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authorMartin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>2017-12-06 09:53:30 +0100
committerMartin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>2017-12-06 09:53:30 +0100
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In windows.texi mention special splitting behavior of side and atomic windows
* doc/lispref/windows.texi (Splitting Windows): Add note about and links to side and atomic windows.
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@@ -1109,7 +1109,10 @@ the size of @var{window} is not preserved.
@cindex window splitting
This section describes functions for creating a new window by
-@dfn{splitting} an existing one.
+@dfn{splitting} an existing one. Note that some windows are special in
+the sense that these functions may fail to split them as described here.
+Examples of such windows are side windows (@pxref{Side Windows}) and
+atomic windows (@pxref{Atomic Windows}).
@defun split-window &optional window size side pixelwise
This function creates a new live window next to the window