Re: Just wondering

["Richard A. Sherer" rasherer@xxxxxxxx]

Carlo,

I don't presume to speak for Rafe, but I often have all nine windows open,
especially if I'm writing a news story for which I've interviewed three or
four people. One window is the text-in-progress; other windows contain the
interviews and reference materials I've downloaded from the web or received
by email. Another window may hold the assignment note I received from my
editor, so I can check occasionally to see if I've left anything out.
Meanwhile, I may have one window set aside for callbacks about future
stories. And half-way through, I'll try to search for some esoteric fact I
know is buried in another file and hit CTRL-F, only to be reminded that
"Function Requires an Empty Window"!

Years ago, I worked at a publishing house that used Word Perfect, which (in
those days) could only muster two windows at a time. I was used to XyWrite,
which from my earliest introduction to it had always offered nine windows,
and I felt like I was crippled being cut down to two!

Richard A. Sherer

At 01:01 PM 2/25/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, R Tennenbaum wrote:
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>> For that matter I'd sure like to get
>> more than nine text windows up at a time. I suppose I'm dreaming
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>Dear Rafe,
>   Out of curiosity, what do you DO with even nine windows of text open
>at a time? I've never opened more than four at once in my writing, and
>three is more typical. I'm interested to know how others use a capacity
>in XyWrite that I've always thought a bit "over the top."
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>Thanks,
>Carlo
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>Carlo Caballero
>Research Associate
>The Graduate School and College of Music
>University of Colorado, Boulder
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