Window splitting convenience functions

config.org

@@ -753,6 +753,29 @@ https://github.com/ikirill/irony-eldoc
 )
 #+END_SRC
 
+* 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

init.el

@@ -22,3 +22,18 @@
 (org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/config.org")))
 
 (provide 'init)
+(custom-set-variables
+ ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
+ ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
+ ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
+ ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
+ '(helm-gtags-auto-update t)
+ '(package-selected-packages
+   (quote
+    (linum-relative avy flycheck-irony irony-eldoc company-irony company-c-headers flycheck magit py-autopep8 multiple-cursors helm-gtags helm-swoop zygospore yasnippet volatile-highlights use-package undo-tree smartparens smart-mode-line monokai-theme iedit helm expand-region dashboard comment-dwim-2))))
+(custom-set-faces
+ ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
+ ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
+ ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
+ ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
+ )