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

[Sean Whitton]

Hello,

On Mon 12 Sep 2022 at 10:29PM +03, Juri Linkov wrote:

>>> Of course, it'd also be nice to bring together/closer the root and
>>> non-root variants of those operations, but I have no good suggestion
>>> here, other than to suggest to use a new command which doesn't accept
>>> a numeric argument at all and only uses `C-u` to choose between a root
>>> split and non-root split.  That's because I personally never use that
>>> numeric argument, and prefer to resize the windows afterwards rather
>>> than try to guess sizes beforehand.
>
> The existing commands could use `C-u` to choose between root/non-root too.
> Then there is no need to have a new command.

Yes, I still prefer this myself, I think.

>>     This seems especially important given that the -root-window-
>>     commands are not going to see heavy use, compared with, e.g.,
>>     fit-window-to-buffer (where C-x w - follows C-x -).
>>
>> (2) again given that the -root-window- commands will be rarely used, I
>>     think the similarity with the existing commands will make 'C-x w 2'
>>     and 'C-x w 3' easier to memorise / recall-with-effort.
>
> Since they will be rarely used, they could be bound to a more consistent
> key sequence 'C-x w r 2' and 'C-x w r 3' where "w r" means "window-root",
> freeing 'C-x w 2' and 'C-x w 3' for other uses.

That would definitely make sense if we are expecting some other root
window commands -- do you have some ideas?

-- 
Sean Whitton