be no going back to the previous multi-window setup. Is there any way to
> > achieve this expand/unexpand functionality without major elisp wizardry on
> > my part?
> 
> What about minor elisp wizardry on MY part?
> 
> (defun temporarily-expand ()
>   (interactive)
>   (save-window-excursion
>     (delete-other-windows)
>     (message "Finish with %s" 
>              (describe-key-briefly (first (where-is-internal 
> 'abort-recursive-edit))))
>     (recursive-edit)))

Lovely! Much appreciated.

-- 
Lars Haugseth

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