Re: Frame split toggle

[Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro]

Hi Ergus,

Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:

> [...] does emacs has any function to change the window split from
> horizontal to vertical.

In MELPA there is ‘transpose-frame’; a very useful package I wish was
part of core Emacs.  Quoting from its commentary section:

#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
;; This program provides some interactive functions which allows users
;; to transpose windows arrangement in currently selected frame:
;;
;; `transpose-frame'  ...  Swap x-direction and y-direction
;;
;;        +------------+------------+      +----------------+--------+
;;        |            |     B      |      |        A       |        |
;;        |     A      +------------+      |                |        |
;;        |            |     C      |  =>  +--------+-------+   D    |
;;        +------------+------------+      |   B    |   C   |        |
;;        |            D            |      |        |       |        |
;;        +-------------------------+      +--------+-------+--------+
;;
;; `flip-frame'  ...  Flip vertically
;;
;;        +------------+------------+      +------------+------------+
;;        |            |     B      |      |            D            |
;;        |     A      +------------+      +------------+------------+
;;        |            |     C      |  =>  |            |     C      |
;;        +------------+------------+      |     A      +------------+
;;        |            D            |      |            |     B      |
;;        +-------------------------+      +------------+------------+
;;
;; `flop-frame'  ...  Flop horizontally
;;
;;        +------------+------------+      +------------+------------+
;;        |            |     B      |      |     B      |            |
;;        |     A      +------------+      +------------+     A      |
;;        |            |     C      |  =>  |     C      |            |
;;        +------------+------------+      +------------+------------+
;;        |            D            |      |            D            |
;;        +-------------------------+      +-------------------------+
;;
;; `rotate-frame'  ...  Rotate 180 degrees
;;
;;        +------------+------------+      +-------------------------+
;;        |            |     B      |      |            D            |
;;        |     A      +------------+      +------------+------------+
;;        |            |     C      |  =>  |     C      |            |
;;        +------------+------------+      +------------+     A      |
;;        |            D            |      |     B      |            |
;;        +-------------------------+      +------------+------------+
;;
;; `rotate-frame-clockwise'  ...  Rotate 90 degrees clockwise
;;
;;        +------------+------------+      +-------+-----------------+
;;        |            |     B      |      |       |        A        |
;;        |     A      +------------+      |       |                 |
;;        |            |     C      |  =>  |   D   +--------+--------+
;;        +------------+------------+      |       |   B    |   C    |
;;        |            D            |      |       |        |        |
;;        +-------------------------+      +-------+--------+--------+
;;
;; `rotate-frame-anticlockwise'  ...  Rotate 90 degrees anti-clockwise
;;
;;        +------------+------------+      +--------+--------+-------+
;;        |            |     B      |      |   B    |   C    |       |
;;        |     A      +------------+      |        |        |       |
;;        |            |     C      |  =>  +--------+--------+   D   |
;;        +------------+------------+      |        A        |       |
;;        |            D            |      |                 |       |
;;        +-------------------------+      +-----------------+-------+
#+END_SRC

-- 
Bruno Félix Rezende Ribeiro (oitofelix) [0x28D618AF]
<http://oitofelix.freeshell.org/>

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