Re: want user option for pop-to-buffer to split window horizontally not vertically

[Juri Linkov]

> With Emacs 21.4, when I hit Ctrl-X Ctrl-B to list all buffers, for
> example, I always get a vertical split whereas with a widescreen
> monitor, a horizontal split would be better.  My understanding from
> the GNU mailing list (see
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2005-11/msg00630.html)
> is that this behavior is hardwired into the function pop-to-buffer and
> cannot be easily changed.  Would be great to have an option to
> customize this behavior.

I have a patch that implements such an option, and I have been using it
without problems for more than one year.  I refrained from submitting it
for adding to Emacs CVS due to the feature freeze.  During this time
users contacted me privately asking me to send them my patch.

So now I see that not including it to the next release would be a big
mistake.  More and more people have wide-screen monitors, and hardwiring
the current default is very annoying for them.

I could submit my patch to emacs-devel for review.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/