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When I'm looking for documentation or information, I press C-h and then f or k or anything else. Then a help window will pop up.
I was wondering if I could configure the help window, that he will pop up on the bottom, instead on right and with much smaller window? Is there any property/variable to manage this behaviour? If this is not specificed for the help-mode, then I might develop a package for that.
As mentioned by @Krill in comments you can use display-buffer-alist to control the display of buffers, for some explanation/examples look at the following questions
However that is a bit low level if all you want is to set the position of a buffer or specify it height. I know of two libraries that provide high level APIs for such customizations
1) popwin-el
Using popwin you could do the following to keep help-mode buffers at bottom
(add-to-list popwin:special-display-config '(help-mode 0.5 :position below))
2) shackle
To keep the help-mode buffers at bottom using shackle you can do the following
(add-to-list 'shackle-rules '(help-mode :align below))
helm-for-files window with adding a new window on top of it. Your answer really helped me, thanks for that.
– ReneFroger
Oct 18 '15 at 22:04
display-buffer-alistfor buffers called*Help*to use the functiondisplay-buffer-at-bottom(Action Functions fordisplay-buffer)? – Kirill Oct 17 '15 at 14:18temp-buffer-window-showwithinwindow.el. As can be seen by examining the function, thetemp-buffer-resize-modeis taken into consideration if it is active -- thus, look at the doc-string for that minor-mode also. It is possible to customize thedisplay-buffer-alistsincetemp-buffer-window-showcallsdisplay-buffer, but I prefer to use a scalpel instead of a machete. – lawlist Oct 17 '15 at 15:50