(defun transpose-windows (arg)
  "Transpose the buffers shown in two windows."
  (interactive "p")
  (let ((selector (if (>= arg 0) 'next-window 'previous-window)))
    (while (/= arg 0)
      (let ((this-win (window-buffer))
            (next-win (window-buffer (funcall selector))))
        (set-window-buffer (selected-window) next-win)
        (set-window-buffer (funcall selector) this-win)
        (select-window (funcall selector)))
      (setq arg (if (plusp arg) (1- arg) (1+ arg))))))

(defun toggle-window-split ()
  (interactive)
  (if (= (count-windows) 2)
      (let* ((this-win-buffer (window-buffer))
             (next-win-buffer (window-buffer (next-window)))
             (this-win-edges (window-edges (selected-window)))
             (next-win-edges (window-edges (next-window)))
             (this-win-2nd (not (and (<= (car this-win-edges)
                                         (car next-win-edges))
                                     (<= (cadr this-win-edges)
                                         (cadr next-win-edges)))))
             (splitter
              (if (= (car this-win-edges)
                     (car (window-edges (next-window))))
                  'split-window-horizontally
                'split-window-vertically)))
        (delete-other-windows)
        (let ((first-win (selected-window)))
          (funcall splitter)
          (if this-win-2nd (other-window 1))
          (set-window-buffer (selected-window) this-win-buffer)
          (set-window-buffer (next-window) next-win-buffer)
          (select-window first-win)
          (if this-win-2nd (other-window 1))))
    (error "This works only for two windows!")))

(defun gpolonkai/scroll-window-up (window)
  "Scroll WINDOW up as `scroll-up-command' would."
  (interactive)
  (save-selected-window
    (select-window window)
    (scroll-up)))

(defun gpolonkai/scroll-window-down (window)
  "Scroll WINDOW down as `scroll-down-command' would."
  (interactive)
  (save-selected-window
    (select-window window)
    (scroll-down)))

(defun gpolonkai/bury-window (window)
  "Quit WINDOW without killing it."
  (interactive)
  (quit-window nil window))

(defun gpolonkai/kill-this-buffer-delete-this-window ()
  "Kill the buffer in the current window, and then try to delete
the current window."
  (interactive)
  (kill-this-buffer)
  (delete-window))