This post talks about how buffers takings over windows in Emacs is very horrible behavior. Based upon that feedback, it might be interesting to try out popwin.el.
4 thoughts on “Avoiding window takeover in Emacs”
As one of the comments in that thread mentions, winner-mode is a trivial answer to the general problem. A single keystroke will undo whatever it was that Emacs did to your window config.
It’s also incredibly useful for undoing *intentional* window configuration changes, of course — after all, you’ll have no hesitation in maximising a window for temporary readability when you know that a single keystroke restores the multi-split window config you started with.
…and it’s also worth pointing out that it’s not just the most recent change which is remembered — even after a whole series of window config changes, winner-mode enables you to step back through them all to get back to where you began. Just add (winner-mode 1) to your init file, and your life will be improved.
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As one of the comments in that thread mentions, winner-mode is a trivial answer to the general problem. A single keystroke will undo whatever it was that Emacs did to your window config.
It’s also incredibly useful for undoing *intentional* window configuration changes, of course — after all, you’ll have no hesitation in maximising a window for temporary readability when you know that a single keystroke restores the multi-split window config you started with.
…and it’s also worth pointing out that it’s not just the most recent change which is remembered — even after a whole series of window config changes, winner-mode enables you to step back through them all to get back to where you began. Just add (winner-mode 1) to your init file, and your life will be improved.
PHIL:
Totally agreed. Thanks for sharing that.
Grant Rettke: Avoiding window takeover in Emacs: This post talks about how buffers takings over windows in Ema… http://t.co/0mMIMQaLlm