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-rw-r--r--modules/ui-navigation.el38
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/modules/ui-navigation.el b/modules/ui-navigation.el
index d8d7162e2..00fa841e1 100644
--- a/modules/ui-navigation.el
+++ b/modules/ui-navigation.el
@@ -75,14 +75,42 @@ 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."
+ (pcase key
+ ("<left>" 'left)
+ ("<right>" 'right)
+ ("<up>" 'above)
+ ("<down>" 'below)
+ (_ 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)))
+ (set-window-buffer new (other-buffer (current-buffer) t))
+ new)))
+
(defun cj/window-resize-sticky ()
"Resize the active window's divider in the just-pressed arrow's direction
-(via `windsize'), then keep `cj/window-resize-map' active so bare arrows keep
-nudging until any other key. Bound to `C-; b <left>/<right>/<up>/<down>'."
+\(via `windsize'), then keep `cj/window-resize-map' active so bare arrows keep
+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."
(interactive)
- (let ((cmd (keymap-lookup cj/window-resize-map
- (key-description (vector last-command-event)))))
- (when cmd (call-interactively cmd)))
+ (let ((key (key-description (vector last-command-event))))
+ (if (one-window-p)
+ (cj/window--pull-away (cj/window-arrow-direction key))
+ (let ((cmd (keymap-lookup cj/window-resize-map key)))
+ (when cmd (call-interactively cmd)))))
(set-transient-map cj/window-resize-map t))
;; ------------------------------ Window Splitting -----------------------------