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The functions I have found for splitting windows are (split-window-right) and (split-window-below). When these are evaluated the cursor ends up in the right window in the case of (split-window-right)or the upper window in the case of (split-window-below).

I want to have functions that split a window and puts the cursor in the right or lower window.

I wrote the following myself, but it unfortunately does not move the cursor as I expected. Instead it just behaves as if (split-window-right) was called by itself.

(defun olav-split-window-left ()
  (interactive)
  (split-window-right)
  (windmove-right))
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  • Starting from a single window and executing this function with M-x olav-split-window-left, it works for me as expected: it splits the window into two side-by-side windows and the window on the right is selected.
    – NickD
    Jul 12, 2020 at 13:57
  • Interesting. It turns out that the function works on non-configured Emacs, but not on my configuration which is weird considering it is sub 100 loc that I just started writing today. Regardless Fran's solution worked for me.
    – fossegrim
    Jul 12, 2020 at 14:50
  • I'm guessing this is a duplicate. We have many questions with tag window-splitting (and other window tags). I'm guessing many are similar or essentially the same. Would someone like to take a look and maybe consolidate as a community question or two?
    – Drew
    Jul 12, 2020 at 17:11

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Try this:

(defun olav-split-window-left ()
  (interactive)
  (select-window (split-window-right)))
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