Re: Annoying change in "other window" behavior

[Bernardo]

> After I type "o" it used to look like:
>
>     +-----------------------------------------+
>     |  Dired buffer                           |
>     |  ...>file #1                           |
>     |  ... file #2                            |
>     |  ... file #3                            |
>     |  ... file #4                            |
>     |                                         |
>     +-----------------------------------------+
>     |  This window now displays the contents  |
>     |  of file #1.                            |
>     |                                         |
>     |                                         |
>     |                                         |
>     |                                         |
>     +-----------------------------------------+
>
> BUT NOW it looks like:
>
>     +--------------------+--------------------+
>     |  Dired buffer      |  This window now   |
>     |  ...>file #1      |  displays the      |
>     |  ... file #2       |  contents of       |
>     |  ... file #3       |  file #1.          |
>     |  ... file #4          |                    |
>     |                    |                    |
>     +--------------------+--------------------+
>     |                                         |
>     |                                         |
>     |                                         |
>     |                                         |
>     |                                         |
>     |                                         |
>     +-----------------------------------------+

setting the value of split-width-threshold variable to a larger value 
might help;
maybe something like this will make a difference:
(setq split-width-threshold 300)