Have the search results buffer split the window vertically

[jman-schief]

Hello, I'm trying to configure rg.el so that the search results buffer (a new window, AFAIU) is always opened in the lower half of the frame, splitting vertically by default, instead of horizontally.

Any suggestion?

Thanks

[dajva]

Not sure. I think you should look into display-buffer-alist. There are some discussions in #87 that you could look at although not the same issue.

[jman-schief]

Thanks @dajva , your suggestion gave me a path to follow. After some digging, I propose the following solution:

(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
             '("\\*rg\\*"
               (display-buffer-below-selected display-buffer-at-bottom)))

which optionally could be fine tuned:

(add-to-list 'display-buffer-alist
             '("\\*rg\\*"
               (display-buffer-below-selected display-buffer-at-bottom)
               (inhibit-same-window . t)
               (window-height . balance-windows)))

Any suggestion?

My wish would be this to become a setting in rg.el, what do you think? (I'm not good enough to work on a patch, though)