Prefer columnar splits over a stack

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/emacs/init.el b/emacs/init.el
index 76db306..5c6c293 100644
--- a/emacs/init.el
+++ b/emacs/init.el
@@ -877,6 +877,14 @@ The misspelled word is taken from OVERLAY.  WORD is the corrected word."
 (global-set-key [remap query-replace] 'anzu-query-replace)
 (global-set-key [remap query-replace-regexp] 'anzu-query-replace-regexp)
 
+;; My computer has a small screen, so i find that it's more beneficial for me to split the frame into columns, so i get more context.  However, splitting in this way only gives me a (window-width) of 61, so emacs will always split into vertically stacked windows.  By setting this to 80, the first split should always be vertical.
+(setopt split-width-threshold 80)
+
+;; Define a handy function that allows me to do a full text search of every file in my home directory.  For the most part, this works well; ripgrep avoids binary files.  However, in some files with embedded images, it can add a lot of junk to the output.
+(defun noa/consult-rg-home ()
+  (interactive)
+  (consult-ripgrep "~/"))
+(global-set-key (kbd "<f5>") #'noa/consult-rg-home)
 
 ;; Switch to new window on creation
 (defun noa/split-and-follow-horizontally ()
@@ -928,10 +936,5 @@ The misspelled word is taken from OVERLAY.  WORD is the corrected word."
                   (comment-region (mark) (point))
                   (buffer-substring (mark) (point)))
                 "\n\n"))
-;; Define a handy function that allows me to do a full text search of every file in my home directory.  For the most part, this works well; ripgrep avoids binary files.  However, in some files with embedded images, it can add a lot of junk to the output.
-(defun noa/consult-rg-home ()
-  (interactive)
-  (consult-ripgrep "~/"))
-(global-set-key (kbd "<f5>") #'noa/consult-rg-home)
 
 (use-package i-ching :ensure t)