Re: C-x 2 and C-x 3

[David De La Harpe Golden]

On 26/10/11 13:20, Lennart Borgman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 14:13, Jambunathan K<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > Jambunathan K<address@hidden>  writes:
> >
> > > > Martin recently introduced the command names
> > > >
> > > >    split-window-above-each-other ->  C-x 2
> > > >    split-window-side-by-side     ->  C-x 3
>
> Why do we need new names? Are not those introduced by Martin very
> clear and good?

"side-by-side" isn't so bad I suppose, but "above eachother" just 
doesn't make sense. "above eachother": window A above window B AND 
window B above window A.

Contrast "one above the other" - makes sense, and is fairly idiomatic 
english (e.g. [1]), even if a bit of a mouthful.

My unicode joking aside, I tend to think "horizontally" and "vertically" 
were fairly okay, myself, shrug, ambiguity really only impacts people 
using them programmatically, otherwise just learn C-x 2 splits one way 
and C-x 3 the other...


[1] "In a biplane aircraft, two wings are placed one above the other."
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Biplane&oldid=455613016