GNU bug report logs - #9350
23.3; [usability] File menu should contain "split window horizontally C-x 3"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: arne_bab <at> web.de

Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:58:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.3

Done: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 9350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: arne_bab <at> web.de
Cc: 9350 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9350: 23.3;
	[usability] File menu should contain "split window horizontally C-x 3"
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:51:43 +0300

> Splitting windows horizontally becomes more and more important as the
> screen sizes rise - and it is prevalent in todays programming environments.
>
> So I think that it would be important to add that entry to the menu -
> also because a new user just asked me that, so this is no theoretical
> construct, but an observation.
>
> This would clear up which kind of splitting is meant by the simple
> “split window”.

Maybe "Split Window" should be bound to the command that uses
`split-window-sensibly' to determine whether vertical or horizontal
splitting is preferable?
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