Feature request: split view

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Amontillado
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Amontillado »

There is a way to get multiple snapshot views of a document.

File->Duplicate will make a second copy of a file and open it in a separate window. For safety's sake, I save the duplicate with a name like "delete-me". Once the file is saved with a name, you can click the "lock" checkbox.

I like the lock feature because if I start to edit in the wrong window I get a message warning me the document is locked.

It's not the same as multiple, editable, views of a document, but I think duplicates could be helpful in some situations.
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Qlibet »

+1
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Fire Angel »

I wanted to give this a bump. Of the features Mellel lacks this is the most significant for me yet probably one of the easiest to program. Please?
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Chris »

+1
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Phil49vl »

+1
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by mwclarke »

Yes +1, please!
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Shelly Harrison »

Just wanted to add my voice to those who have already requested this feature. It's one I regularly wish were available.
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by xoanohn »

+1. This is important when you need to refer to a previous point in a document.
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Fire Angel »

This seems to be one of the more popular requests, as it keeps coming back to the top of the forum. I really hope it isn't a hard one to implement.
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Kuulest »

yes!
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by xoanohn »

+1000.

Really, when writing long documents, this is essential.

Edit.

Oops. I’ve already commented but forgot I did it. :P
decades
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by decades »

Great idea. Or at least one sheet on which to have notes or excerpts always present in the layout
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Mart°n »

I would love having this feature! Great for long documents.
Amontillado
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Amontillado »

A duplicate post? You could've fooled me.

I thought it was a single comment.

(cough)

In split panes....

:mrgreen:
xoanohn wrote: Mon Jan 31, 2022 12:40 am +1000.

Really, when writing long documents, this is essential.

Edit.

Oops. I’ve already commented but forgot I did it. :P
Maximus2021
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Re: Feature request: split view

Post by Maximus2021 »

+1

And what the developers say? Could it be done? And how long does it take to implement this?
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