From f8f6a42dbfd1d3021993b727039d3545c21a2e3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Case Duckworth
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:23:16 -0600
Subject: Split windows more sensibly

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 config.org | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config.org b/config.org
index 32635d9..459c179 100644
--- a/config.org
+++ b/config.org
@@ -247,6 +247,43 @@ This still doesn’t work under Windows – I have to manually download the [[ht
   (cuss indicate-empty-lines t)
 #+end_src
 
+** Windows
+
+*** Split windows /more/ sensibly
+
+from [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23659909/reverse-evaluation-order-of-split-height-threshold-and-split-width-threshold-in][Stack Overflow]].
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+  (defun my-split-window-sensibly (&optional window)
+    (let ((window (or window (selected-window))))
+      (or (and (window-splittable-p window t)
+	       ;; Split window horizontally.
+	       (with-selected-window window
+		 (split-window-right)))
+	  (and (window-splittable-p window)
+	       ;; Split window vertically.
+	       (with-selected-window window
+		 (split-window-below)))
+	  (and (eq window (frame-root-window (window-frame window)))
+	       (not (window-minibuffer-p window))
+	       ;; If WINDOW is the only window on its frame and is not the
+	       ;; minibuffer window, try to split it horizontally disregarding
+	       ;; the value of `split-width-threshold'.
+	       (let ((split-width-threshold 0))
+		 (when (window-splittable-p window t)
+		   (with-selected-window window
+		     (split-window-right))))))))
+
+  (setq split-window-preferred-function #'my-split-window-sensibly)
+#+end_src
+
+*** Winner mode
+
+#+begin_src emacs-lisp
+  (when (fboundp 'winner-mode)
+    (winner-mode +1))
+#+end_src
+
 ** Startup
 
 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
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