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window-full-height-p

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Message #64 received at 4543 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 4543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Subject: Re: bug#4543: window-full-height-p
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:10:38 -0400

>> seems to suggest that (it confuses horizontally and vertically, BTW).
> I always have to think about which is which. See, to split a window
> "vertically", you draw a horizontal separator across the middle...

It's worse for me: even thinking doesn't help me resolve the ambiguity,
because I think both interpretations make sense.  So I always end up
doing C-h k C-x 2 to see what that operation (which I know well)
is called.

It might be worthwhile trying to come up with a different terminology
that doesn't suffer from that ambiguity.  E.g. use "left-right" for
one and "up-down" for the other.


        Stefan

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