Window configuration on m4pro

2026-04-22 Wed 13:43:58 · back

MacBook Pro M4 Pro has larger screen and windows in Emacs behave differently, often ending up with 6 windows at once. That's not what I want.

Time to learn Window management in Emacs.

On <2026-04-21 Tue> I switched to ace-window from other-window and keeping track of what has changed.

Keybindings:

• {M-o}: ace-window
• {§}: ace-window
• {C-x o}: other-window (built-in)
• {C-u C-u M-o}: delete window
• {C-x }: winner-undo

Good:

• {C-u M-o}: swap windows, crux package no longer needed.
• window-extras package contains two functions – transpose-windows (same as {C-u M-o}) and toggle-window-split. Will keep it for now.

Bad:

• golden-ratio-mode is not triggered, because it adds after-advice (ad-Advice-other-window). The advice itself is called ‘golden-ratio-resize-window’. For now I disabled golden-ratio mode. Will use balance-window {C-x +} ad-hoc.

Things to try:

• toggle-window-dedicated {C-x w d}