Want old "*compilation*" behavior back!

[martin rudalics]

> In Emacs 21, if I split a window
> vertically and was in the left-hand buffer

... yet another argument to change the current vertical/horizontal
terminology ;-)

Please accept for the moment that splitting a window "vertically"
produces two windows above each other.  To get two windows side-by-side
you have to split a window "horizontally".

> and did `M-x compile', the
> *compilation* buffer would appear in the right-hand buffer (unless the
> left-hand
> buffer was already *compilation*, in which case it would be reused).  In
> general, it put *compilation* in the "next" buffer unless there was only one
> buffer, in which case it would split the buffer.

In the preceding lines you mean "window" instead of "buffer".

> In Emacs 23, it reuses the *compilation* buffer if that buffer is already
> visible, but otherwise it splits my current buffer instead of using the
> existing
> "next" buffer.

Does it happen with emacs -Q as well?  When on my trunk (which is a
couple of weeks old) I do emacs -Q, split the *scratch* window into two
side-by-side windows and do M-x compile, the right window is reused for
the *compilation* buffer.

> I liked the old behavior much better, but I don't see a way to get it back.
> Any
> help?

It depends on whether you want a solution just for the compilation
buffer or a more general solution.  In the latter case, changing the
values of `split-height-threshold' or `split-width-threshold' might
help.

martin