#1289 <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/1289> is a 
precondition for pyzo in Leo.  There was big progress yesterday.

*Status*

The code creates an *Outlines dock*, containing one tab for each Leo 
outline. Each of these tabs contains what might loosely be called an *outline 
window*, containing Leo's familiar Outline, Body and Tabs panes/docks. Each 
of tab (outline window) works *exactly as before.*

Refactoring is largely complete.  Leo's legacy DynamicWindow class remains 
*exactly* as it always has been. This is why each tab in the Outlines dock 
works as before.  It's a very welcome development.

*Global vs local docks*

I struggled with refactoring until the distinction between global and local 
docks arose:

*Global docks* are singletons shared by all of Leo's code. All of pyzo's 
docks *must *be global, with the possible exception of the File Browser 
dock.

Each outline window creates (and has always created) its own *local docks*. 
There are good reasons to retain local docks.  Users can arrange docks in 
each outline as they like, independently of other outlines.

*Remaining work*

The present code lacks some important code from the legacy 
LeoTabbedTopLevel and TabbedFrameFactory classes.  The relevant code will 
likely migrate to a new, singleton, OutlinesTabs class.

While investigating startup issues, I saw the need for #1291 
<https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/1298>. This issue isn't 
essential for singleton docks, but I'll probably do it soon, in yet another 
git branch.

*Summary*

After a period of confusion, yesterday saw rapid progress. The distinction 
between global and local docks ended lots of confusion.

Considerable work remains, but the remaining work should be straightforward.

Edward

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