Window splitting convenience functions

config.org

@@ -753,6 +753,29 @@ https://github.com/ikirill/irony-eldoc
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+* Windows
+
+** Splitting
+
+After you split a window, your focus remains in the previous one.
+Credit goes to https://github.com/daedreth/UncleDavesEmacs
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+(defun split-and-follow-horizontally ()
+  (interactive)
+  (split-window-below)
+  (balance-windows)
+  (other-window 1))
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x 2") 'split-and-follow-horizontally)
+
+(defun split-and-follow-vertically ()
+  (interactive)
+  (split-window-right)
+  (balance-windows)
+  (other-window 1))
+(global-set-key (kbd "C-x 3") 'split-and-follow-vertically)
+#+END_SRC
+
 * Avy
 
 https://github.com/abo-abo/avy