Hi

I think this sounds too dependent on the implementation. Something like
-U/-D/-L/-R for splitw might work?



On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:53:43PM -0800, Felix Rosencrantz wrote:
>    A, B C, & D are panes.** If you start with a window with a single pane A,
>    and call "split-window" you get window split evenly vertically layout
>    [A,B]:
>    A
>    B
>    Then if from B you call "split-window -h" you have window layout like:
>    [A,{B,C}]
>    AA
>    BC
>    If you then call split-window from C, you get a window layout like:
>    [A{B,[C,D]}]**
>    AA
>    BC
>    BD
>    I'd like to start from layout [A,{B,C}]
>    AA
>    BC
>    and call "split-window -a 1" from C and get layout like [A{B,C},D]:
>    AA
>    BC
>    DD
>    The '-a #' would say go up # levels in the layout cell tree for the
>    specified pane, and split at that level. (likewise for the join-pane
>    command).** With a high enough value for #, you get a true "split-window"
>    command.**
>    -FR.**
>    On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Nicholas Marriott
>    <[1]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>      I'm not clear what you are suggestion, can you give me an example?
> 
>      On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 05:08:13PM -0800, Felix Rosencrantz wrote:
>      >** ** Like adding a -a flag to split-window/join-pane that says how
>      many
>      >** ** ancestor cells above the current pane it should split at.** So 0
>      is the
>      >** ** current pane, 1 would be one cell up, etc.** Maybe some sort of
>      syntax for
>      >** ** the root cell, (or just a specify a very large number).** Would
>      that be
>      >** ** reasonable?
>      >** ** -FR.
>      >** ** On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Felix Rosencrantz
>      >** ** <[1][2]f.rosencra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>      >
>      >** ** ** That's great.
>      >** ** ** I noticed this when I was trying to figure out if I could do a
>      drop-down
>      >** ** ** terminal like guake/tilda/etc.** This patch was a simple way
>      to do it if
>      >** ** ** there is only a single pane across the top, but not if the top
>      is split
>      >** ** ** with several panes.
>      >** ** ** The TODO says it would be more correct to rename the
>      split-window
>      >** ** ** command to split-pane.** It would be useful to really have a
>      command
>      >** ** ** that actually did split/join at the window level, so there is
>      an easy
>      >** ** ** way to put a pane on the edge of a window with an arbitrarily
>      complex
>      >** ** ** layout.** To be more general, if it could be done at any level
>      of the
>      >** ** ** layout structure.
>      >** ** ** Do you think either of those would be useful to add to tmux?**
>      An actual
>      >** ** ** split/join-window command or option to the existing commands.
>      I know I
>      >** ** ** would find that useful and have wanted that feature.
>      >** ** ** -FR.
>      >** ** ** On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Nicholas Marriott
>      >** ** ** <[2][3]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>      >
>      >** ** ** ** Like it. Applied - thanks
>      >** ** ** ** On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 09:40:03AM -0800, Felix Rosencrantz
>      wrote:
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** This patch adds the -b flag to split-window, which
>      is
>      >** ** ** ** consistent with the
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** -b flag of the join-window command.** I like this
>      when I want
>      >** ** ** ** to create a
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** pane above the current pane.
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** -FR.
>      >
>      >** ** ** ** > diff --git a/cmd-split-window.c b/cmd-split-window.c
>      >** ** ** ** > index f88b2f6..e09b5a3 100644
>      >** ** ** ** > --- a/cmd-split-window.c
>      >** ** ** ** > +++ b/cmd-split-window.c
>      >** ** ** ** > @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ enum cmd_retval** ** **
>      >** ** ** ** cmd_split_window_exec(struct cmd *, struct cmd_q *);
>      >** ** ** ** >
>      >** ** ** ** >** const struct cmd_entry cmd_split_window_entry = {
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** **"split-window", "splitw",
>      >** ** ** ** > -** ** **"c:dF:l:hp:Pt:v", 0, -1,
>      >** ** ** ** > -** ** **"[-dhvP] [-c start-directory] [-F format] [-p
>      percentage|-l
>      >** ** ** ** size] "
>      >** ** ** ** > +** ** **"bc:dF:l:hp:Pt:v", 0, -1,
>      >** ** ** ** > +** ** **"[-bdhvP] [-c start-directory] [-F format] [-p
>      >** ** ** ** percentage|-l size] "
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** **CMD_TARGET_PANE_USAGE " [command]",
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** **0,
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** **cmd_split_window_exec
>      >** ** ** ** > @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ cmd_split_window_exec(struct cmd
>      *self, struct
>      >** ** ** ** cmd_q *cmdq)
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** **if (*shell == '\0' || areshell(shell))
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** ** ** ** ** **shell = _PATH_BSHELL;
>      >** ** ** ** >
>      >** ** ** ** > -** ** **if ((lc = layout_split_pane(wp, type, size, 0))
>      == NULL) {
>      >** ** ** ** > +** ** **if ((lc = layout_split_pane(wp, type, size,
>      args_has(args,
>      >** ** ** ** 'b'))) == NULL) {
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** ** ** ** ** **cause = xstrdup("pane too small");
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** ** ** ** ** **goto error;
>      >** ** ** ** >** ** ** **}
>      >** ** ** ** > diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
>      >** ** ** ** > index 032e5be..ddeac74 100644
>      >** ** ** ** > --- a/tmux.1
>      >** ** ** ** > +++ b/tmux.1
>      >** ** ** ** > @@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ is given and the selected window is
>      already
>      >** ** ** ** the current window,
>      >** ** ** ** >** the command behaves like
>      >** ** ** ** >** .Ic last-window .
>      >** ** ** ** >** .It Xo Ic split-window
>      >** ** ** ** > -.Op Fl dhvP
>      >** ** ** ** > +.Op Fl bdhvP
>      >** ** ** ** >** .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
>      >** ** ** ** >** .Oo Fl l
>      >** ** ** ** >** .Ar size |
>      >** ** ** ** > @@ -1784,6 +1784,10 @@ and
>      >** ** ** ** >** .Fl p
>      >** ** ** ** >** options specify the size of the new pane in lines (for
>      vertical
>      >** ** ** ** split) or in
>      >** ** ** ** >** cells (for horizontal split), or as a percentage,
>      respectively.
>      >** ** ** ** > +The
>      >** ** ** ** > +.Fl b
>      >** ** ** ** > +option causes the new pane to be created to the left of
>      or above
>      >** ** ** ** > +.Ar target-pane .
>      >** ** ** ** >** All other options have the same meaning as for the
>      >** ** ** ** >** .Ic new-window
>      >** ** ** ** >** command.
>      >
>      >** ** ** ** >
>      >** ** ** **
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