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As a user of dual monitors, one vertical and one horizontal, I have to admit, there's nothing that makes me happier than full screen Vim on the vertical 23" monitor.

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I got a similar setup, one vertical and one horizontal. I got an Emacs frame for both of them but end up doing most coding with the vertical monitor and using the horizontal one for peripheral tasks (browsing, calc-mode, reading docs, etc).

I don't know... I try to keep my functions and files short enough that I don't need that vertical space. :)

I prefer horizontal mode and 2/3 horizontal splits. For some reason, that works better than vertical splits for me.

I use that configuration too. Which Linux distro do you use? I have found that not all of them seem to support that configuration (or at least, I could never set it with Ubuntu... OpenSUSE does support it fine though).

Ubuntu's control panel (gnome-settings) has never failed me for this (12.04+) and if you're into kinky CLI commands, xrandr is your friend. It is a sane wrapper that helps you configure your displays in an almost natural language:

    xrandr --output eDP1 --mode 1024x768 --rotate 180 \
      --output VGA1 --mode 640x480 --right-of eDP1

(From memory, dont paste this to the bank)

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