Subject: bug#32790: 27.0.50; point jumps unexpectedly after delete-window

From: Juri Linkov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:07:35 +0200

> Here <H-left> drags the character under the cursor by one character to
> the left and <H-up> drags the current line up by one line.  I use
> <M-S-left> for selecting the window on the left.  <C-M-S-left> either
> deletes the window on the left of the selected window provided there
> is one or makes a new window on the left of the selected window
> provided the selected window is already on the left of the frame.

Making a new window is especially good idea.  So I implemented
this feature in windmove.el:

diff --git a/lisp/windmove.el b/lisp/windmove.el
index 42e10b591f..69f2a9665a 100644
--- a/lisp/windmove.el
+++ b/lisp/windmove.el
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ windmove-wrap-around
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'windmove)
 
+(defcustom windmove-create-window nil
+  "Whether movement off the edge of the frame creates a new window.
+If this variable is set to t, moving left from the leftmost window in
+a frame will create a new window on the left, and similarly for the other
+directions."
+  :type 'boolean
+  :group 'windmove
+  :version "27.1")
+
 ;; If your Emacs sometimes places an empty column between two adjacent
 ;; windows, you may wish to set this delta to 2.
 (defcustom windmove-window-distance-delta 1
@@ -471,8 +480,15 @@ windmove-find-other-window
 (defun windmove-do-window-select (dir &optional arg window)
   "Move to the window at direction DIR.
 DIR, ARG, and WINDOW are handled as by `windmove-other-window-loc'.
-If no window is at direction DIR, an error is signaled."
+If no window is at direction DIR, an error is signaled.
+If `windmove-create-window' is non-nil, instead of signalling an error
+it creates a new window at direction DIR ."
   (let ((other-window (windmove-find-other-window dir arg window)))
+    (when (and windmove-create-window
+               (or (null other-window)
+                   (and (window-minibuffer-p other-window)
+                        (not (minibuffer-window-active-p other-window)))))
+      (setq other-window (split-window window nil dir)))
     (cond ((null other-window)
            (user-error "No window %s from selected window" dir))
           ((and (window-minibuffer-p other-window)
@@ -493,7 +509,8 @@ windmove-left
 \"left\" is relative to the position of point in the window; otherwise
 it is relative to the top edge (for positive ARG) or the bottom edge
 \(for negative ARG) of the current window.
-If no window is at the desired location, an error is signaled."
+If no window is at the desired location, an error is signaled
+unless `windmove-create-window' is non-nil."
   (interactive "P")
   (windmove-do-window-select 'left arg))
 
@@ -504,7 +521,8 @@ windmove-up
 is relative to the position of point in the window; otherwise it is
 relative to the left edge (for positive ARG) or the right edge (for
 negative ARG) of the current window.
-If no window is at the desired location, an error is signaled."
+If no window is at the desired location, an error is signaled
+unless `windmove-create-window' is non-nil."
   (interactive "P")
   (windmove-do-window-select 'up arg))
 
@@ -515,7 +533,8 @@ windmove-right
 \"right\" is relative to the position of point in the window;
 otherwise it is relative to the top edge (for positive ARG) or the
 bottom edge (for negative ARG) of the current window.
-If no window is at the desired location, an error is signaled."
+If no window is at the desired location, an error is signaled
+unless `windmove-create-window' is non-nil."
   (interactive "P")
   (windmove-do-window-select 'right arg))
 
@@ -526,7 +545,8 @@ windmove-down
 \"down\" is relative to the position of point in the window; otherwise
 it is relative to the left edge (for positive ARG) or the right edge
 \(for negative ARG) of the current window.
-If no window is at the desired location, an error is signaled."
+If no window is at the desired location, an error is signaled
+unless `windmove-create-window' is non-nil."
   (interactive "P")
   (windmove-do-window-select 'down arg))