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New commands to split frame

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Message #11 received at 56767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 56767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: Re: bug#56767: New commands to split frame
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:21:24 +0530

[செவ்வாய் ஜூலை 26, 2022] Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> I don't think I understand what this is supposed to do.  When testing
> it, it just splits the topmost window (no matter what window is
> selected), and I don't undertand why anybody would want that in
> particular.

If the window configuration is like the following,

+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                 |
|                          A                                      |
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |
|                           B                                     |
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+

and you say M-x split-frame-horizontally, then you get

+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|                                |                                |
|                                |                                |
|                A               |                                |
|                                |                                |
|                                |                                |
+--------------------------------+                                |
|                                |               C                |
|                                |                                |
|                                |                                |
|                B               |                                |
|                                |                                |
|                                |                                |
|                                |                                |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+

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