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@@ -777,6 +777,14 @@ set sessionoptions-=options " No global options or mappings
"
set shortmess+=I
+" I find the defaults of new windows opening above or to the left of the
+" previous window too jarring, because I'm used to both the i3 window manager
+" and the tmux terminal multiplexer doing it the other way around, in reading
+" order. I prefer the visual effect of the previous text staying where it is,
+" and the new window occupying previously blank space.
+"
+set splitbelow splitright
+
" Limit the number of characters per line that syntax highlighting will
" attempt to match. This is as much an effort to encourage me to break long
" lines and do hard wrapping correctly as it is for efficiency.