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-rw-r--r--modules/ui-navigation.el46
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/modules/ui-navigation.el b/modules/ui-navigation.el
index 00fa841e1..f53924ebb 100644
--- a/modules/ui-navigation.el
+++ b/modules/ui-navigation.el
@@ -75,26 +75,31 @@ resize -- each moves the active window's divider in the arrow's direction
"<up>" #'windsize-up
"<down>" #'windsize-down)
-(defun cj/window-arrow-direction (key)
- "Map a windsize arrow KEY description to a split direction.
-KEY is one of \"<left>\" \"<right>\" \"<up>\" \"<down>\"; returns
-left/right/above/below respectively, or nil for anything else."
+(defun cj/window-pull-side (key)
+ "Map a `C-; b' arrow KEY to the side the revealed window opens on.
+The arrow names the edge the current window shrinks toward, so the new
+window opens on the *opposite* side and the current window keeps the
+arrow's edge: <down> -> above, <up> -> below, <left> -> right,
+<right> -> left. Returns nil for anything else."
(pcase key
- ("<left>" 'left)
- ("<right>" 'right)
- ("<up>" 'above)
- ("<down>" 'below)
+ ("<down>" 'above)
+ ("<up>" 'below)
+ ("<left>" 'right)
+ ("<right>" 'left)
(_ nil)))
-(defun cj/window--pull-away (direction)
- "Split the sole window toward DIRECTION and reveal the previous buffer.
-DIRECTION is one of left/right/above/below. A new window opens on that
-side showing `other-buffer'; focus stays on the original window so it
-shrinks from that edge, letting a fullscreen window (e.g. a terminal)
-share the frame. No-op when DIRECTION is nil."
- (when direction
- (let ((new (split-window (selected-window) nil direction)))
+(defun cj/window--pull-away (side)
+ "Split the sole window so the previous buffer opens on SIDE.
+SIDE is one of above/below/left/right -- opposite the pressed arrow, so
+the current window keeps the arrow's edge. The new window is minimized
+to a sliver (the current window keeps almost the whole frame) and shows
+`other-buffer'; focus stays on the current window so the sticky arrows
+then shrink it step by step via `windsize', exactly as resizing an
+existing split does. No-op when SIDE is nil."
+ (when side
+ (let ((new (split-window (selected-window) nil side)))
(set-window-buffer new (other-buffer (current-buffer) t))
+ (minimize-window new)
new)))
(defun cj/window-resize-sticky ()
@@ -103,12 +108,15 @@ share the frame. No-op when DIRECTION is nil."
nudging until any other key. Bound to `C-; b <left>/<right>/<up>/<down>'.
When the selected window is the sole window in the frame there is no
-divider to move, so the arrow instead pulls a new window away toward that
-edge (`cj/window--pull-away'), revealing the previous buffer."
+divider to move, so the first arrow instead splits a sliver away on the
+side opposite the arrow (`cj/window--pull-away'), revealing the previous
+buffer; the current window keeps almost the whole frame and the following
+arrows shrink it via `windsize', so it reads the same as resizing an
+existing split."
(interactive)
(let ((key (key-description (vector last-command-event))))
(if (one-window-p)
- (cj/window--pull-away (cj/window-arrow-direction key))
+ (cj/window--pull-away (cj/window-pull-side key))
(let ((cmd (keymap-lookup cj/window-resize-map key)))
(when cmd (call-interactively cmd)))))
(set-transient-map cj/window-resize-map t))