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Re: split-window as a command
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Rand User |
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Re: split-window as a command |
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Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:44:43 -0700 (PDT) |
From: Stephen Berman <address@hidden>
> Maybe in the early days there was no split-window-vertically and
> split-window was the only window-splitting command (I don't know). But
> at least since 18.59 (probably earlier) split-window has been redundant
> as a command (and not documented in the Emacs manual), and has not had a
> default key binding.
To my knowledge, that's all correct.
I kinda figured that `split-window' was made a command since its easier
to do `M-x split-window' than `M-x split-window-vertically'.
> So any breakage would be in user settings or third-party packages.
That's the worst kind of breakage. Emacs shouldn't break user code
for minor namespace cleanup.
> As for usage, since split-window never acted on a prefix
> argument, replacing it with split-window-below interactively instead can
> only be a win.
I agree that `split-window-below' works better interactively than `split-window'
does. Breaking backward compatibility is not a win however.
>> I think that:
>>
>> * Fixing the doc-string would be better than removing the
>> interactive form.
>
> That would perpetuate its mistaken current status as a command.
I don't think `split-window' was mistakenly made a command.
>> * Changing the interactive form to use the prefix argument would
>> be better than fixing the doc-string.
>
> That would mean adding code from split-window-below to process the
> prefix argument, though split-window-below itself calls split-window.
> That doesn't seem very clean.
The window splitting code in general doesn't seem very clean... :)
Maybe you could move some of the functionality in split-window-below
to split-window?
Cheers,
Rand
- Re: split-window as a command, (continued)
- Re: split-window as a command, Stephen Berman, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, martin rudalics, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, Rand, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, Stephen Berman, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, Rand User, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, Rand User, 2013/04/13
- Re: split-window as a command, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/04/13
- Re: split-window as a command,
Rand User <=
- Re: split-window as a command, martin rudalics, 2013/04/13
- Re: split-window as a command, Stefan Monnier, 2013/04/12
- Re: split-window as a command, Stephen Berman, 2013/04/13