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  • What you describe is not the default behavior, Emacs will not keep splitting but reuse the window. Please make sure you have not incorrectly modified display-buffer-alist, display-buffer-fallback-action, or any other variable that might influence display-buffer. (See C-h f display-buffer RET.) Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 13:53
  • IOW, can you reproduce the behavior with emacs -q? If yes, can you reproduce it with emacs -Q? Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 14:15
  • I asked and answered the same question here: emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/69706/… Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 16:44
  • Not the same question I think: the OP here is not concerned with Org mode links at all (despite the title). Commented Sep 16, 2022 at 19:46