Re: Question on splitting windows

[Eric Abrahamsen]

On Thu, Aug 04 2011, Frederik wrote:

> Am 04.08.2011 17:06, schrieb Jai Dayal:
>> Interesting.  This splits windows vertically.. how about horizonally?
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> Later, I split windows again; but then I get
>>>> the same buffer I've been working on in both windows: I've to switch
>>>> buffers again to see the two buffers I was working on in the
>>>> first place.
>>>>
>>>> This is a bit annoying. Is it possible to have the buffer
>>>> in the new window, that has been there before?
>>>
>>> `C-x 4 b' switches to another buffer (with luck, the one you want) in
>>> another
>>> window.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 
>
> I agree -- it's quite a good pointer, but splitting horizontally would
> be even better...
>
> Thanks & regards

You can muck with split-width-threshold and split-height-threshold to
make behave the way you want.

E