* lisp/windmove.el: Directional window display (bug#32790)

* lisp/windmove.el (windmove-display-no-select): New defcustom.
(windmove-display-in-direction, windmove-display-left)
(windmove-display-up, windmove-display-right)
(windmove-display-down, windmove-display-same-window)
(windmove-display-default-keybindings): New functions.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 4f3b9a9a061..6e52f6cd1fa 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -304,6 +304,18 @@ back, customize follow-hide-ghost-cursors to nil.
 
 ** Windmove
 
+*** Windmove supports directional window display and selection.
+The new command windmove-display-default-keybindings binds default
+keys with provided modifiers (by default, shift-meta) to the commands
+that display the next buffer in the window at the specified direction.
+This is like windmove-default-keybindings that binds keys to commands
+that select the window in the specified direction, but additionally it
+displays the buffer from the next command in that window.  For example,
+'S-M-right C-h i' displays the *Info* buffer in the right window,
+creating the window if necessary.  A special key can be customized to
+display the buffer in the same window, for example, 'S-M-0 C-h e'
+displays the *Messages* buffer in the same window.
+
 *** windmove-create-window when non-nil makes a new window on moving off
 the edge of the frame.