Variable: split-width-threshold

split-width-threshold is a customizable variable defined in window.el.gz.

Value

160

Documentation

Minimum width for splitting windows sensibly.

If this is an integer, split-window-sensibly may split a window horizontally only if it has at least this many columns. If this is nil, split-window-sensibly is not allowed to split a window horizontally.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 23.1.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 23.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/window.el.gz
(defcustom split-width-threshold 160
  "Minimum width for splitting windows sensibly.
If this is an integer, `split-window-sensibly' may split a window
horizontally only if it has at least this many columns.  If this
is nil, `split-window-sensibly' is not allowed to split a window
horizontally."
  :type '(choice (const nil) (integer :tag "columns"))
  :version "23.1"
  :group 'windows)