Subject: Re: bug#20189: 25.0.50; Feature request: Alternative split-window-sensibly functions

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 11:58:28 +0100

> To answer myself: it seems I actually want to use a minimum width of
 > 80.  That seems to supress any splits that result in windows smaller
 > than 80 columns unless the width is explicitly given, e.g.,
 >
 >    (setq window-min-width 80)
 >    (display-buffer (get-buffer "*Help*")
 >                    '(display-buffer-pop-up-window
 >                      (window-width . 10)))
 >
 > still splits although the new window is just 10 columns wide.

Not really.  The window gets split because your frame is wide enough
(probably larger than 160 columns).  The new window is 10 columns wide
because you explicitly asked for it via (window-width . 10).

martin