split-and-move

Split current GNU Emacs window and move point to the new pane

Install

With Quelpa

(use-package split-and-move
  :quelpa (split-and-move
           :fetcher github
           :repo "EricCrosson/split-and-move")
  :bind (("C-x 2" . split-and-move-below)
         ("C-x 3" . split-and-move-right)))

Or manually, after downloading into your load-path

(require 'split-and-move)
(bind-keys
 ("C-x 2" . split-and-move-below)
 ("C-x 3" . split-and-move-right))

Related

• Splitting windows in GNU Emacs
• Working with Multiple Windows
• Go Back to Previous Window

Acknowledgments

I definitely got this code from somewhere but can't find the original source as it has mutated inside my configs over the past several years. Here's a version that's pretty close.

License

GPL 2 (or higher) © Free Software Foundation, Inc.