How can I get the compilation buffer on the bottom rather than on the right in Emacs 23?

Question

I\'ve installed Emacs 23 and have found that the compilation buffer (when using M-x compile) appears in a different position than it did in Emacs 22. The currently open buff

Answer 1

The following worked best for me:

;; Split windows in Emacs 22 compatible way
(setq split-height-threshold nil)
(setq split-width-threshold most-positive-fixnum)

Answer 2

It's probably the new split-window-preferred-function variable and split-window-sensibly function. Emacs now tries to figure out if it should split vertically or horizontally based on the window size (I assume you have a wide window). Try setting the split-width-threshold variable to nil.

Answer 3

This works for me in emacs 23 on linux :

(setq split-width-threshold most-positive-fixnum)