Re: master 6a2ee981c3: Add new functions for splitting the root window

[Sean Whitton]

Hello,

On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 08:34PM +03, Juri Linkov wrote:

>> C-x w { shrink-window                 [ like C-x { ]
>
> '{' and '}' look like arrows that point in horizontal direction,
> therefore they are bound to horizontal commands 'C-x {' and 'C-x }'.
>
> 'v' looks more like a vertical arrow.  This is why
> 'resize-window-repeat-map' binds 'v' to 'shrink-window'.
>
> Still 'C-x w v' doesn't look like the best key for 'shrink-window'.

Yeah.  I have no good ideas here.

>> Not sure what key might be good for these:
>>
>> tab-window-detach
>> tab-bar-move-window-to-tab
>
> They are window-related indeed, but I think they all should be under
> 'C-t w' prefix key.

I think we should have either

    'C-x w f' tear-off-frame
    'C-x w t' tab-window-detach

or

    'C-x 5 xx' tear-off-frame
    'C-x t xx' tab-window-detach

where 'xx' is a single key.

-- 
Sean Whitton