# HG changeset patch
# User Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
# Date 1210018344 0
# Node ID 0280cb8774cc78d2a779fbf8d45603609da557d3
# Parent  4ee3432d1e099b0c712855ee507d94a069e2cd32
(delete-other-windows-vertically): New function.

diff -r 4ee3432d1e09 -r 0280cb8774cc lisp/ChangeLog
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog	Mon May 05 19:27:54 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog	Mon May 05 20:12:24 2008 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-05-05  Sam Steingold  <sds@gnu.org>
+
+	* window.el (delete-other-windows-vertically): New function.
+
 2008-05-05  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
 	* dired.el (dired-read-dir-and-switches):
diff -r 4ee3432d1e09 -r 0280cb8774cc lisp/window.el
--- a/lisp/window.el	Mon May 05 19:27:54 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/window.el	Mon May 05 20:12:24 2008 +0000
@@ -1095,6 +1095,21 @@
 	(run-hooks 'mouse-leave-buffer-hook))
       (select-window window))))
 
+(defun delete-other-windows-vertically (&optional window)
+  "Delete the windows in the same column with WINDOW, but not WINDOW itself.
+This may be a useful alternative binding for \\[delete-other-windows]
+ if you often split windows horizontally."
+  (interactive)
+  (let* ((window (or window (selected-window)))
+         (edges (window-edges window))
+         (w window) delenda)
+    (while (not (eq (setq w (next-window w 1)) window))
+      (let ((e (window-edges w)))
+        (when (and (= (car e) (car edges))
+                   (= (caddr e) (caddr edges)))
+          (push w delenda))))
+    (mapc 'delete-window delenda)))
+
 (define-key ctl-x-map "2" 'split-window-vertically)
 (define-key ctl-x-map "3" 'split-window-horizontally)
 (define-key ctl-x-map "}" 'enlarge-window-horizontally)