GNU bug report logs - #56791
[PATCH] Add window arg to splitting commands, new commands to split root window

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Hugo Heagren <hugo <at> heagren.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 11:09:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: 56791 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: hugo <at> heagren.com, Daniel Martín <mardani29 <at> yahoo.es>
Subject: bug#56791: [PATCH] Add window arg to splitting commands, new commands to split root window
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:07:02 +0300

>>> Some proposed new commands and relevant bindings.
>>>
>>> Motivation: sometimes, I have a complex window setup, and I want a
>>> large new window to work in for a while, taking up a high proportion
>>> of the frame. The currently-available interactive commands for
>>> splitting windows only operate on the the selected window.
>>
>> Thanks.  I think in bug#56767 there is another implementation of the
>> same use case.
>
> Adding a new arg 'window-to-split' is nicer, so these patches are welcome.

But need to be careful with adding 'window-to-split' arg to 'split-window-below'.
Its split-window-keep-point=nil logic might not be applicable to some windows.
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