Re: Two or more Xys open

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from Harry Binswanger  on Thu, 27 Oct 2005
15:10:57 -0400


>> whenever you SAve any one document in any
>> one iteration of Xy4, the same document is refreshed in all the other
>> iterations of Xy4 (*if* that document is open in one of the iteration's nine
>> "windows").

> Fascinating idea. There'd still be a danger.

Not really.

> Suppose I get confused about which Xy iteration I'm in.

Pay no attention to which iteration you're using -- it doesn't matter in the
least.

> I make a change in foobar.txt in Xy1 then I
> scroll down and work in foobar.txt in Xy2.

No no no. You make a change in foobar.txt in Xy1, and BEFORE you "scroll down"
(whatever that means) or switch to making edits in Xy2, you SAVE your changes
in Xy1. Those changes will instantly be reflected in the same document in Xy2,
long before you have a chance to move your cursor down (or Alt-Tab, or
whatever) to Xy2. Any time you intend to switch iterations, you SAVE your work
in that iteration first. Then you switch. Note that even if you are working
at the top of the document in Xy1, and way down at the bottom of the document
in Xy2, your cursor will remain where it is -- the "view" of the document or
the current page will remain the same -- in each iteration (or roughly so,
allowing for the added or subtracted text involved in the edit).

You don't need flags or warning clutter. You just don't leave an iteration
without saving first. If you forget ... well, next time you won't forget. It
is NOT a difficult habit to cultivate! I hit the save key every 30 seconds max
*anyway*. Second nature.

What this does is offer a truly unique method of toggling between two distant
parts (or formatted and unformatted views! draft or expanded vs. graphical
mode [in fullscreen]!) of one file. U2 frames SBS (SideBySide) and TWOSCReen
let you move, with a keystroke, between two separate parts of a document, but
they don't allow you to see the same file in two separate windows,
simultaneously. I don't think even MSWord can accomplish this. *And* keep
them mutually updated or synchronized.

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Robert Holmgren
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