transpose-frame.el provides some interactive functions which allows users to transpose windows arrangement in currently selected frame.

This program is tested on GNU Emacs 22, 23.

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Installation

First, save this file as transpose-frame.el and byte-compile in a directory that is listed in load-path.

Put the following in your .emacs file:

(require 'transpose-frame)

To swap x-direction and y-direction of windows arrangement, for example, just type as:

M-x transpose-frame

Have fun!

Commands

‘transpose-frame’ … Swap x-direction and y-direction

+------------+------------+ +----------------+--------+ | | B | | A | | | A +------------+ | | | | | C | => +--------+-------+ D | +------------+------------+ | B | C | | | D | | | | | +-------------------------+ +--------+-------+--------+

‘flip-frame’ … Flip vertically

+------------+------------+ +------------+------------+ | | B | | D | | A +------------+ +------------+------------+ | | C | => | | C | +------------+------------+ | A +------------+ | D | | | B | +-------------------------+ +------------+------------+

‘flop-frame’ … Flop horizontally

+------------+------------+ +------------+------------+ | | B | | B | | | A +------------+ +------------+ A | | | C | => | C | | +------------+------------+ +------------+------------+ | D | | D | +-------------------------+ +-------------------------+

‘rotate-frame’ … Rotate 180 degrees

+------------+------------+ +-------------------------+ | | B | | D | | A +------------+ +------------+------------+ | | C | => | C | | +------------+------------+ +------------+ A | | D | | B | | +-------------------------+ +------------+------------+

‘rotate-frame-clockwise’ … Rotate 90 degrees clockwise

+------------+------------+ +-------+-----------------+ | | B | | | A | | A +------------+ | | | | | C | => | D +--------+--------+ +------------+------------+ | | B | C | | D | | | | | +-------------------------+ +-------+--------+--------+

‘rotate-frame-anti-clockwise’ … Rotate 90 degrees anti-clockwise

+------------+------------+ +--------+--------+-------+ | | B | | B | C | | | A +------------+ | | | | | | C | => +--------+--------+ D | +------------+------------+ | A | | | D | | | | +-------------------------+ +-----------------+-------+

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See also winsav.el in nXhtml which has a similar funcitonality. – LennartBorgman

Thanks for information. – irie

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