On Feb 27, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Michael Bradley, Jr. wrote: > 1. Vertical split for document windows. Vertically splitting a text > document and having two views of it side-by-side just feels more natural than > splitting horizontally. In some of the complex programs I'm writing this > comes up a lot, i.e. when I need to look back at helper functions while I'm > composing another function that depends on them, and vice versa. Given the > geometry of most computer screens (width greater than height), such > arrangements are also more space efficient.
Precondition: the document you want to split is open and is the front document in the front window. 1. View -> Open in Additional Window 2. Scroll to where you want to be 3 Reposition windows as required > 2. Allowing separate documents to be viewed within the split panes of a > document window, i.e. when doing project work. Yes, I know I can open a > document in a separate window and then move it off to the side or "Arrange" > windows (relevant to request #1 also), but that's a bit more clumsy. The process above can be easily modified to work for different documents. It's not exactly the same as vertical scrolling in the same window but it may get you through to the day vertical scrolling is implemented (assuming it is some day). You might also find Window -> Synchro Scrolling to be interesting... Ted Stresen-Reuter -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
