Re: Prefer to split along the longest edge

[Juri Linkov]

> I wrote a new patch that always fallback on vertical split, and I got rid
> of the weird (width > 80) condition since split-width-threshold already
> does it.
>
> The result is a simpler patch that works perfectly.

Thanks, a new patch is much better.

> It basically does that:
>
> if width > height:
>    try to split horizontally, then try to split vertically
> else
>    try to split vertically, then try to split horizontally
> fallback to vertical split

This makes sense, so Cc-ing Martin to confirm
if this is the right thing to do.