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org_agenda_goto add option to open agenda item in vertical split or new tab

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start at lua/orgmode/agenda/init.lua around line 539, where org_agenda_goto opens the agenda item. Read the surrounding agenda action and org_agenda_ settings to determine how the opening mode is selected. Done means users can configure a vertical split or new tab instead of the current aboveleft split.

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Description

enhancement
Does this feature exist in Emacs orgmode core?

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Additional context

Currently, we can open item in two primary way, using <cr> to open item in current window, or <tab> to open item in a new window, i.e. the org_agenda_goto action.

However, there is no way to specify org_agenda_goto to open in which split, i.e. it will always open in aboveleft split.

see https://github.com/nvim-orgmode/orgmode/blob/master/lua/orgmode/agenda/init.lua#L539

It would be nice if we have an option under org_agenda_ settings to let user decide which <mods> is used to open the split.

For example, I personally don't like to open in aboveleft split since my monitor has more width than height, so I would prefer to open it in vertical split or even new tab instead.

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